Patent ID: 8339736

Claim:
A magnetic device comprising: a write element including a write pole tip; a conductive coil to carry a current to induce a magnetic first field through the write pole tip to an adjacent storage medium; and a first conductor connected to and is an extension of the conductive coil, located proximate the write pole tip at a medium confronting surface and being an approximately equal distance away from the adjacent storage medium as the write pole tip, and configured to carry current parallel to the medium confronting surface to generate a second field that augments the first field, the second field orientated the same as the first field at a location adjacent to the pole tip and the medium confronting surface; and a second conductor proximate a trailing edge of the write pole tip for carrying current parallel to the medium confronting surface to generate a third field that extends beyond the medium confronting surface to the location adjacent to the pole tip and that augments the first field generated by the write pole during a write operation, wherein the write pole tip is between the first conductor and the second conductor.