Patent ID: 9508365
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G11B

Claim Text:
1. A magnetic read apparatus having an air-bearing surface (ABS) comprising: a shield; a crystal decoupling structure on the shield, the crystal decoupling structure including at least one of a magnetic high crystalline temperature amorphous alloy layer and a combination of a high crystalline temperature amorphous layer and an amorphous magnetic layer, the high crystalline temperature amorphous layer having a crystalline temperature of at least three hundred and fifty degrees Celsius, the amorphous magnetic layer being amorphous as-deposited, the magnetic high crystalline temperature amorphous alloy layer having a crystalline temperature of at least three hundred and fifty degrees Celsius; a magnetic seed layer on the crystal decoupling structure; and a read sensor on the crystal decoupling structure and on the magnetic seed layer.