Devices including a near field transducer and at least one associated adhesion layer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10217482
APP PUB NO 20170263276A1
SERIAL NO

15606040

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Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT), the NFT having a disc and a peg, and the peg having five surfaces thereof; and at least one adhesion layer positioned on at least one of the five surfaces of the peg, the adhesion layer including one or more of the following: yttrium (Y), tin (Sn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), carbon (C), holmium (Ho), gallium (Ga), silver (Ag), ytterbium (Yb), chromium (Cr), tantalum (Ta), iridium (Ir), zirconium (Zr), yttrium (Y), scandium (Sc), cobalt (Co), silicon (Si), nickel (Ni), molybdenum (Mo), niobium (Nb), palladium (Pd), titanium (Ti), rhenium (Re), osmium (Os), platinum (Pt), aluminum (Al), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), vanadium (V), germanium (Ge), tin (Sn), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), tungsten (W), hafnium (Hf), carbon (C), boron (B), holmium (Ho), antimony (Sb), gallium (Ga), manganese (Mn), silver (Ag), indium (In), bismuth (Bi), zinc (Zn), ytterbium (Yb), and combinations thereof.

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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCFREMONT CA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brickner, Hui Savage, US 13 152
Kautzky, Michael C Eagan, US 81 1055
Sahoo, Sarbeswar Shakopee, US 39 547
Sankar, Vijay Karthik Edina, US 4 62
Zhao, Tong Eden Prairie, US 226 3549
Zhao, Yongjun Eden Prairie, US 73 613

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