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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Western Digital (Fremont), Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Hai Jiang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Yunhe Huang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jinwen Wang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Yun-Fei Li, Fremont, CA (US);
Ying Hong, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic recording transducer comprises a main pole having a bottom, a top wider than the bottom, and a top bevel. The transducer further comprises a nonmagnetic gap covering the main pole, a portion of the nonmagnetic gap residing on the top of the main pole, a first seed layer, at least a portion of the first seed layer covering the portion of the nonmagnetic gap on top of the main pole, a second seed layer residing on the first seed layer, and a wrap-around shield on the second seed layer.