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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yuhang Cheng, Edina, MN (US);
Tong Zhao, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Michael C. Kautzky, Eagan, MN (US);
Ed F. Rejda, Bloomington, MN (US);
Kurt W. Wierman, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Scott Franzen, Savage, MN (US);
Andrew J. Boyne, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Michael Allen Seigler, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Sethuraman Jayashankar, Excelsior, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A device that includes a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT having a disc and a peg, and the peg having an air bearing surface thereof; and at least one adhesion layer positioned on at least the air bearing surface of the peg, the adhesion layer including one or more of platinum (Pt), iridium (Ir), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), palladium (Pd), yttrium (Y), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), and scandium (Sc).