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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Declan Macken, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Patrick Carl Fletcher, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Song Chen, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 11/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01); G11B 7/1387 (2012.01); G11B 11/105 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/6088 (2013.01); G11B 5/314 (2013.01); G11B 7/1387 (2013.01); G11B 11/10543 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A slider is configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording and comprises an NFT and a transparent thermocouple configured to produce a signal indicative of temperature at the NFT. A detector can be coupled to the thermocouple and configured to detect one or both of spacing changes and contact between the slider and a magnetic recording medium.