Abstract: A magnetic stack includes a substrate and a magnetic recording layer disposed over the substrate. The magnetic recording layer comprises magnetic crystalline grains and a segregant disposed between grain boundaries of the crystalline grains. One or both of the magnetic crystalline grains and the segregant are doped with a rare earth or transition metal dopant in an amount that provides the magnetic recording layer with a magnetic damping value, ?, between about 0.1 to about 1.

Abstract: A magnetic stack includes a substrate and a magnetic recording layer disposed over the substrate. The magnetic recording layer comprises magnetic crystalline grains and a segregant disposed between grain boundaries of the crystalline grains. One or both of the magnetic crystalline grains and the segregant are doped with a rare earth or transition metal dopant in an amount that provides the magnetic recording layer with a magnetic damping value, ?, between about 0.1 to about 1.

Abstract: A thin film transducer having a substrate, a first and second pole piece formed of a selected magnetic material and terminating in a gap, a coil positioned between the first and second pole pieces and a magnetically conductive layer formed of a material having selected chemical, magnetic and physical properties and having a known magnetic saturation flux density and being positioned contiguous at least one of the first pole piece and second pole piece and rearward of the edges forming the gap to conduct magnetic flux in parallel to the pole pieces and to increase and concentrate the magnetic flux density at the edges of the first and second pole piece defining the gap is shown.

Abstract: A method of making a thin film magnetic head assembly having a substrate, superstrate and thin film magnetic transducer mounted therebetween wherein the thin film magnetic transducer includes conductive leads located interior to and extending between the substrate and superstrate comprising the steps of mounting a thin film transducer on the substrate with the transducing portion thereof located adjacent one edge of the substrate, positioning a preformed planar conductive connecting member formed of an elongated support section and a plurality of spaced, aligned connecting elements having a relatively thin coating of diffusable conductive metal coating located on one side positioned in intimate contact with the conductive leads with the connecting elements and the elongated support section extending past the substrate, placing a superstrate having a preformed layer of insulating bonding material affixed to one surface thereof in alignment with the substrate, thin film magnetic transducer and planar conductive

Abstract: A multi-channel magnetic head-slider assembly having a ceramic member having a bottom slider face which is adapted to ride on a thin fluid film a predetermined distance above a moving media wherein the slider face has a hollowed out, central area having a wedge shaped inner surface formed in the interior of the bottom slider face which defines a first and second parallel planar fluid bearing support rail which extend in spaced parallel alignment along the side of the ceramic member and each of which have one end which terminates in sloped surface defining a leading edge relative to the moving media and each of which terminate in and are integral with a third flat fluid support surface forming a trailing edge which is perpendicular to said first and second fluid bearing support rails and a plurality of magnetic transducers having a preselected gap width and predetermined spacing are mounted on the end of the ceramic member at the trailing edge of the ceramic member with the gap of each head adjacent to and in