Dual writer designs with SOT and STT assisted recording

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10839831-B1
Application number	US-201916730758-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 30, 2019
Priority date	Dec 30, 2019
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to a magnetic media drive employing a magnetic recording head. The magnetic recording head comprises a first write head and a second write head. The first write head comprises a first main pole, a first yoke having a first length, and a first coil wrapped around the first yoke. The second write head comprises a second main pole, a second yoke having a second length, a second coil wrapped around the second yoke, and a side shield surrounding two or more surfaces of the second main pole. The side shield comprises a heavy metal layer and a magnetic layer. The second write head comprises an energy-assisted magnetic recording element or stack. The second write head comprises a non-magnetic conductive structure to enable maximum current efficiency and uniformity. A write of the first write head is wider than that of the second write head.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magnetic recording head, comprising:
a first write head, comprising:
a first main pole; and

a second write head disposed adjacent to the first write head, comprising:
a second main pole having a first surface adjacent to a trailing gap, a second surface adjacent to the first surface, a third surface opposite the second surface, and a fourth surface adjacent to a leading gap;
a side shield surrounding one or more of the first surface, the second surface, the third surface, and the fourth surface of the second main pole, including at least one of the second surface and the third surface, wherein the side shield comprises a first layer comprising a heavy metal material or a topological insulator material, and a second layer comprising a magnetic material, wherein a first surface of the first layer is disposed in contact with a non-magnetic side gap, and a second surface of the first layer opposite the first surface of the first layer is disposed in contact with the second layer; and
an energy-assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) structure disposed on the second main pole at a media facing surface.

2. The magnetic recording head of claim 1 , wherein a first portion of the first layer of the side shield is disposed in the trailing gap adjacent to the first surface of the second main pole, and wherein the first portion of the first layer forms part of the EAMR structure.

3. The magnetic recording head of claim 1 , wherein the EAMR structure comprises a spin orbital torque structure.

4. The magnetic recording head of claim 1 , wherein the first write head is a heat assisted magnetic recording head.

5. The magnetic recording head of claim 1 , wherein the first write head further comprises a first yoke coupled to the first main pole, the first yoke having a first length, and wherein the second write head further comprises a second yoke coupled to the second main pole, the second yoke having a second length less than the first length of the first yoke.

6. A data storage device comprising the magnetic recording head of claim 1 .

7. The magnetic recording head of claim 1 , wherein the first layer of the side shield surrounds the first, second, third, and fourth surfaces of the second main pole, and wherein the second layer of the side shield is disposed around the second and third surfaces of the second main pole.

8. The magnetic recording head of claim 1 , wherein the first layer of the side shield has a first thickness and the second layer of the side shield has a second thickness greater than the first thickness.

9. A magnetic recording head, comprising:
a first write head, comprising:
a first main pole;
a first yoke coupled to the first main pole, the first yoke having a first length; and
a first coil wrapped around the first yoke; and

a second write head disposed adjacent to the first write head, comprising:
a second main pole;
an EAMR structure disposed on the second main pole at a media facing surface;
a side shield surrounding a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface of the second main pole, the side shield comprising a first layer comprising a heavy metal material or a topological insulator material and a second layer comprising a magnetic material, and wherein a first surface of the first layer is disposed in contact with a non-magnetic side gap, and a second surface of the first layer opposite the first surface of the first layer is disposed in contact with the second layer;
a second yoke coupled to the second main pole, the second yoke having a second length equal to or less than the first length of the first yoke; and
a second coil, wherein the first coil wraps around the first yoke a greater number of times than the second coil wraps around the second yoke.

10. The magnetic recording head of claim 9 , wherein the first write head comprises a heat assisted magnetic recording element.

11. The magnetic recording head of claim 9 , wherein the first layer surrounds at least the first surface, the second surface, and the third surface of the second main pole, the first surface of the second main pole being disposed adjacent to a trailing gap, and the second layer surrounds at least the second surface and the third surface of the main pole, layer of the side shield disposed in the trailing gap forms a portion of the EAMR structure.

12. The magnetic recording head of claim 11 , wherein the second surface of the second main pole and the third surface of the second main pole are disposed adjacent to the first surface of the second main pole in a side gap.

13. The magnetic recording head of claim 9 , wherein the first surface of the second main pole is disposed adjacent to a leading gap, and wherein the second surface and the third surface are disposed adjacent to the first surface in a side gap.

14. The magnetic recording head of claim 9 , wherein the EAMR structure comprises a spin orbit torque structure or a spin transfer torque structure, and wherein a width of the first write head is wider than that of the second write head.

15. A data storage device comprising the magnetic recording head of claim 9 .

16. The magnetic recording head of claim 9 , wherein the first layer of the side shield has a first thickness and the second layer of the side shield has a second thickness greater than the first thickness.

17. A magnetic recording head, comprising:
a first write head, comprising:
a first main pole; and

a second write head disposed adjacent to the first write head, comprising:
a second main pole comprising a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, and a fourth surface;
an EAMR structure disposed over the first surface of the second main pole at a media facing surface;
one or more non-magnetic side gaps in contact with the second and third surfaces of the second main pole; and
a side shield surrounding the first, second, third, and fourth surfaces of the second main pole, the side shield comprising a first layer having a first thickness, the first layer comprising a heavy metal material or a topological insulator material, and a second layer comprising a magnetic material having a second thickness greater than the first thickness, wherein a first surface of the first layer is disposed in contact with the one or more non-magnetic side gaps, and a second surface of the first layer opposite the first surface of the first layer is disposed in contact with the second layer.

18. The magnetic recording head of claim 17 , wherein the first layer of the side shield surrounds the first, second, third, and fourth surfaces of the second main pole, and wherein the second layer of the side shield is disposed around the second and third surfaces of the second main pole.

19. The magnetic recording head of claim 17 , wherein the EAMR structure comprises a spin orbit torque structure or a spin transfer torque structure, and wherein the first write head comprises a heat assisted magnetic recording element.

20. The magnetic recording head of claim 17 , wherein the second write head further comprises an insulating material disposed in contact with the second layer of the side shield.

21. The magnetic recording head of claim 17 , wherein a first portion of the first layer of the side shield is disposed in a trailing gap adjacent to the first surface of the second main pole, and wherein the first portion of the first layer forms part of the EAMR structure.

22. The magnetic recording head of claim 17 , wherein the first write head furt

Assignees

• Western Digital Tech Inc

Inventors

• Nguyen Thao A
• Ho Michael Kuok San
• Bai Zhigang
• Li Zhanjie
• Le Quang

Classifications

• G11B2005/0024

  Microwave assisted recording · CPC title

• G11B2005/0021

  Thermally assisted recording using an auxiliary energy source for heating the recording layer locally to assist the magnetization reversal · CPC title

• G11B5/4813

  Mounting or aligning of arm assemblies, e.g. actuator arm supported by bearings, multiple arm assemblies, arm stacks or multiple heads on single arm (G11B5/484 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G11B5/314 Primary

  where the layers are extra layers normally not provided in the transducing structure, e.g. optical layers (G11B5/3196 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G11B5/3133 Primary

  including layers not usually being a part of the electromagnetic transducer structure and providing additional features, e.g. for improving heat radiation, reduction of power dissipation, adaptations for measurement or indication of gap depth or other properties of the structure (G11B5/3106 takes precedence) · CPC title