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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Seigler, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Weibin Chen, Edina, MN (US);
Werner Scholz, Edina, MN (US);
Jan Ulrich Thiele, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lihong Zhang, Science Park, SG;
Xiong Liu, Singapore, SG;
Shashwat Shukla, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/24 (2013.01); G11B 5/72 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/72 (2013.01); G11B 5/82 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01); G11B 2220/23 (2013.01); Y10T 428/11 (2015.01); Y10T 428/115 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1164 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1193 (2015.01);
Abstract
An apparatus that includes a storage layer and a heating assistance element. The heating assistance element is adjacent to the storage layer or doped into the storage layer. The heating assistance element is configured to enhance spatial confinement of energy from a field to an area of the storage layer to which the field is applied.