Patent ID: 8582250

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first ferromagnetic layer separated from a second ferromagnetic layer by a nonmagnetic layer, each ferromagnetic layer having an air bearing surface (ABS), first biasing surface, and second biasing surface, the first and second biasing surfaces respectively connected in a substantially triangular shape; a high coercivity magnetic bias element separated from the ABS and positioned proximal the first biasing surface of the first ferromagnetic layer to bias the first ferromagnetic layer to a first direction; and a high moment magnetic bias element laterally separated from the high coercivity magnetic bias element along a plane orthogonal to the ABS, the high moment magnetic bias element separated from the ABS and positioned proximal the second biasing surface of the second ferromagnetic layer to bias the second ferromagnetic layer to a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, wherein the high coercivity and high moment magnetic bias elements have different magnetic setting fields.