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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Western Digital (Fremont), Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joshua Jones, Hoover, AL (US);
Christian Kaiser, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuankai Zheng, Fremont, CA (US);
Qunwen Leng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/39 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/3912 (2013.01); G11B 5/31 (2013.01); G11B 5/3903 (2013.01); G11B 5/3906 (2013.01); G11B 5/3932 (2013.01); G11B 5/6082 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0008 (2013.01); G11B 2005/3996 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system provide a magnetic read apparatus. The magnetic read apparatus includes a read sensor. The read sensor includes a pinning layer, a nonmagnetic insertion layer and a pinned layer. The nonmagnetic insertion layer has a location selected from a first location and a second location. The first location is between the pinned layer and the pinning layer. The second location is within the pinning layer.