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LIN TSANN

US129 patents
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IBM

33 patents
US6023395AFeb 8, 2000

Magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive sensor with in-stack biasing

IBM235 citations99
US6841395B2Jan 11, 2005

Method of forming a barrier layer of a tunneling magnetoresistive sensor

IBM89 citations98
US6262869B1Jul 17, 2001

Spin valve sensor with encapsulated keeper layer and method of making

IBM97 citations98
US6185078B1Feb 6, 2001

Spin valve read head with antiferromagnetic oxide film as longitudinal bias layer and portion of first read gap

IBM94 citations98
US5701223ADec 23, 1997

Spin valve magnetoresistive sensor with antiparallel pinned layer and improved exchange bias layer, and magnetic recording system using the sensor

IBM214 citations97
US7239489B2Jul 3, 2007

Tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) sensor having a magnesium oxide barrier layer formed by a multi-layer process

IBM56 citations96
US6411476B1Jun 25, 2002

Trilayer seed layer structure for spin valve sensor

IBM74 citations96
US6223420B1May 1, 2001

Method of making a read head with high resistance soft magnetic flux guide layer for enhancing read sensor efficiency

IBM49 citations96
US6141191AOct 31, 2000

Spin valves with enhanced GMR and thermal stability

IBM53 citations96
US6127053AOct 3, 2000

Spin valves with high uniaxial anisotropy reference and keeper layers

IBM74 citations96
US6030753AFeb 29, 2000

Monolayer longitudinal bias and sensor trackwidth definition for overlaid anisotropic and giant magnetoresistive heads

IBM54 citations96
US5949623ASep 7, 1999

Monolayer longitudinal bias and sensor trackwidth definition for overlaid anisotropic and giant magnetoresistive heads

IBM80 citations96
US5621592AApr 15, 1997

Magnetic head with magnetically stable shield layers and/or write poles

IBM55 citations96
US5528440AJun 18, 1996

Spin valve magnetoresistive element with longitudinal exchange biasing of end regions abutting the free layer, and magnetic recording system using the element

IBM95 citations96
US5515221AMay 7, 1996

Magnetically stable shields for MR head

IBM76 citations96
US5508866AApr 16, 1996

Magnetoresistive sensor having exchange-coupled stabilization for transverse bias layer

IBM97 citations96
US5492720AFeb 20, 1996

Method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive sensor

IBM63 citations96
US5436778AJul 25, 1995

Magnetoresistive sensor having antiferromagnetic exchange bias

IBM44 citations96
US5315468AMay 24, 1994

Magnetoresistive sensor having antiferromagnetic layer for exchange bias

IBM78 citations96
US6896975B2May 24, 2005

Spin-valve sensor with pinning layers comprising multiple antiferromagnetic films

IBM31 citations93
US6822838B2Nov 23, 2004

Dual magnetic tunnel junction sensor with a longitudinal bias stack

IBM35 citations93
US6788499B2Sep 7, 2004

Spin valve sensor with insulating and conductive seed layers

IBM24 citations93
US6775111B2Aug 10, 2004

Trilayer seed layer structure for spin valve sensor

IBM20 citations93
US6747852B2Jun 8, 2004

Magnetoresistance sensors with Pt-Mn transverse and longitudinal pinning layers and a decoupling insulation layer

IBM38 citations93
US6735058B2May 11, 2004

Current-perpendicular-to-plane read head with an amorphous magnetic bottom shield layer and an amorphous nonmagnetic bottom lead layer

IBM31 citations93
US6592725B2Jul 15, 2003

Fabrication method for spin valve sensor with insulating and conducting seed layers

IBM22 citations93
US6175477B1Jan 16, 2001

Spin valve sensor with nonmagnetic oxide seed layer

IBM23 citations93
US6117569ASep 12, 2000

Spin valves with antiferromagnetic exchange pinning and high uniaxial anisotropy reference and keeper layers

IBM41 citations93
US6074767AJun 13, 2000

Spin valve magnetoresistive head with two sets of ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic films having high blocking temperatures and fabrication method

IBM42 citations93
US6033491AMar 7, 2000

Fabrication process of Ni-Mn spin valve sensor

IBM41 citations93
US5993566ANov 30, 1999

Fabrication process of Ni-Mn spin valve sensor

IBM25 citations93
US5768071AJun 16, 1998

Spin valve sensor with improved magnetic stability of the pinned layer

IBM37 citations93
US6175475B1Jan 16, 2001

Fully-pinned, flux-closed spin valve

IBM29 citations92

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH

10 patents
US7488609B1Feb 10, 2009

Method for forming an MgO barrier layer in a tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) device

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH108 citations98
US6709767B2Mar 23, 2004

In-situ oxidized films for use as cap and gap layers in a spin-valve sensor and methods of manufacture

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH42 citations96
US7161771B2Jan 9, 2007

Dual spin valve sensor with a longitudinal bias stack

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH16 citations93
US6989971B2Jan 24, 2006

Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) read head with reactive-ion-etch defined read width and fabrication process

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH18 citations93
US6780524B2Aug 24, 2004

In-situ oxidized films for use as gap layers for a spin-valve sensor and methods of manufacture

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH28 citations93
US6731477B2May 4, 2004

Current-perpendicular-to-plane spin-valve sensor with metallic oxide barrier layer and method of fabrication

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH36 citations93
US7469465B2Dec 30, 2008

Method of providing a low-stress sensor configuration for a lithography-defined read sensor

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH26 citations92
US7830641B2Nov 9, 2010

Tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) sensor with a Co-Fe-B free layer having a negative saturation magnetostriction

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH14 citations84
US7796364B2Sep 14, 2010

Current-perpendicular-to-plane sensor epitaxially grown on a bottom shield

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH8 citations84
US7244169B2Jul 17, 2007

In-line contiguous resistive lapping guide for magnetic sensors

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH15 citations84

LIN TSANN

4 patents

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD

2 patents

AVALANCHE TECHNOLOGY INC

1 patent

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