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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
David A. Deen, Edina, MN (US);
Levent Colak, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Thomas Roy Boonstra, Chaska, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01); G11B 5/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3912 (2013.01); G11B 5/1272 (2013.01); G11B 5/3906 (2013.01); G11B 5/3932 (2013.01); G11B 5/3958 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lateral spin valve reader includes a detector located proximate to a bearing surface of the reader, a spin injector located away from the bearing surface, and a channel layer that substantially extends from the detector to the spin injector. The channel layer and the detector are substantially in a same plane.