Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetic flux guiding device with antiferromagnetically coupled (AFC) spin polarizer in assisted writing application
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Application No.: US16197586Application Date: 2018-11-21
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Publication No.: US10424326B1Publication Date: 2019-09-24
- Inventor: Wenyu Chen , Shohei Kawasaki , Tetsuya Roppongi , Yan Wu
- Applicant: Headway Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agency: Saile Ackerman LLC
- Agent Stephen B. Ackerman
- Main IPC: G11B5/39
- IPC: G11B5/39 ; G11B5/48 ; G11B5/60

Abstract:
A spin torque transfer (STT) assisted magnetic recording structure is disclosed wherein a magnetic flux guiding (MFG) device is formed between a main pole (MP) trailing side and a trailing shield (TS). The MFG device has a field generation layer (FGL) separated from first and second spin polarization (SP) layers by first and second non-magnetic layers, respectively. First and second SP layers have magnetizations in opposite directions so that when a direct current of sufficient magnitude is applied from the MP to TS, or from the TS to MP in other embodiments, FGL magnetization flips to a direction toward the MP and opposes a write gap field flux thereby enhancing the write field. Additive torque from two SP layers on the FGL enables lower current density for FGL flipping or a greater degree of FGL flipping at a given current density compared with MFG schemes having a single SP layer.
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