Write head with modified side shields

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8970992
APP PUB NO 20140022673A1
SERIAL NO

13890387

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A write head, the write head having an air bearing surface, the write head including a magnetic write pole, wherein at the air bearing surface, the write pole has a trailing surface, a leading surface that is opposite the trailing surface, and first and second surfaces; a trailing shield proximate the trailing surface of the magnetic write pole; first and second gaps proximate the first and second surfaces of the magnetic write pole; first and second side shields proximate the first and second gaps, each of the first and second side shields having a trailing shield surface; and first and second antiferromagnetic-coupling layers positioned between the trailing shield surfaces of the first and second side shields and the trailing shield.

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  • SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Benakli, Mourad Bloomington, US 71 798
Han, Dehua Freemont, US 21 952
Rivkin, Kirill Aleksandrovich Edina, US 15 120
Wessel, James Gary Savage, MN 69 578
Xue, Jianhua Maple Grove, US 49 369
Yin, Huaqing Eden Prairie, US 59 458

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