Novel DFH Bulge by Heat Sink Design

Heatsink structures for heat-assisted magnetic recording heads

Magnetic disk device

Heatsink structures for heat-assisted magnetic recording heads

Heatsink structures for heat-assisted magnetic recording heads

Recessed hardmask used to form heat-assisted magnetic recording near-field transducer with heat sink

Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface

Devices including metal layer

Using window underlayer structures to protect near field transducers on heat assisted magnetic recording heads

Method for manufacturing thermally-assisted magnetic recording head with waveguide blocker

Write coil cooling arrangement at air bearing surface

Recessed hardmask used to form HAMR NFT heat sink

Devices including metal layer

Devices including a multilayer gas barrier layer

Magnetic head and magnetic disk device

Devices including a gas barrier layer

Laser optical power monitoring using thermal sensor of a head transducer

Magnetic head including two contact sensors

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head having a heat sink

Stiff discrete insert array for thermal PTR management with desired induced stress state that reduces tendency for write pole erasure

Magnetic head providing write protrusion suppression and methods of formation thereof

Contact detection using laser modulation

WRITE HEAD STRUCTURE DESIGNED FOR TEMPERATURE INSENSITIVE WRITING PERFORMANCE

Heat assisted magnetic recording head

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head having heat conducting unit and heat absorbing unit and magnetic recording and reproducing device having the same

Thin-film magnetic head, method of manufacturing the same, head gimbal assembly, and hard disk drive

Temperature sensor in a thermally assisted magnetic recording head

Recording head for heat assisted magnetic recording with a side lobe blocker

Thin-film magnetic head, method of manufacturing the same, head gimbal assembly, and hard disk drive

Magnetic head having a contact sensor

Methods of manufacturing a transducer

Evaluation method of magnetic disk, manufacturing method of magnetic disk, and magnetic disk

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head

Thermally assisted recording head with near field transducer having integral heatsink

Thin film magnetic head having temperature detection mechanism, head gimbals assembly, head arm assembly and magnetic disk device

Thermally assisted magnetic recording device

Magnetic head including sensor

Head/disk contact determination

Thin film magnetic head having heating element

Thermally assisted magnetic recording head

Head-slider including thin-film magnetic-recording head having reduced thermal protrusion

Magnetic-recording-disk test-head and method of manufacturing a magnetic-recording disk using the magnetic-recording-disk test-head

Recording head with current controlled gamma ratio

DISK APPARATUS WITH CONTACT-TYPE HEAD

MAGNETIC HEAD, MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC HEAD

CONTROL DEVICE, MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE, AND IW SENSITIVITY CALCULATING METHOD

Self-aligned coil process in magnetic recording heads

MAGNETIC HEAD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC HEAD, ACTUATOR, AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

Magnetic head that suppresses protrusion of medium facing surface caused by heat of coil

Methods for depositing lubricant onto disks and systems thereof

Magnetic head with a heating element between the read and write element and method of manufacturing thereof

Head-slider with protrusion control structure and manufacturing method of the head-slider with protrusion control structure

MAGNETIC HEAD AND INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS

Magnetic disk device including a sensor in a case

MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE

Composite writer shield for improving writer performance

MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE

NEUTRALIZING FLYING HEIGHT SENSITIVITY OF THERMAL POLE-TIP PROTRUSION OF MAGNETIC SLIDER

Vertically stacked DFH heater design for protrusion shape control

Magnetic head drive device and magnetic recording/reproducing device using this drive device

Glide test heads using heating elements to form a planar detection surface

Magnetic write head having helical coil with a fin structure for reduced heat induced protrusion

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including a stopper layer for suppressing protrusion of the front end face of a shield

Head control method, control device, and storage device

Thin-film magnetic head having a width-thickness configured shield layer positioned by spacer pieces for use in a head gimbal assembly of a hard disk system

Fly height and slider protrusion measurement

Thermal elements for controlling and manipulating thermal pitch static attitude (PSA)

Magnetic head slider

Frictional heat assisted recording

Method and apparatus for detecting proximity contact between a transducer and a medium

Non-magnetic contact enhancement feature

Method for forming interleaved coils with damascene plating

Disk drive apparatus and method of adaptively controlling flying height of magnetic head therein

Thin film magnetic head having thermal expansion layer for suppressing thermal protrusion

Apparatus for determining contact of head slider and method of determining contact of head slider

MAGNETIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MAGNETIC DEVICE

Head slider having light emission device and optical absorption, method for controlling flying height thereof, and controlling circuit thereof

Method of forming a magnetic read/write head

Magnetic head slider using giant magnetostrictive material

Magnetic head that includes negative expansion material

Seed layer for a heat spreader in a magnetic recording head

Thin film magnetic head using a shunt line connecting to the magnetic layer at a position that deviates from the center of the heat generating region

Storage apparatus, storage medium, and control method and program of storage apparatus

Air bearing surface method and apparatus optimizing flying height on demand efficiency during flying height on demand activity of slider in a hard disk drive

Magnetic spacing and tape characteristic compensation system and method

Thin-film magnetic head with heating portion and protrusion adjustment portion, head gimbal assembly equipped head, magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus equipped HGA, and manufacturing method of head

Fly height actuator/void region in basecoat

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing same

Head amplifier with a heat controller

Head slider having protruding head element and apparatus for determining protrusion amount of head element

Thin film magnetic head including thermal deformation-preventing layer

Thin-film magnetic head with coil-insulating layer that thermal expansion coefficient and young'S modulus are specified

Magnetic head slider with crown profile and fabrication method for the magnetic head slider

Testing method of head element and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus capable of head evaluating

Magnetic head and storage medium drive

Magnetic head and magnetic disk drive including an electrothermal body

Magnetic head

Perpendicular magnetic recording head and perpendicular magnetic recording/reproducing head having a magnetic shield layer with a thick edge portion

Thin film magnetic head with flying height adjustment capability

Thin-film magnetic head having magnetic layer with non-magnetic layer therewithin

Magnetic head having reduced induction coil electrical resistance and method for the fabrication thereof

Method of determining head characteristic of HDD and recording medium to perform the same

Thin film magnetic head having heating element

Estimation and control of head fly height

Method of determining optimal write current parameters of magnetic recording device and storage device using the method

Apparatus and method for piezoelectric layer as vertical micro-actuator in slider of a hard disk drive

Apparatus and method for preventing excessive thermal pole tip protrusion in slider of a hard disk drive

Magnetic write head design for reducing temperature induced protrusion

Method of fabricating a GMR head

Thin-film magnetic head with a spiral recording coil having a first part with a denser pitch closer to the medium facing surface than a second coil part and all set between a pair of magnetic layers

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Magnetic disk apparatus

Magnetic head structure with enlarged insulating layer

Method of manufacturing thin film magnetic head having lower shield layer embedded in insulating

Thin film magnetic head

Method of adjusting recession of an element of a slider

Thin-film magnetic head with near-field-light-generating layer

Magnetic head structure with enlarged insulating layer

Thin film magnetic head that has solenoid type recording coil

Method for controlling overcoat recession in a magnetic thin film head

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head

Data storage device with heater, and control method therefor with timing control

Data storage device with heater, and control method therefor involving different control modes

Thin shield structure for reduced protrusion in a magnetoresistive head

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLIES, ACTUATORS AND DISK DRIVES BY REMOVING THERMAL POLE-TIP PROTRUSION AT THE SPIN STAND LEVEL

THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY, AND HARD DISK SYSTEM

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic recording apparatus

Head design with low coefficient of thermal expansion insert layer

Magnetic head structure

Method for using CVD process to encapsulate coil in a magnetic write head

Magnetic disk drive and write current control method therein

Magnetic disk drive with flying height control, control method, and manufacturing method

Magnetic head having first and second protective films with different coefficients of linear expansion

Two layer writer heater using writer as one current lead

Slider with transducing and heating elements formed on trailing end thereof and sharing same thin film structure

Magnetic head having a damascene-fabricated write coil structure with coil layers extending between the poles for reduced electrical resistance

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Thin-film magnetic head with heating means for adjusting magnetic spacing

Method for precompensation/write-current latching to improve error rate

Perpendicular recording head with reduced thermal protrusion

Thin-film magnetic head with heating element for adjusting magnetic spacing and control method of magnetic spacing

Etch-stop layers for patterning block structures for reducing thermal protrusion

Tungsten heat sink structures in a thin film magnetic head

Disk drive slider design for thermal fly-height control and burnishing-on-demand

Magnetic head for perpendicular recording having pole pieces provided on surface of soft magnetic film

Magnetic recording head for perpendicular recording with wrap around shield, the fabrication process and magnetic disk storage apparatus mounting the magnetic head

Silicon-made magnetic head slider

Thin-film magnetic head having heatsink wider on air bearing surface side

Well use of space for low resistance coil design for write head

Method of controlling a recording current, and magnetic disk device

Self-aligned coil process in magnetic recording heads

Disk drive with slider burnishing-on-demand

Method of manufacturing thin film magnetic head

Magnetic head slider material, magnetic head slider, and method of manufacturing magnetic head slider material

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing same

Thin-film magnetic head with heater in overcoat multilayer, head gimbal assembly with thin-film magnetic head, and magnetic disk drive apparatus with head gimbal assembly

Recessed SiO2 or Si3N4 overcoat for GMR head in magnetic disk drive

Magnetic recording head with reduced thermally induced protrusion

System, method, and apparatus for improving the multiple velocity performance and write element protrusion compensation of disk drive sliders

Tunable fly height using magnetomechanical effect in a magnetic head

Thin-film magnetic head, head gimbal assembly with thin-film magnetic head, magnetic disk drive apparatus with head gimbal assembly, method for designing thin-film magnetic head and manufacturing method of thin-film magnetic head

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Thermal protrusion reduction in magnet heads by utilizing a heat-spreading pad

Magnetic head structure with insulating layer configured to reduce thermal deformation of floating surface towards disk

Storage device and method of using a head that has a concave surface when powered down

Method to improve heat dissipation in a magnetic shield

Method and apparatus for write control in a disk drive

Thin film magnetic head and manufacturing method thereof

Slider having adjusted transducer recession and method of adjusting recession

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic recording apparatus with partitioned heat sink layer

Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing protrusion feedback for a read/write element

Magnetic disk drive having a function for using a thermal protrusion amount for flying height management and an inspection device having such a function

Method for patterning a self-aligned coil using a damascene process

Magnetic hard disk recording head with self-compensating thermal expansion

Method to make a planar writer with low D.C. coil resistance

Magnetic head having a write coil structure with a reduced electrical resistance for reducing thermal protrusion

Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with a resonance enhancing feature

Disk device with magnetic head

Spin torque reversal assisted magnetic recording (STRAMR) device having a width substantially equal to that of a traililng shield

Magnetic head and disk device with heat actuators

Near-field transducer with thermally robust peg embedded into an enlarged portion

Data storage device detecting abnormality with a write assist element based on slope of protrusion

Near-field transducer having a peg surrounded by a metal aperture plate

Transducing head protrusion control

Near-field transducer having edges aligned with waveguide core

Near-field transducer with thermally robust peg embedded into an enlarged portion

Slider with heat sink between read transducer and substrate

Head-medium contact detection using high frequency heater oscillation