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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Yoshitaka Sasaki, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hiroyuki Ito, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hideo Mamiya, Milpitas, CA (US);
Shigeki Tanemura, Milpitas, CA (US);
Seiichiro Tomita, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hironori Araki, Milpitas, CA (US);
Yoshitaka Sasaki, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hiroyuki Ito, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hideo Mamiya, Milpitas, CA (US);
Shigeki Tanemura, Milpitas, CA (US);
Seiichiro Tomita, Milpitas, CA (US);
Hironori Araki, Milpitas, CA (US);
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A main pole has a front end face including a first to a third end face portion. A plasmon generator has a near-field-light-generating surface. A surrounding layer has a first surrounding layer end face and a second surrounding layer end face. A gap film has a first gap film end face and a second gap film end face located on opposite sides of the near-field-light-generating surface in the track width direction. The first and second end face portions are interposed between the first and second surrounding layer end faces. The second end face portion is greater in width than the first end face portion. The third end face portion is greater in width than the second end face portion.