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Granted Patent B2
US 11,170,802 · App. 16/507,177 · Granted Nov 9, 2021

Writer with HMTS (high moment trailing shield) aligned with spin layer

Inventors: Yuhui Tang (Milpitas, CA); Ying Liu (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,170,802
App. No.
16/507,177
Granted
Nov 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A PMR (perpendicular magnetic recording) write head configured for microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) includes a spin-torque oscillator (STO) and trailing shield formed of high moment magnetic material (HMTS). By patterning the STO and the HMTS in a simultaneous process the HMTS and the STO layer are precisely aligned and have very similar cross-track widths. In addition, the write gap at an off-center location has a thickness that is independent from its center-track thickness and the write gap total width can have a flexible range whose minimum value is the same width as the STO width.

Claims (24)

1. PMR magnetic writer that is configured for microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR), comprising:

a dielectric layer having a planar trailing-edge surface, an air-bearing surface (ABS) plane perpendicular to said planar trailing-edge surface and a trapezoidal trench formed symmetrically therein through said planar trailing-edge surface, projecting rearward in a direction perpendicular to said ABS plane and opening at said ABS plane; wherein said trench is wider at said planar trailing-edge surface and tapers downward to form a narrower leading edge; and

a main magnetic pole (MP) emerging through said trench, said MP having a planar trailing-edge surface and a trapezoidal planar ABS face symmetrically positioned within said trench at said air-bearing surface (ABS) plane, wherein said MP face is separated from walls of said trench by symmetrically placed side gaps (SGs) and a leading-edge gap (LG); and

a uniformly thick spin torque oscillator (STO) layer formed contiguous with said planar trailing-edge surface of said MP, wherein said STO layer extends up to openings of said trench bounded by said MP and said SGs and covers said trailing-edge surface of said MP;

a uniformly thick, high moment trailing shield (HMTS) layer formed contiguously over said STO layer; wherein

said STO layer and said HMTS layer are aligned with each other and have equal widths that are equal to the trailing-edge width of said MP; wherein

a write gap (WG) layer extends symmetrically from each side of said HMTS and STO layers, said WG layer thereby covering at least a portion of said planar trailing-edge surface of said dielectric layer and completely covering said SGs where they emerge at said dielectric layer at each side of said trench opening.

2. The writer of claim 1 wherein said HMTS layer is a layer of magnetic material having a B s value between approximately 18 kG and 24 kG.

3. The writer of claim 1 wherein said HMTS layer has a cross-track width between approximately 4 μm and 30 μm.

4. The writer of claim 1 wherein said STO layer has a cross-track width between approximately 4 μm and 30 μm.

5. The writer of claim 1 wherein said HMTS layer has a down-track thickness between approximately 100 nm and 2 μm.

6. The writer of claim 1 further comprising a trailing shield formed of magnetic material having a B s of between approximately 1 kG and 18 kG.

7. The writer of claim 1 wherein said STO layer is a multi-layered device having a cross-track width and down-track thickness that are each substantially equal to that of said HMTS layer.

8. The writer of claim 1 wherein said WG layer is a layer of non-magnetic material and wherein the minimum total width of said WG layer is the width of said STO layer and the maximum width can vary between approximately 10 nm and 1 μm.

9. The writer of claim 1 wherein off-center WG layer thickness ranges between approximately 2 nm and 50 nm.

10. A head gimbal assembly, comprising

the PMR magnetic writer of claim 1 mounted on a slider;

a suspension that elastically supports said slider-mounted PMR magnetic writer, wherein

said suspension has a flexure to which said slider-mounted PMR magnetic writer is joined, a load beam with one end connected to said flexure and a base plate connected to the other end of said load beam.

11. A HDD (Hard Disk Drive), comprising:

said head gimbal assembly of claim 10 ;

a magnetic recording medium positioned opposite to said slider mounted PMR magnetic writer;

a spindle motor that rotates and drives said magnetic recording medium;

a device that supports the slider and that positions said slider relative to said magnetic recording medium.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2019
From: TANG, YUHUI; LIU, YING
To: HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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