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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Declan Macken, Prior Lake, MN (US);
James Dillon Kiely, Edina, MN (US);
Manuel Charles Anaya-Dufresne, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 27/17 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/17 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01); G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 5/607 (2013.01); G11B 5/6011 (2013.01); G11B 5/6005 (2013.01); G11B 5/6088 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a near-field transducer at or near an air bearing surface of the apparatus. A write pole is disposed at or near the air bearing surface and proximate the near-field transducer, respectively. A thermal sensor is disposed at the air bearing surface and within a protrusion region of the air bearing surface defined relative to at least one of the near-field transducer and the write pole. The thermal sensor is configured to produce a signal indicative of a temperature at the protrusion region.