IP Library Granted Patent US 7,070,716
Granted Patent B2
US 7,070,716 · App. 10/628,646 · Granted Jul 4, 2006

Method for providing transverse magnetic bias proximate to a pole tip to speed up the switching time of the pole-tip during the writing operation

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Patent No.
US 7,070,716
App. No.
10/628,646
Granted
Jul 4, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for providing transverse magnetic bias proximate to a pole tip to speed up the switching time of the pole-tip during the writing operation is disclosed. The transverse field disposed proximate the pole-tip helps the conventional driving field in rotating the magnetization through the first 90-degrees, especially at small angle where the effective anisotropy-field is strongest in opposing the conventional driving field. By offsetting the magnetization from its easy-axis, the transverse field also increases the torque that the collinear driving field would have on the magnetization.

Claims (5)

1. A method for providing assistance in magnetization switching to a pole tip, comprising:

disposing a magnetic bias field source proximate to and along side the pole tip for switching the pole-tip magnetization; and

causing current to flow through the magnetic bias field source to provide a magnetic bias-field to the pole tip to bias the magnetization of the pole-tip transversely.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the providing the magnetic bias-field to a pole tip further comprises providing the magnetic bias field substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the pole tip and along side the pole tip.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the causing current to flow through the magnetic bias field source to provide a magnetic bias-field to a pole tip further comprises providing the magnetic bias field substantially transverse to an easy axis of magnetization of the pole tip.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2016
From: HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 040820/0802 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 25, 2012
From: HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V.
To: HGST NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 029341/0777 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2003
From: LAM, QUAN-CHIU HARRY
To: HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES NETHERLANDS B.V.
Reel/Frame 014481/0657 →