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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Western Digital (Fremont), Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shaoping Li, San Ramon, CA (US);
Gerardo A. Bertero, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ge Yi, San Ramon, CA (US);
Michael L. Mallary, Sterling, MA (US);
Qunwen Leng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eric J. Champion, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01); G11B 5/115 (2006.01); G11B 5/29 (2006.01); G11B 5/49 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3977 (2013.01); G11B 5/115 (2013.01); G11B 5/29 (2013.01); G11B 5/3912 (2013.01); G11B 5/3951 (2013.01); G11B 5/4886 (2013.01); G11B 5/4976 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system provide a magnetic transducer including a first shield, a plurality of read sensors, and a second shield. The read sensors are between the first shield and the second shield. The read sensors have a plurality of widths in a track width direction and are separated by at least one distance in a down track direction. The down track direction is perpendicular to the track width direction.