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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Andrew Chiu, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward H. P. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/4826 (2013.01); G11B 5/3163 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic write head having a write pole with a tapered trailing edge portion and having a spin torque oscillator that is formed entirely on the tapered trailing edge portion and that is self aligned with first and second sides of the write pole. The write pole and spin torque oscillator are formed by a method wherein the sides of the spin torque oscillator and write pole are defined in the same photolithographic and ion milling process, thereby allowing for the self alignment of the spin torque oscillator with the sides of the write pole.