Inventor
MCFADYEN IAN ROBSON
US19 patents
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HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH
9 patentsUS7212379B2May 1, 2007
Perpendicular magnetic recording head with flare and taper configurations
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH72 citations97
US7382586B2Jun 3, 2008
Magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a self biased free layer
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH22 citations92
US7296337B2Nov 20, 2007
Notched trailing shield for perpendicular write head
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH19 citations92
US7271982B2Sep 18, 2007
Perpendicular magnetic recording head built using an air-bearing surface damascene process
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH34 citations92
US7168939B2Jan 30, 2007
System, method, and apparatus for multilevel UV molding lithography for air bearing surface patterning
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH30 citations92
US6861177B2Mar 1, 2005
Method of forming a read sensor using a lift-off mask having a hardmask layer and a release layer
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH19 citations92
US6944937B2Sep 20, 2005
Method of reducing ESD damage in thin film read heads which enables measurement of gap resistance
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH10 citations71
US6678127B2Jan 13, 2004
Device and method of reducing ESD damage in thin film read heads which enables measurement of gap resistances and method of making
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH12 citations71
US7591064B2Sep 22, 2009
Method of fabrication for tape medium read head with unitary formation of multiple elements
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH5 citations62
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
7 patentsUS10424323B1Sep 24, 2019
High-bandwidth STO bias architecture with integrated slider voltage potential control
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC13 citations92
US11615804B1Mar 28, 2023
Disk drive biasing two write assist elements using three terminal control circuitry
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
US11087784B2Aug 10, 2021
Data storage devices with integrated slider voltage potential control
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US10891973B2Jan 12, 2021
High-bandwidth STO bias architecture with integrated slider voltage potential control
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US10629229B2Apr 21, 2020
High-bandwidth STO bias architecture with integrated slider voltage potential control
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US11276424B2Mar 15, 2022
Data storage devices with integrated slider voltage potential control
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US10825474B2Nov 3, 2020
Data storage device reverse biasing head element to counter electro-migration
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52