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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Victor Boris Sapozhnikov, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Mohammed Sharia Ullah Patwari, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Implementations disclosed herein include a reader comprising a magnetically free layer and first barrier layer, wherein the barrier layer is in direct contact with a bottom shield in a down-track direction. Another implementation includes a device comprising a sensor stack comprising a free layer and a barrier layer; a synthetic antiferromagnetic shield layer comprising a reference layer and a pinned layer, wherein direction of magnetization of the reference layer forms an obtuse angle with direction of magnetization of the free layer in a quiescent state.