IP Library Granted Patent US 8,804,280
Granted Patent B2
US 8,804,280 · App. 13/365,942 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

Actively synchronizing magnetic responses of a shield and a write pole

Inventors: Radek Lopusnik (Bloomington, MN); Mourad Benakli (Bloomington, MN); Kirill Aleksandrovich Rivkin (Edina, MN); Declan Macken (Prior Lake, MN); James Gary Wessel (Savage, MN); Jason Bryce Gadbois (Shakopee, MN)
Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,804,280
App. No.
13/365,942
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an example, a method of manufacturing a transducer head comprises configuring a control circuit to actively synchronize magnetic responses of a shield and a write pole during operation. The method also comprises configuring the control circuit to energize at least one coil wire during operation with a current direction opposite to current flow in a main transducer head coil. In another example, a method comprises actively synchronizing magnetic responses of a shield and a write pole. In another example, a transducer head comprises a write pole and a shield, and a control circuit actively synchronizes magnetic responses of the shield and the write pole.

Claims (28)

1. A method of manufacturing a transducer head, the method comprising:

configuring a control circuit to actively synchronize magnetic responses of a shield and a write pole during operation; and

configuring the control circuit to energize at least one coil wire during operation with a current direction opposite to current flow in a main transducer head coil.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing a coil wire adjacent the shield.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing a coil wire inside the shield.

4. A method comprising:

actively synchronizing a magnetic response of a shield to a magnetic response of a write pole by adjusting a parameter of a current signal energizing at least one coil wire.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising energizing the shield.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

energizing the at least one coil wire with a current direction opposite to current flow in a main transducer head coil.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein the at least one coil wire is on a front shield.

8. The method of claim 4 wherein the at least one coil wire is inside a front shield.

9. The method of claim 4 wherein the at least one coil wire is on a side shield.

10. The method of claim 4 wherein the at least one coil wire is inside a side shield.

11. A transducer head comprising:

a write pole and a shield; and

a control circuit to actively synchronize magnetic responses of the shield and the write pole.

12. The transducer head of claim 11 wherein the shield is a front shield.

13. The transducer head of claim 11 wherein the shield is a side shield.

14. The transducer head of claim 11 wherein the control circuit is configured to energize at least one coil wire.

15. The transducer head of claim 14 wherein the control circuit is configured to energize the at least one coil wire with a current direction opposite to current flow in a main transducer head coil.

16. The transducer head of claim 14 wherein the coil wire is adjacent the shield.

17. The transducer head of claim 14 wherein the coil wire is inside the shield.

18. The transducer head of claim 11 wherein the control circuit is configured to increase density of magnetic cells on a recording medium to mitigate erasure and enhance performance.

19. The transducer head of claim 11 wherein the control circuit is configured to increase density of magnetic cells along a track on a recording medium.

20. The transducer head of claim 11 wherein the control circuit is configured to increase density of magnetic cells between adjacent tracks on a recording medium.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2025
From: THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
To: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY US HOLDINGS, INC.; EVAULT, INC. (F/K/A I365 INC.); SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 070363/0903 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2024
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC; EVAULT INC
Reel/Frame 068457/0076 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2024
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC; EVAULT, INC. (F/K/A I365 INC.); SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY US HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 067471/0955 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 15, 2012
From: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC; EVAULT, INC. (F/K/A I365 INC.); SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY US HOLDINGS, INC.
To: THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 029127/0527 →
SECOND LIEN PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 15, 2012
From: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC; EVAULT, INC. (F/K/A I365 INC.); SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY US HOLDINGS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 029253/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2012
From: LOPUSNIK, RADEK; BENAKLI, MOURAD; RIVKIN, KIRILL ALEKSANDROVICH; MACKEN, DECLAN; WESSEL, JAMES GARY; GADBOIS, JASON BRYCE
To: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 027651/0833 →
Continuity (1)
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