Devices including a gas barrier layer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9165576
APP PUB NO 20150248905A1
SERIAL NO

14711992

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Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT); a gas barrier layer positioned on at least a portion of the NFT; and a wear resistance layer positioned on at least a portion of the gas barrier layer wherein the gas barrier layer includes tantalum oxide (TaO), titanium oxide (TiO), chromium oxide (CrO), silicon oxide (SiO), aluminum oxide (AlO), titanium oxide (TiO), zirconium oxide (ZrO), yttrium oxide (YO), magnesium oxide (MgO), beryllium oxide (BeO), niobium oxide (NbO), hafnium oxide (HfO), vanadium oxide (VO), strontium oxide (SrO), or combinations thereof; silicon nitride (SiN), aluminum nitride (Al), boron nitride (BN), titanium nitride (TiN), zirconium nitride (ZrN), niobioum nitride (NbN), hafnium nitride (HfN), chromium nitride (CrN), or combinations thereof silicon carbide (SiC), titanium carbide (TiC), zirconium carbide (ZrC), niobioum carbide (NbC), chromium carbide (CrC), vanadium carbide (VC), boron carbide (BC), or combinations thereof or combinations thereof.

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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLCCUPERTINO CA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cheng, Yuhang Edina, US 65 678
Franzen, Scott Savage, US 33 494
Rejda, Ed F Bloomington, US 16 373
Seigler, Michael Allen Eden Prairie, US 112 2539
Wierman, Kurt W Eden Prairie, US 32 518

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