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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2013
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Koji Tanaka, Odawara, JP;
Yoshinori Takeuchi, Ishioka, JP;
HGST Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A system includes a magnetic head, a magnetic medium, a drive mechanism for passing the magnetic medium over the magnetic head, and a controller electrically coupled to the magnetic head for controlling operation of the magnetic head, wherein the magnetic head has a write element, a read element, a substrate that is an alloy material having greater than about 50 at. % TiC, and a heater element positioned between the read element and the write element, the write element being positioned nearer to the substrate than the read element such that heat generated by the write element during write operations is dissipated by the substrate, and the heater element being adapted for inducing protrusion of portions of an air bearing surface (ABS) of the magnetic head to adjust a clearance between the portions of the ABS and the magnetic medium.