72results about "Heads for perpendicular magnetisations" patented technology

The present embodiments can generally provide a magnetic write head structure with optimized gap current distribution to maximize the current-assisted areal density capacity (ADC) gain in hard-disk-drive storage devices. In a first example embodiment, a non-dual-write-shield (nDWS) write head can include a main pole (MP), a trailing shield (TS), and a write gap (WG) disposed between the MP and the TS. The write head can also include a side shield (SS), a leading shield (LS), and a write shield (WS). The write head can include a side gap (SG) between the MP and the SS on both sides of the MP tip, and a leading gap (LG) between the MP and the LS. The write head can also include a coil wrapped around the MP through a PP3 shield that is configured to direct a time-dependent write current to saturate magnetization of the MP.

To provide a magnetic head and a magnetic recording device capable of improving recording density. According to an embodiment, a magnetic head includes a pole, a shield, and a non-magnetic layer. The non-magnetic layer is disposed between the pole and the shield. The non-magnetic layer is in contact with the pole and the shield. The non-magnetic layer contains at least one first element selected from Cu, Au, Cr, V, Al, and Ag.

A write pole of a write head of a hard disk drive can be manufactured by forming a photoresist layer over a magnetic material layer located over a substrate, disposing a tri-tone lithographic mask over the photoresist layer, lithographically exposing the photoresist layer through the lithographic mask, developing the photoresist layer to form a patterned photoresist layer, and patterning the magnetic material layer into the write pole by removing portions of the magnetic material layer that are not covered by the photoresist layer. The tri-tone lithographic mask includes a patterned opaque material layer and a patterned partially-transparent material layer located over a transparent substrate. The patterned opaque material layer includes a uniform width region and a flare region. The patterned partially-transparent material layer includes a pair of partially-transparent strips extending adjacent to a respective edge of the patterned opaque material layer, and partially-transparent assist bars.

The present embodiments relate to a write head with an asymmetrical side gap (SG) design. In the asymmetrical design, the main pole can be disposed offset to a central axis of the write head such that the main pole is closer to a first side shield (SS) portion than a second SS portion. The asymmetrical design can be achieved using an ion-beam etching (IBE) or ion-beam deposition (IBD) process. The asymmetrical design can provide a narrower side gap width while mitigating any writability limitations or constraints caused by scaling down the SG.

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a magnetic recording device comprising a magnetic recording head. The magnetic recording head comprises a main pole, the main pole comprising a contact recessed from a media facing surface (MFS) and a contact terminal coupled to the contact, a trailing shield disposed adjacent to the main pole, a spin torque oscillator (STO) device disposed between the main pole and the trailing shield, a leading shield disposed adjacent to the main pole, the contact being disposed over the leading shield, a first alternating current (AC) source coupled to the main pole and the contact terminal, and a second AC source coupled to the trailing shield and the main pole. The first AC source is configured to generate an AC field, and the AC field is configured to generate spin waves near the contact to transfer energy to the STO device.

The present embodiments relate to a pre-assisting microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) (PA-MAMR) write-head structure where the STO is disposed within a leading shield (LS). The STO can be used to pump energy into the media before the writing process. The STO can also pre-excite the media and let the media oscillation damp over the time and then switch under the writer field. The present embodiments can be easier to increase the magnetic volume and magnetic moment of the free layer, while also achieving a greater oscillation frequency with magnetization oscillations around the axis in the film plane.

To provide a magnetic tape cartridge, a magnetic tape drive, a method of detecting servo patterns, and a program for obtaining a highly reliable servo signal.SOLUTION: In a magnetic tape drive 14, a magnetic tape cartridge 12 includes a magnetic tape MT on which a plurality of servo patterns 58 are recorded in a longitudinal direction and a cartridge memory 24, which is an example of a storage medium. The storage medium stores servo format information SF including servo pattern inclination information SF1 which is information relating to the inclination of the servo pattern with respect to a first virtual straight line.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 14

The present disclosure generally relates to a magnetic recording head for magnetic media, such as a magnetic media drive. The head has a main pole, trailing shield, leading shield, first side shield, and second side shield. One side shield is electrically connected to the trailing shield and electrically disconnected from the leading shield. The other side shield is electrically connected to the leading shield and electrically disconnected from the trailing shield. The side shields are electrically connected through a hot seed layer and / or a nonmagnetic electrically conductive layer that is electrically disconnected from the main pole. Such an arrangement results in a current path from the trailing shield, through the side shields, around the main pole, and to the leading shield, which results in reduced resistance.

A magnetic recording writer is disclosed. The writer can include a main pole and side shields that have a first sidewall portion proximate to the ABS facing the curved sidewalls of the main pole and formed substantially conformal to the curved sidewalls up to a height of about 10 to 200 nm above the ABS, a second sidewall portion proximate to the corner connecting the first flared sidewalls and the curved sidewalls of the main pole and formed substantially conformal to the curved sidewalls up to the height of about 10 to 200 nm above the ABS, a third sidewall portion connected to the second sidewall portion and formed substantially conformal to the first flared sidewall, and a fourth sidewall portion connected to the third sidewall portion and formed substantially parallel to the ABS; and a side gap separating the main pole from each side shield.

Described are write head constructions that may be useful in magnetic recording, and in particular for heat-assisted magnetic recording. Such write head constructions include a heat channel abutted to the write pole to facilitate transferring heat away from the write pole and other components near the media-facing surface of the write head. To help prevent diffusion of materials between the heat channel and the write pole, a diffusion barrier layer is provided. Properties such as thermal expansion mismatch, the presence of oxide in the diffusion barrier layer, and so forth, may lead to undesired delamination of the heat channel during fabrication of the write head and / or during operation. In accordance with the present disclosure, an adhesion layer may be provided between the diffusion barrier layer and the heat channel to improve adhesion of the heat channel and effectively reduce delamination.

According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes first and second magnetic poles, and a stacked body provided between the first and second magnetic poles. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic pole, a first nonmagnetic layer provided between the first and second magnetic layers, a second nonmagnetic layer provided between the second magnetic layer and the second magnetic pole, and a third nonmagnetic layer provided between the first magnetic pole and the first magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer includes a first element including at least one of Fe, Co, or Ni. The second magnetic layer includes (Fe100-xCox)100-yEy. A second element E includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Cr, V, Mn, Yi, and Sc. The first magnetic layer does not include the second element.

The present embodiments relate to a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head with a NFT bi-layer structure with a bottom taper, which can be applied to one or both layers of the two layers. A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head can include a main pole including a tip portion configured to interact with a magnetic recording medium at an air-bearing surface (ABS). The HAMR write head can further include a near-field transducer (NFT) that includes a dielectric waveguide, a plasmon generator (PG) layer, and a second layer. The second layer can include a thermo-mechanically stable material disposed adjacent to the PG layer. Further, the PG layer and the second layer can form a taper angle relative to the ABS ranging between 30 and 60 degrees.

In an approach to improving write transducers, a write transducer for recording data on a magnetic medium is disclosed. The write transducer includes a first pole piece. The write transducer further includes a second pole piece. The first pole piece and the second pole piece are arranged such that a write gap is formed between the first pole piece and the second pole piece. A longitudinal axis is defined between opposing ends of the write gap. The length of the write gap along the longitudinal axis varies in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.

According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a recording medium, a magnetic head including a recording head, an assist element, and a heater, and a controller including a heater voltage supply circuit, a drive voltage supply circuit configured to supply a drive voltage to the assist element, and a contact detection circuit. The controller adjusts a set value of the drive voltage based on an amount of protrusion of the assist element when contact is detected by the contact detection circuit.

This invention provides a main magnetic pole design method and a writing head that maximize the areal density capacity in direct magnetic recording (PMR). [Solution] A principal magnetic pole (MP) design method having a triangular shape and a leading edge taper to maximize surface density capacity, wherein the leading edge taper is included on the leading shield (LS) to form a taper angle on the MP to concentrate magnetic flux on the MP 102. The MP may be shifted away from the LG to provide an additional leading gap (LG) portion on the front side of the MP, and the taper angle may be larger than the LG in the additional LG portion. The MP design results in a larger MP surface area on the air bearing surface (ABS) and a larger magnetic flux to the medium bit.

The present disclosure generally relate to spin-orbit torque (SOT) magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices comprising a buffer layer, a bismuth antimony (BiSb) layer having a (012) orientation disposed on the buffer layer, and an interlayer disposed on the BiSb layer. The buffer layer and the interlayer may each independently be a single layer of material or a multilayer of material. The buffer layer and the interlayer each comprise at least one of a covalently bonded amorphous material, a tetragonal (001) material, a tetragonal (110) material, a body-centered cubic (bcc) (100) material, a face-centered cubic (fcc) (100) material, a textured bcc (100) material, a textured fcc (100) material, a textured (100) material, or an amorphous metallic material. The buffer layer and the interlayer inhibit antimony (Sb) migration within the BiSb layer and enhance uniformity of the BiSb layer while further promoting the (012) orientation of the BiSb layer.

To provide a magnetic recording device that enables improved recording density. [Solution] According to the embodiment, the magnetic recording device includes a magnetic head and a control unit. The magnetic head includes first and second magnetic poles, a magnetic element, a coil, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The control unit is configured to perform a first operation. In the first operation, the control unit is configured to supply a recording element current to the magnetic element and a recording coil current to the coil. The absolute value of the recording coil current is less than or equal to the first coil current value corresponding to the first peak.

The present disclosure provides a magnetic recording device capable of improving recording density. According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording apparatus includes a magnetic head and a control unit. The magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, a magnetic element, a coil, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The control unit is configured to perform a first operation. In the first operation, the control unit supplies a recording-time element current to the magnetic element and supplies a recording-time coil current to the coil. The absolute value of the coil current during recording is equal to or less than a first coil current value corresponding to the first peak.

The present disclosure generally relate to spin-orbit torque (SOT) magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices comprising a buffer layer, a bismuth antimony (BiSb) layer having a (012) orientation disposed on the buffer layer, and an interlayer disposed on the BiSb layer. The buffer layer and the interlayer may each independently be a single layer of material or a multilayer of material. The buffer layer and the interlayer each comprise at least one of a covalently bonded amorphous material, a tetragonal (001) material, a tetragonal (110) material, a body-centered cubic (bcc) (100) material, a face-centered cubic (fcc) (100) material, a textured bcc (100) material, a textured fcc (100) material, a textured (100) material, or an amorphous metallic material. The buffer layer and the interlayer inhibit antimony (Sb) migration within the BiSb layer and enhance uniformity of the BiSb layer while further promoting the (012) orientation of the BiSb layer.

The present embodiments relate to a PMR write-head structure where the spin-orbit torque (SOT) material is in contact with the main pole in the write gap (WG). In addition, with the write shield (WS) electrically isolated from the side shield (SS) in the present designs, the current can be confined in the SOT material near the main pole, and the device resistance can remain within a reasonable range. It can be shown, using simulations, that the main pole switching rise time can be improved by 18˜24% using spin-orbit torque from heavy metals like platinum.

The present disclosure is generally related to a magnetic recording device comprising a magnetic recording head. The magnetic recording head comprises a main pole, a hot seed layer, and a spintronic device disposed between the main pole and the hot seed layer. The spintronic device comprises two field generation layers (FGLs), two spin polarization layers (SPLs), and two spin kill layers. The second SPL of the spintronic device drives the second FGL. The spintronic device further comprises one or more optional thin negative beta material layers, such as layers comprising FeCr, disposed in contact with at least one of the spin kill layers. When electric current is applied, the spin kill layers and optional negative beta material layers eliminate or reduce any spin torque between the FGLs and the SPLs.

A microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) write head includes a main pole and a trailing shield. A spin torque oscillator device is disposed between the main pole and the trailing shield. The spin torque oscillator device includes a free layer. A trailing shield hot seed layer is disposed between the spin torque oscillator device and the trailing shield. The trailing shield hot seed layer includes a magnetic material doped with a rare earth element. In certain embodiments, the trailing shield hot seed layer includes the rare earth element in an atomic percent content from about 2% to about 10% atomic percent. In certain embodiments, the trailing shield hot seed layer has an intrinsic damping from about 0.02 to about 0.2.

The present embodiments relate to a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write head with an STO element and configured to direct an electric current between elements of the write head. A first example embodiment describes a perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write head. The PMR write head can include a main pole comprising a tip portion disposed adjacent to an air bearing surface (ABS) and is configured to interact with a magnetic recording medium. The PMR write head can also include a spin torque oscillator (STO) element disposed adjacent to the main pole. The PMR write head can also include a side shield layer with a portion of the side shield layer disposed adjacent to the ABS. The PMR write head can also include a metallic side gap layer disposed between the main pole and the side shield layer.

To provide a magnetic recording device capable of improving recording density.SOLUTION: A magnetic recording device 210 includes a magnetic head 110 and a control unit 75. The magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole 31, a second magnetic pole 32, a magnetic element 20 provided between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole, a first terminal T1 electrically connected to the first magnetic pole, a second terminal T2 electrically connected to the second magnetic pole, and a coil 30c. The control unit is electrically connected to the first terminal, the second terminal, and the coil. One end of the magnetic element is electrically connected to the first magnetic pole. The other end of the magnetic element is electrically connected to the second magnetic pole. The control unit can perform a recording operation. In the recording operation, the control unit supplies a recording current to the coil while applying an element voltage of a first voltage or more and a second voltage or less between the first terminal and the second terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The present embodiments relate to write heads implementing microwave-assisted magnetic recording utilizing multiple spin torque oscillators (STOs). Each STO can include a field-generation layer (FGL) that can oscillate in a same frequency and out of phase with one another. The layers in each STO can enable mutual spin transfer torques between adjacent layers, which can drive the FGLs into a large angle oscillation. The oscillation between the FGLs can cause a magnetic field to be generated that can assist in writing to a magnetic recording medium.

According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a recording medium, a magnetic head including a recording head, an assist element, and a heater, and a controller including a heater voltage supply circuit, a drive voltage supply circuit configured to supply a drive voltage to the assist element, and a contact detection circuit. The controller adjusts a set value of the drive voltage based on an amount of protrusion of the assist element when contact is detected by the contact detection circuit.