Inventor
CHEN MAO-MIN
US105 patents
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HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC
30 patentsUS6292336B1Sep 18, 2001
Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensor element with enhanced magnetoresistive (MR) coefficient
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC116 citations98
US6770382B1Aug 3, 2004
GMR configuration with enhanced spin filtering
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC63 citations96
US6103136AAug 15, 2000
Method for forming a soft adjacent layer (SAL) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element with transversely magnetically biased soft adjacent layer (SAL)
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC62 citations96
US7446987B2Nov 4, 2008
Composite hard bias design with a soft magnetic underlayer for sensor applications
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC31 citations93
US7016165B2Mar 21, 2006
Abutted junction GMR read head with an improved hard bias layer and a method for its fabrication
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC24 citations93
US6882509B2Apr 19, 2005
GMR configuration with enhanced spin filtering
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC32 citations93
US6785954B2Sep 7, 2004
Method for fabricating lead overlay (LOL) on the bottom spin valve GMR read sensor
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC23 citations93
US6668443B2Dec 30, 2003
Process for manufacturing a spin valve recording head
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC19 citations93
US6632474B1Oct 14, 2003
Robust hard bias/conductor lead structures for future GMR heads
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC23 citations93
US6517896B1Feb 11, 2003
Spin filter bottom spin valve head with continuous spacer exchange bias
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC33 citations93
US6504677B1Jan 7, 2003
Multi-layer stitched write head design for high data rate application
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC27 citations93
US6496333B1Dec 17, 2002
Dual stripe magnetoresistive (DSMR) head with co-extensive magnetoresistive (MR)/dielectric/magnetoresistive (MR) stack layer edges
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC24 citations93
US6430015B2Aug 6, 2002
Method of fabrication of striped magnetoresistive (SMR) and dual stripe magnetoresistive (DSMR) heads with anti-parallel exchange configuration
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC29 citations93
US6393692B1May 28, 2002
Method of manufacture of a composite shared pole design for magnetoresistive merged heads
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC35 citations93
US6324037B1Nov 27, 2001
Magnetically stable spin-valve sensor
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC45 citations93
US6204071B1Mar 20, 2001
Method of fabrication of striped magnetoresistive (SMR) and dual stripe magnetoresistive (DSMR) heads with anti-parallel exchange configuration
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC36 citations93
US6007731ADec 28, 1999
Soft adjacent layer (SAL) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element with electrically insulated soft adjacent layer (SAL)
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC20 citations93
US5985162ANov 16, 1999
Method for forming soft adjacent layer (SAL) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element with electrically insulated soft adjacent layer (SAL)
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC26 citations93
US5843521ADec 1, 1998
Photoresist frame plated magnetic transducer pole layer employing high magnetic permeability seed layer
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC45 citations93
US7611912B2Nov 3, 2009
Underlayer for high performance magnetic tunneling junction MRAM
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC32 citations92
US6591480B1Jul 15, 2003
Process for fabricating a flux concentrating stitched head
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC26 citations92
US6493926B2Dec 17, 2002
Bi-layer lift-off process for high track density GMR head
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC35 citations92
US6383574B1May 7, 2002
Ion implantation method for fabricating magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC46 citations92
US6243939B1Jun 12, 2001
High ion beam etch selectivity for partial pole trim application
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC46 citations92
US6129957AOct 10, 2000
Method of forming a second antiferromagnetic exchange-coupling layer for magnetoresistive (MR) and giant MR (GMR) applications
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC37 citations91
US6415500B1Jul 9, 2002
Method to prevent electrostatic discharge for MR/GMR wafer fabrication
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC34 citations90
US6396671B1May 28, 2002
Ruthenium bias compensation layer for spin valve head and process of manufacturing
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC19 citations90
US7515388B2Apr 7, 2009
Composite hard bias design with a soft magnetic underlayer for sensor applications
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC17 citations84
US6960281B2Nov 1, 2005
Method to make a wider trailing pole structure by self-aligned pole trim process
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC12 citations84
US6469875B1Oct 22, 2002
Stitched write head design having a sunken shared pole
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC15 citations84
IBM
15 patentsUS5802700ASep 8, 1998
Method of making a planarized thin film magnetic write head with submicron trackwidth
IBM132 citations99
US5652687AJul 29, 1997
Planarized thin film magnetic write head with submicron trackwidth
IBM128 citations99
US5606478AFeb 25, 1997
Ni45 Fe55 metal-in-gap thin film magnetic head
IBM134 citations99
US5864450AJan 26, 1999
NI45FE55 metal-in-gap thin film magnetic head
IBM55 citations96
US5812350ASep 22, 1998
Metal-in-gap thin film magnetic head employing Ni45 Fe55
IBM57 citations96
US5452165ASep 19, 1995
Close packed magnetic head linear array
IBM78 citations96
US5285339AFeb 8, 1994
Magnetoresistive read transducer having improved bias profile
IBM55 citations96
US5271802ADec 21, 1993
Method for making a thin film magnetic head having a protective coating
IBM54 citations96
US5175658ADec 29, 1992
Thin film magnetic head having a protective coating and method for making same
IBM70 citations96
US5491600AFeb 13, 1996
Multi-layer conductor leads in a magnetoresistive head
IBM134 citations95
US5283942AFeb 8, 1994
Sacrificial layer planarization process for fabricating a narrow thin film inductive head
IBM77 citations95
US5664316ASep 9, 1997
Method of manufacturing magnetoresistive read transducer having a contiguous longitudinal bias layer
IBM57 citations93
US5262914ANov 16, 1993
Magnetoresistive head with enhanced exchange bias field
IBM28 citations92
US5282308AFeb 1, 1994
Thin film planarization process for fabricating magnetic heads employing a stitched pole structure
IBM37 citations89
US5325253AJun 28, 1994
Stabilization of magnetoresistive transducer using canted exchange bias
IBM25 citations88
APPLIED SPINTRONICS INC
3 patentsUS7211447B2May 1, 2007
Structure and method to fabricate high performance MTJ devices for MRAM applications
APPLIED SPINTRONICS INC25 citations93
US7208807B2Apr 24, 2007
Structure and method to fabricate high performance MTJ devices for MRAM applications
APPLIED SPINTRONICS INC19 citations93
US7122852B2Oct 17, 2006
Structure/method to fabricate a high performance magnetic tunneling junction MRAM
APPLIED SPINTRONICS INC21 citations93
HONG LIUBO
1 patentMAGIC TECHNOLOGIES INC
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