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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eric W. Singleton, Maple Plain, MN (US);
Liwen Tan, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jae-Young Yi, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Konstantin Nikolaev, Bloomington, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/09 (2006.01); G01R 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/09 (2013.01); G01R 33/0017 (2013.01); G01R 33/098 (2013.01);
Abstract
Implementations disclosed herein allow a signal detected by a magnetoresistive (MR) sensor to be improved by providing for one or more alloyed layers that each include a ferromagnetic material and a refractory material. The alloyed layers are provided adjacent to a shield element or between soft magnetic layers of the sensor stack.