Near field transducers including copper based alloys
US10916262B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 23, 2019 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2005/0021
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device including a near field transducer, the near field transducer including a near field transducer, the near field transducer comprising a copper (Cu) alloy of the formula Cu1−zXz, where z ranges from 0.001 to 0.9 and X is selected from aluminum (Al), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), erbium (Er), iron (Fe), gold (Au), hafnium (Hf), iridium (Ir), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), rhenium (Re), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), silicon (Si), tin (Sn), tantalum (Ta), tellurium (Te), titanium (Ti), tungsten (W), yttrium (Y), zinc (Zn), zirconium (Zr), or combinations thereof.
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