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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2007
Chunhong Hou, Savage, MN (US);
Shaoping LI, Naperville, IL (US);
John M. Wolf, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Sining Mao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Chunhong Hou, Savage, MN (US);
Shaoping Li, Naperville, IL (US);
John M. Wolf, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Sining Mao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A writer includes a write element having a tip portion to generate a write field during a write operation and a conductive assembly that delivers a write assist current through the tip portion in a cross-track direction to generate a write assist field during the write operation that extends beyond a medium confronting surface located at the tip portion to lower a coercivity of a magnetic medium proximate to the write element.