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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Takagishi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Yousuke Isowaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohsuke Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording and reproducing device includes magnetic recording medium and a magnetic head. The magnetic recording medium includes a first surface. A plurality of bits is provided in the first surface. Each of the bits has a direction of magnetization corresponding to recorded information. The magnetic head includes a reproducing unit. The reproducing unit senses the direction of magnetization. The reproducing unit includes a first shield, a second shield, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a third magnetic layer, a fourth magnetic layer, an intermediate layer, a first nonmagnetic layer, and a second nonmagnetic layer. The first and the second nonmagnetic layers include at least one selected from ruthenium, copper, and tantalum. A distance between the first shield and the second shield is not less than 3 times and not more than 7 times a length of each of the bits.