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US 10,068,594 B2Granted
Magnetic devices with overcoats
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsXiaoyue Huang, Seung-Yeul Yang, Steve Riemer, Michael C. Kautzky
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Abstract
A magnetic device including a magnetic writer; and an overcoat positioned over at least the magnetic writer, the overcoat including oxides of yttrium, oxides of scandium, oxides of lanthanoids, oxides of actionoids, oxides of zinc, or combinations thereof.
Claims20
A magnetic device having an air bearing surface, the magnetic device comprising:
- a near field transducer (NFT);
- and
- an overcoat positioned over at least a portion of the NFT at the air bearing surface of the device, the overcoat comprising an inner layer in contact with the NFT and an outer layer in contact with the inner layer, wherein the inner layer comprises oxides of yttrium, oxides of scandium, oxides of lanthanoids, oxides of actionoids, oxides of zinc, or combinations thereof.
A magnetic device having an air bearing surface, the magnetic device comprising:
- a near field transducer (NFT);
- and
- an overcoat positioned over at least a portion of the NFT at the air bearing surface of the magnetic device, the overcoat comprising:
- an inner layer in contact with the NFT, the inner layer comprising oxides of yttrium, oxides of scandium, oxides of lanthanoids, oxides of actionoids, oxides of zinc, or combinations thereof;
- and
- an outer layer in contact with the inner layer, the outer layer comprising aluminum oxide (Al2O3), silicon oxide (SiO2), tantalum oxide (Ta2O5), hafnium oxide (HfO2), or combinations thereof.
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A magnetic device having an air bearing surface, the magnetic device comprising:
- a magnetic writer, the magnetic writer comprising a near field transducer (NFT);
- a magnetic reader;
- and
- an overcoat positioned over at least the magnetic writer and the magnetic reader at the air bearing surface of the magnetic device, the overcoat comprising:
- an inner layer in contact with the NFT, the inner layer comprising yttrium, oxide, scandium, oxide, or combinations thereof;
- and
- an outer layer in contact with the inner layer, the outer layer comprising aluminum oxide (Al2O3), silicon oxide (SiO2), tantalum oxide (Ta2O5), hafnium oxide (HfO2), or combinations thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.