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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark William Covington, Edina, MN (US);
Qing He, Plymouth, MN (US);
Thomas Roy Boonstra, Chaska, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01); G11B 5/33 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); B82Y 25/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/33 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); B82Y 25/00 (2013.01); G11B 5/3909 (2013.01); G11B 5/3912 (2013.01); G11B 2005/3996 (2013.01); Y10T 428/11 (2015.01); Y10T 428/115 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1121 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1143 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1193 (2015.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and associated method may be used to provide a data sensing element capable of detecting changes in magnetic states. Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to a magnetically responsive lamination of layers and means for generating a high magnetic moment region proximal to an air bearing surface (ABS) and a low magnetic moment region proximal to a hard magnet.