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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian William Karr, Savage, MN (US);
Eric Walter Singleton, Maple Plain, MN (US);
Qing He, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01); G01R 33/09 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); B82Y 25/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/098 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); B82Y 25/00 (2013.01); G11B 5/3909 (2013.01); G11B 5/3912 (2013.01); G11B 5/3932 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic sensor includes a magnetic layer comprising magnetic material and a grain refining agent. The magnetic layer having a grain-refined magnetic layer surface. A layer adjacent the magnetic layer has a layer surface that conforms to the grain-refined magnetic layer surface.