Abstract:
An implantable medical leads has a conductor that includes one or more metal wires and one or more carbon nanotube wires extending in substantially the same direction as the one or more metal wires. Such conductors may result in less MRI-induced heating at electrodes of leads than conductors that do not contain carbon nanotubes.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a thin-film structure that includes an etch-stop layer having a first side and a second side, a patterned compensation layer for dissipating thermal energy, and an etch-vulnerable layer, where the etch-stop layer substantially impedes etching. The patterned compensation layer is adjacent the first side of the etch-stop layer, and the etch-vulnerable layer is adjacent the second side of the etch-stop layer.
Abstract:
A method of forming a layer of alpha-tantalum on a substrate including the steps of depositing a layer of titanium nitride on a substrate; and depositing a layer of alpha-tantalum on the layer of titanium nitride, wherein the deposition of the alpha-tantalum is carried out at temperatures below about 300° C.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a thin-film structure that includes an etch-stop layer having a first side and a second side, a patterned compensation layer for dissipating thermal energy, and an etch-vulnerable layer, where the etch-stop layer substantially impedes etching. The patterned compensation layer is adjacent the first side of the etch-stop layer, and the etch-vulnerable layer is adjacent the second side of the etch-stop layer.
Abstract:
A method of forming a layer of alpha-tantalum on a substrate including the steps of depositing a layer of titanium nitride on a substrate; and depositing a layer of alpha-tantalum on the layer of titanium nitride, wherein the deposition of the alpha-tantalum is carried out at temperatures below about 300° C.
Abstract:
A sputtered metal film recording medium includes a substrate, a texture promotion layer sputtered on a first side of the substrate, a seed layer deposited on the texture promotion layer, an intermediate layer including a chromium alloy deposited on the seed layer, and a longitudinal magnetic recording layer including a cobalt alloy deposited on the intermediate layer. The texture promotion layer configures in-plane orientation of a cobalt structure in the magnetic recording layer.
Abstract:
A head for a magnetic drive that includes a substrate with a thermal expansion rate CTE1. A transducer in the head has a bond to the substrate and has a transducer thermal expansion rate CTE2 that is greater than CTE1. A restraint layer in the substrate has a bond to one side of the transducer and has a first restraint layer thermal expansion rate CTE3 that is lower than CTE1. The restraint layer restrains protrusion of the transducer beyond the substrate at higher operating temperatures.
Abstract:
An implantable medical leads has a conductor that includes one or more metal wires and one or more carbon nanotube wires extending in substantially the same direction as the one or more metal wires. Such conductors may result in less MRI-induced heating at electrodes of leads than conductors that do not contain carbon nanotubes.
Abstract:
A slider having a magnetic read/write head and including, a base coat, a reader element having a transducer, a writer element, the writer element including at least one conductive coil, the coil being electrically insulated by a composition which has a negative coefficient of thermal expansion, and an overcoat.
Abstract:
A data transducer is used for writing data to a disc and has an air bearing surface. The data transducer also includes a bottom pole and a top pole separated from the bottom pole at the air bearing surface by a write gap. A core is formed between the bottom pole and the top pole and a conductive coil is positioned within the core. The data transducer further includes an insulator conformed to turns of the conductive coil and a core fill deposited within the entire core wherein the core fill is a high-thermal conductivity material. The insulator and core fill dissipate thermal energy away from the conductive coil.