Magnetic head with a toroidal coil encompassing only one yoke layer
AssigneeRead-Rite Corporation
InventorsYiming Huai, Zhupei Shi, Yong Shen, Billy Wayne Crue
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AssigneeRead-Rite Corporation
InventorsYiming Huai, Zhupei Shi, Yong Shen, Billy Wayne Crue
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A magnetic head includes first and second magnetic yoke layers which contact each other at a back closure region at one end and delineate a transducer gap at another end. A toroidal coil encompasses one of the yoke layers. The coil axis of the toroidal coil passes through the encompassed yoke layer. During data writing, electrical current passes through the toroidal coil inducing magnetic flux along the coil axis, which flux is efficiently and directly delivered to the transducer gap for writing on a recording medium. During data reading, magnetic flux intercepted by the transducer gap flows along the encompassed yoke layer and efficiently induces electrical current in the toroidal coil for amplification. In alternative embodiments, separate read transducers are disposed adjacent to the toroidal coils to form merged heads.
A magnetic head comprising:
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