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Patent No.:

US 9378760 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:

Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Qing He, Plymouth, MN (US);

Mark William Covington, Edina, MN (US);

Mark Thomas Kief, Lakeville, MN (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/33 (2006.01); G11B 5/64 (2006.01); G11B 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3906 (2013.01); G11B 5/332 (2013.01);
Abstract

A data reader may be configured with a tuned microstructure by initially cooling a substrate to a temperature of 100K or lower and subsequently depositing at least one layer of a data reader on the substrate while the substrate is maintained at the temperature. The tuned microstructure may consist of at least a grain size, grain size distribution, interface quality between multiple layers of the data reader, resistance-area product, and magnetoresistance.


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He, Qing. (2016). Data reader with tuned microstructure (U.S. Patent No. 9378760). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9378760

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