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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/127 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/1272 (2013.01); G11B 5/3912 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data reader may have a magnetoresistive stack consisting of at least magnetically free and magnetically fixed structures with the magnetically fixed structure set to a first magnetization direction by a pinning structure separated from an air bearing surface by a front shield portion of a magnetic shield. The pinning structure can meet the front shield portion with a planar sidewall angled at 10° or less with respect to the ABS.