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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shaun Eric McKinlay, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Zhiguo Ge, Lakeville, MN (US);
Eric Walter Singleton, Maple Plain, MN (US);
Mohammed Shariat Ullah Patwari, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Victor Boris Sapozhnikov, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01); G11B 5/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/112 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic element is generally provided that can be implemented as a data reader. Various embodiments may connect a magnetic stack to a top shield and separate the magnetic stack from a bi-layer side shield. The bi-layer side shield may have a fixed magnetization layer and a soft magnetic layer each magnetically isolated from the top shield.