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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Adam Andrzej Lapicki, Derry, GB;
Kevin A. McNeill, Derry, GB;
Marcus W. Ormston, Derry, GB;
Sameh Sayed Ali Hassan, Londonderry, GB;
Yuqing Du, Londonderry, IE;
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01); G01R 33/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3912 (2013.01); G01R 33/093 (2013.01); G01R 33/098 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic sensor may generally be configured as a data reader capable of sensing data bits from an adjacent data storage medium. Various embodiments of a magnetic element may have at least a magnetic stack that contacts at least a first shield. The first shield can have at least one synthetic antiferromagnetic structure (SAFS) that is pinned by a high-coercivity ferromagnetic (HCFM) layer.