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Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

May. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Konstantin Nikolaev, Bloomington, MN (US);

Victor Sapozhnikov, Minnetonka, MN (US);

Taras Pokhil, Arden Hills, MN (US);

Jae-Young Yi, Prior Lakes, MN (US);

Mohammed Patwari, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Eric W. Singleton, Maple Plain, MN (US);

Assignee:

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21D 1/04 (2006.01); G11B 5/39 (2006.01); G11B 5/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3903 (2013.01); C21D 1/04 (2013.01); G11B 5/127 (2013.01); G11B 2005/3996 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49034 (2015.01);
Abstract

Implementations disclosed herein provide a method comprising rocking an effective annealing magnetic field between a first positive angle and a second negative angle compared to a desired pinning field orientation in an AFM/PL structure, wherein an angular amplitude of rocking the effective annealing magnetic field between a first positive angle and a second negative angle gradually decreases towards the desired orientation of pinning in the AFM/PL structure.


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