Write element, thermally assisted magnetic head slider, magnetic head flap assembly and manufacturing method

Abstract

The invention discloses a writing element for a thermally assisted magnetic head slider, comprising: an air bearing surface facing a magnetic recording medium; a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole and a layer sandwiched between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole a coil; a waveguide for guiding the light generated by the light source module installed on the substrate of the thermally assisted magnetic head slider; and a plasmon unit arranged near the first magnetic pole and the waveguide, the The plasmon unit has a near-field light generating surface for propagating near-field light to the air bearing surface. Wherein, the near-field light generating surface of the plasmon unit is separated from the air bearing surface by a first predetermined distance to form a first depression, and the first depression is filled with a protective layer. The invention can prevent the plasmon unit from protruding from the air bearing surface, thereby improving the performance of the thermally assisted magnetic head slider. The invention also discloses a heat-assisted magnetic head slider, a magnetic head flap assembly, a hard disk drive and a manufacturing method.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a hard disk drive (hard disk drive, HDD), in particular to a writing element, a thermally assisted magnetic head slider with the writing element, a magnetic head flap assembly and a hard disk drive, and the manufacture of the thermally assisted magnetic head slider method. Background technique [0002] Hard drives are common information storage devices. Figure 1a is a schematic diagram of a typical hard disk drive 100 . It includes a series of rotatable disks 101 mounted on a spindle motor 102, and a head stack assembly (HSA) 130 that rotates around an arm axis 105 to access data on the disks. The HSA 130 includes at least one driving arm 104 and an HGA 150 . Typically, a spindle voice coil motor (not shown) is also included to control the movement of the driving arm 104 . [0003] refer to Figure 1b , the HGA 150 includes a head slider 103 having a thermally assisted head 110 , and a suspension member 190 for sup...

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[0006] However, a high temperature is generated during the writing operation, and under the high temperature condition, the near-field optical end portion of the PG layer 12 having a high light absorption characteristic and a low light refractive index and the magnetic layer 11e protrude out of the ABS 10-10 ( as shown in Figure 1f), which will hit the surface of the magnetic recording medium

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