Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording disk drive having a non-conformal heat spreader

H Yuan, W Yan, S Lee, Z Shi, J Marcelino, Y Li… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
An energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) transducer coupled with a laser is
described. The EAMR transducer has an air-bearing surface (ABS) residing near a media …

Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording writer having a ring shaped NFT

Z Wang, H Yuan, Z Shi, Y Hu - US Patent 8,634,280, 2014 - Google Patents
A method and system provides an EAMR transducer. The transducer is coupled with a laser
for providing energy and has an air-bearing surface (ABS) configured to reside in proximity …

Method and system for providing a magnetic recording transducer having a planarized near-field transducer and a sloped pole

Y Hu, U Tran - US Patent 8,385,158, 2013 - Google Patents
A method and system for fabricating an energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR)
transducer is described. The EAMR transducer has an air-bearing surface (ABS) and a …

Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording writer having an integrated NFT, heat sink, and pole

W Gao, S Lee - US Patent 8,486,286, 2013 - Google Patents
A method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR)
transducer coupled with a laser are described. The laser provides energy. The EAMR …

Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording writer having a heat sink and NFT

Z Wang, W Gao, SM Tanner, M Abatchev… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
A method provides an EAMR transducer. The EAMR transducer is coupled with a laser and
has an ABS configured to reside in proximity to a media during use. The EAMR transducer …

Method and system for optically coupling a laser with a transducer in an energy assisted magnetic recording disk drive

Y Hu, R Li, U Tran - US Patent 8,670,295, 2014 - Google Patents
A method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR)
transducer coupled with a laser. The EAMR transducer has an air-bearing surface (ABS) …

Systems and methods for dissipating heat from a near-field transducer in an energy assisted magnetic recording assembly

H Yuan, Z Wang, W Yan, Y Chen, MR Gibbons… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a recording head for energy assisted
magnetic recording. The recording head includes a near-field transducer (NFT) having a …

Stress buffer for near-field transducer in energy assisted magnetic recording and methods for fabricating the same

H Yuan, Z Wang, W Yan, MR Gibbons… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND With current perpendicular magnetic recording technol ogy, the magnetic
recording areal density of magnetic record ing media (eg, hard disc platters) has been …

Method for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) transducer

U Tran, KK Lin, Y Hu - US Patent 8,307,540, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method provides an EAMR transducer. A sacrificial post is provided on
an NFT distal from the ABS. This post has an edge proximate and Substantially parallel to …

Method and system for coupling a laser with a slider in an energy assisted magnetic recording disk drive

Y Hu, Y Wang - US Patent 8,279,719, 2012 - Google Patents
US8279719B1 - Method and system for coupling a laser with a slider in an energy assisted
magnetic recording disk drive - Google Patents US8279719B1 - Method and system for coupling …