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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Seagate Technology, Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Konstantin Nikolaev, Bloomington, MN (US);
Taras Pokhil, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Andrzej Stankiewicz, Edina, MN (US);
Mohammed Patwari, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Eric Singleton, Maple Plain, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01); H01L 43/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3906 (2013.01); G11B 5/3912 (2013.01); H01L 43/08 (2013.01); G11B 2005/3996 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49034 (2015.01);
Abstract
A reader sensor having a dusting layer having a thickness less than 5 Angstroms between and in contact with the AFM layer and with the pinned layer. The dusting layer comprises a non-magnetic, electrically conducting material, such as ruthenium or iridium. The reader sensor has a free layer composed of a material free of nickel (Ni).