Magnetic recording head and disk drive provided therewith

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9305577-B2
Application number	US-201514610343-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2015
Priority date	Aug 30, 2011
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a main pole configured to apply a recording magnetic field to a recording layer of a recording medium, a trailing shield opposed to the main pole with a write gap therebetween, and a high-frequency oscillator between the main pole and the trailing shield in a range of a width of the main pole in a track width direction, and configured to generate a high-frequency magnetic field. The high-frequency oscillator includes a spin injection layer, an intermediate layer, and an oscillation layer, and at least the oscillation layer comprises divided oscillation regions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magnetic recording head comprising:
a magnetic pole configured to apply a recording magnetic field;
a write shield opposed to the magnetic pole with a write gap between the magnetic pole and the write shield; and
a high-frequency oscillator between the magnetic pole and the write shield in a range of a width of the magnetic pole, the high-frequency oscillator configured to generate a high-frequency magnetic field,
wherein the high-frequency oscillator comprises a spin injection layer, an intermediate layer, and an oscillation layer, which are laminated in a laminating direction, and at least the oscillation layer comprises a surface perpendicular to the laminating direction, a slit or a notch formed in the surface of the oscillation layer to pierce the oscillation layer, the intermediate layer, and the spin injection layer, and two oscillation regions divided by the slit or the notch,
the slit or the notch extends in parallel to an air bearing surface of the recording head, and the two oscillation regions of the oscillation layer are aligned one above the other in a direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface of the recording head with the slit or the notch between the two oscillation regions, and
one of the two oscillation regions is exposed in the air bearing surface and the other oscillation region is apart from the air bearing surface in the direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface.

2. The magnetic recording head of claim 1 , wherein the high-frequency oscillator is arranged at a position including a center line of the magnetic pole.

3. A disk drive comprising:
a disk-shaped recording medium comprising a recording layer;
a driver configured to rotate the disk-shaped recording medium; and
a magnetic recording head configured to perform information processing with respect to the disk-shaped recording medium, the magnetic recording head comprising:
a magnetic pole configured to apply a recording magnetic field to the recording layer;
a write shield opposed to the magnetic pole with a write gap between the magnetic pole and the write shield; and
a high-frequency oscillator between the magnetic pole and the write shield in a range of a width of the magnetic pole, the high-frequency oscillator configured to generate a high-frequency magnetic field,

wherein the high-frequency oscillator comprises a spin injection layer, an intermediate layer, and an oscillation layer, which are laminated in a laminating direction, and at least the oscillation layer comprises a surface perpendicular to the laminating direction, a slit or a notch formed in the surface of the oscillation layer to pierce the oscillation layer, the intermediate layer, and the spin injection layer, and two oscillation regions divided by the slit or notch,
the slot or the notch extends in parallel to an air bearing surface of the recording head, and
the two oscillation regions of the oscillation layer are aligned one above the other in a direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface with the notch or the slit between the two oscillation regions, and
one of the two oscillation regions is exposed in the air bearing surface and the other oscillation region is apart from the air bearing surface in the direction perpendicular to the air bearing surface.

4. The magnetic recording head of claim 3 , wherein the high-frequency oscillator is arranged at a position including a center line of the magnetic pole.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Yamada Kenichiro
• Koui Katsuhiko

Classifications

• G11B5/35 Primary

  having vibrating elements · CPC title

• G11B5/1278 Primary

  specially adapted for magnetisations perpendicular to the surface of the record carrier · CPC title

• G11B2005/0024

  Microwave assisted recording · CPC title

• G11B5/315

  Shield layers on both sides of the main pole, e.g. in perpendicular magnetic heads · CPC title

• G11B2005/0005

  Arrangements, methods or circuits · CPC title