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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yuhang Cheng, Edina, MN (US);
Tong Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Michael C. Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
Ed F. Rejda, Bloomington, MN (US);
Kurt W. Wierman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Scott Franzen, Savage, MN (US);
Michael Allen Seigler, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT including a peg having five surfaces, the peg including a first material, the first material including gold (Au), silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), copper (Cu), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), or combinations thereof; an overlying structure; and at least one intermixing layer, positioned between the peg and the overlying structure, the at least one intermixing layer positioned on at least one of the five surfaces of the peg, the intermixing layer including at least the first material and a second material.