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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2014
Western Digital (Fremont), Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Ming Sun, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jose A. Medina, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ming Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Ming Zhao, Fremont, CA (US);
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for controlling stray fields of a magnetic feature are provided. One such method can involve selecting a plurality of materials for a magnetic feature, selecting a plurality of additives, combining the plurality of materials for the magnetic feature and the plurality of additives in an electrolyte solution to form a combined solution, adding nitrogen to the combined solution, degassing the combined solution, depositing the combined solution as a thin film on a wafer using pulse plating, and lapping the thin film to form an edge of the magnetic feature. In several embodiments, the magnetic feature is a component of a magnetic transducer such as a writer pole, a reader shield, or a writer shield.