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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Richard Buettner, Savage, MN (US);
Joseph Michael Stephan, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Douglas Hampton Cole, Burnsville, MN (US);
The Ngoc Nguyen, Lakeville, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 13/08 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/105 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/6088 (2013.01); G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 5/4866 (2013.01); G11B 13/08 (2013.01); G11B 5/105 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
An air-bearing surface of a slider is coated with a photoresist having a high optical absorbance at or near an operational wavelength of the slider. Light is directed at a target wavelength through an entry of a waveguide integrated into the slider. The light exiting the waveguide forms a feature through the photoresist, the feature proximate a near-field transducer of the slider. A sub-micron pattern is formed using the feature.