Abstract:
A microwave assisted magnetic head of the present invention includes: at least two or more auxiliary coils that are arranged in a periphery of a writing main pole; and microwave current supply means that applies microwave currents to the at least two or more auxiliary coils. The at least two or more auxiliary coils respectively include linear body parts linearly arranged on an ABS side, two of the linear body parts of the at least two or more auxiliary coils are arranged in a substantially orthogonal positional relationship, and the microwave current supply means is configured such that the microwave current supply means changes phase differences of the microwave currents applied respectively to the at least two or more auxiliary coils. Therefore, the microwave current can be easily controlled, and thus, a circularly polarized magnetic field with high magnetization inversion efficiency can be generated as an assistance magnetic field.
Abstract:
A thin-film magnetic head having microwave magnetic exciting function includes a write magnetic field production means for producing, in response to a write signal, a write magnetic field to be applied into a magnetic recording medium, and at least line conductor of a microwave radiator of a plane-structure type, formed independent from the write magnetic field production means, for radiating, by feeding there through a microwave excitation current, a microwave band resonance magnetic field with a frequency equal to or in a range near a ferromagnetic resonance frequency FR of the magnetic recording medium.
Abstract:
A microwave oscillation element of the present invention includes a lamination main part in which an oscillating layer that is a magnetization free layer and that generates a high frequency electromagnetic field by an excitation of a spin wave, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer, a polarizer layer, and a reference layer that is to be a base magnetic layer of a spin transfer due to application of current are layered in this order. The oscillating layer is made of CoIr, the polarizer layer is configured of CoCr or CoRu; and the nonmagnetic intermediate layer is configured of Cr or Ru. As a result, the efficiency of the spin injection is improved and the microwave oscillation element where the oscillation efficiency is excellent can be realized.
Abstract:
A thin-film magnetic head having microwave magnetic exciting function, includes a write magnetic field production unit for producing, in response to a write signal, a write magnetic field to be applied into a magnetic recording medium, a line conductor of a microwave radiator of a plane-structure type, formed independent from the write magnetic field production means, for radiating, by feeding there through a microwave excitation current, a microwave band resonance magnetic field with a frequency equal to or in a range near a ferromagnetic resonance frequency FR of the magnetic recording medium, and two conductors separated from the line conductor in a direction perpendicular to a track-width direction of the thin-film magnetic head and parallel to an ABS of the thin-film magnetic head. The microwave radiator is an inverted micro strip waveguide having the line conductor and a ground conductor constituted by the magnetic recording medium. A section of the line conductor, perpendicular to the track-width direction has a rectangular shape. An aspect ratio B/A is within a region from 0.15 to 1.2 or within a region of 7 or more, where A is a length in a lateral direction of the line conductor, which is in parallel with the ABS and perpendicular to the track-width direction, and B is a length in a longitudinal direction of the line conductor, which is perpendicular to the air bearing surface.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus with a thin-film magnetic head having microwave magnetic exciting function, includes a metal housing, a magnetic recording medium, arranged in the metal housing, having a magnetic recording layer, and a thin-film magnetic head, arranged in the metal housing, having a write magnetic field production unit and a resonance magnetic field production unit. The write magnetic field production unit produces, in response to a write signal, a write magnetic field to be applied into the magnetic recording layer, and the resonance magnetic field production unit produces, in response to a microwave excitation signal, a resonance magnetic field with a frequency equal to or in a range near a ferromagnetic resonance frequency FR of a the magnetic recording layer. The apparatus further includes a write signal generation unit, arranged in the metal housing, for generating the write signal, a microwave signal generation unit, arranged in the metal housing, for generating the microwave excitation signal, a transmission unit, arranged in the metal housing, for feeding the microwave excitation signal generated by the microwave signal generation unit to the resonance magnetic field production unit in the thin-film magnetic head and for feeding the write signal generated by the write signal generation unit to the write magnetic field production unit in the thin-film magnetic head, and a plurality of metal ribs, arranged in the metal housing, for forming a plurality of cavities, each of the plurality of cavities having a rectangular horizontal section shape and having dimensions to produce no resonance at a frequency of the microwave excitation signal.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a perpendicular recording magnetic head. A main magnetic pole film of a perpendicular recording element is a plated film formed on an electrode film and having a small width portion and a large width portion. The small width portion is a portion for emitting a perpendicular magnetic field from a front end thereof, while the large width portion is portion being continuous with a rear end of the small width portion and having an increased width. The electrode film is different in film thickness between beneath a portion of the plated film forming at least the front end of the small width portion and beneath a portion of the plated film forming the large width portion.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a thin-film device including a thin-film element and a lead conductor film. The thin-film element and the lead conductor film are embedded in an insulating film. The lead conductor film has a terminal area at one end thereof, is connected to the thin-film element at the other end thereof, and between the one end and the other end, has an increased surface area portion whose volume is partially occupied by an insulating material to increase surface area. As a result, there is provided a high frequency thin-film device capable of reducing loss and heat generation due to skin effect, particularly a thin-film magnetic head.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a thin film magnetic head capable of satisfying both assurance of recording performance and assurance of reproduction performance. In the case where a lower magnetic layer is formed of an iron cobalt alloy (for example, Fe65Co35) which contains iron in a range of 60 at % to 80 at % and has extremely high saturation magnetic flux density of 2.4 T or higher, a head isolation layer formed of ruthenium (Ru) is provided between the lower magnetic layer and an upper read shield layer portion. As compared with the case where the head isolation layer is not provided between the lower magnetic layer and the upper read shield layer portion, the strength of a recording magnetic field increases and a reproduction output of an MR element is stabilized.
Abstract translation:本发明提供了能够满足记录性能的保证和再现性能的保证的薄膜磁头。 在下面的磁性层由铁含量在60%至80%范围内的铁钴合金(例如,Fe 65 N 3+ 35)形成的情况下 at%,并且具有2.4T以上的极高饱和磁通密度,在下磁性层和上部读屏蔽层部分之间设置由钌(Ru)形成的磁头隔离层。 与在下部磁性层和上部读取屏蔽层部分之间没有设置磁头隔离层的情况相比,记录磁场的强度增加,MR元件的再现输出稳定。
Abstract:
The soft magnetic film takes its hard axis along the direction in which a magnetic field is generated and its easy axis along a direction perpendicular to the direction of the writer magnetic field. The magnetic bias film applies a magnetic bias along the easy axis to the soft magnetic film.
Abstract:
A thin-film magnetic head includes a lower magnetic layer, an upper magnetic layer, a recording gap layer, and a thin-film coil. The lower magnetic layer has a first magnetic pole tip layer, and a first yoke layer which is connected to the first magnetic pole tip layer. The first yoke layer has an extended part which is relatively thick and a reduced part which is relatively thin in the area in which the first yoke layer confronts the first magnetic pole tip layer, the extended part being positioned on the side of the air bearing surface. Further, the first magnetic pole tip layer is connected to the first yoke layer at the extended part, and is insulated from the first yoke layer at the reduced part.