Inventor
TSANG CHING HWA
US50 patents
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HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH
25 patentsUS6847510B2Jan 25, 2005
Magnetic tunnel junction device with bottom free layer and improved underlayer
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH66 citations96
US7580230B2Aug 25, 2009
Magnetoresistive sensor having shape enhanced pinning, a flux guide structure and damage free virtual edges
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH25 citations93
US7522391B2Apr 21, 2009
Current perpendicular to plane magnetoresistive sensor having a shape enhanced pinned layer and an in stack bias structure
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH32 citations93
US7369371B2May 6, 2008
Magnetoresistive sensor having a shape enhanced pinned layer
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH28 citations93
US7324313B2Jan 29, 2008
Read sensor having an in-stack biasing structure and an AP coupled free layer structure for increased magnetic stability
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH20 citations93
US7253991B2Aug 7, 2007
Planar perpendicular recording head
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH25 citations93
US7161773B2Jan 9, 2007
High linear density tunnel junction flux guide read head with in-stack longitudinal bias stack (LBS)
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH22 citations93
US7663846B2Feb 16, 2010
Magnetoresistive sensor having an enhanced lead overlay design and shape enhanced pinning
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH17 citations84
US7606065B2Oct 20, 2009
Three-dimensional magnetic memory having bits transferrable between storage layers
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH9 citations84
US7463459B2Dec 9, 2008
Self-pinned read sensor design with enhanced lead stabilizing mechanism
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH18 citations84
US7420787B2Sep 2, 2008
Magnetoresistive sensor having a shape enhanced pinned layer
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH17 citations84
US7245459B2Jul 17, 2007
Critically exposed lapping of magnetic sensors for target signal output
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH17 citations84
US6888705B2May 3, 2005
High linear density tunnel junction flux guide read head with in-stack longitudinal bias stack (LBS)
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH14 citations84
US7317596B2Jan 8, 2008
Magnetic recording disk drive having read head with high cross-track resolution and disk with low bit-aspect-ratio
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH9 citations83
US7764469B2Jul 27, 2010
Notched shield and pole structure with slanted wing for perpendicular recording
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH7 citations74
US7649711B2Jan 19, 2010
Double notched shield and pole structure for stray field reduction in a magnetic head
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH7 citations74
US7388776B1Jun 17, 2008
Three-dimensional magnetic memory
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH8 citations74
US7652855B2Jan 26, 2010
Magnetic sensor with extended free layer and overlaid leads
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH6 citations63
US7616403B2Nov 10, 2009
Winged design for reducing corner stray magnetic fields
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH4 citations63
US7497008B2Mar 3, 2009
Method of fabricating a thin film magnetic sensor on a wafer
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH0 citations52
US7414816B2Aug 19, 2008
Planar magnetic thin film head
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH1 citations52
US6977800B2Dec 20, 2005
Magnetic read head with dual layer lead
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH1 citations52
US7821822B2Oct 26, 2010
Read/write elements for a three-dimensional magnetic memory
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH1 citations51
US7768748B2Aug 3, 2010
Magnetoresistive sensor with overlaid combined leads and shields
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH0 citations47
US7697246B2Apr 13, 2010
Magnetoresistive sensor having biasing AFM layer in contact with free layer and a track width defined by a lead contact area
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH0 citations42
IBM
20 patentsUS6023395AFeb 8, 2000
Magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive sensor with in-stack biasing
IBM235 citations99
US5898548AApr 27, 1999
Shielded magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive read head
IBM190 citations99
US5901018AMay 4, 1999
Magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive read head with sensing layer as rear flux guide
IBM110 citations98
US5898547AApr 27, 1999
Magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive read head with sensing layer as flux guide
IBM150 citations98
US6114719ASep 5, 2000
Magnetic tunnel junction memory cell with in-stack biasing of the free ferromagnetic layer and memory array using the cell
IBM213 citations97
US6005753ADec 21, 1999
Magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive read head with longitudinal and transverse bias
IBM120 citations97
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
US6156375ADec 5, 2000
Method of making read/write magnetoresistive (MR) head with sunken components
IBM59 citations94
US5664316ASep 9, 1997
Method of manufacturing magnetoresistive read transducer having a contiguous longitudinal bias layer
IBM57 citations93
US4771349ASep 13, 1988
Magnetoresistive read transducer
IBM45 citations93
US6175475B1Jan 16, 2001
Fully-pinned, flux-closed spin valve
IBM29 citations92
US6671139B2Dec 30, 2003
In-stack longitudinal bias structure for CIP spin valve sensors with bias layer electrically insulated from free layer
IBM43 citations91
US6025977AFeb 15, 2000
Combined magnetoresistive (MR) read and inductive write head with sunken write coil
IBM28 citations91
US7043823B2May 16, 2006
Method of manufacturing a current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistive device with oxidized free layer side regions
IBM19 citations84
US6833976B2Dec 21, 2004
Thin film magnetic recording inductive write head with laminated write gap
IBM12 citations74
US5935453AAug 10, 1999
MR sensor having end regions with planar sides
IBM9 citations74
US5668523ASep 16, 1997
Magnetoresistive sensor employing an exchange-bias enhancing layer
IBM6 citations72
US5668687ASep 16, 1997
Magnetoresistive sensor employing an exchange-bias enhancing layer with a variable-composition transition region
IBM11 citations72
US6975485B2Dec 13, 2005
Thin film magnetic recording inductive write head with laminated write gap
IBM2 citations63
US6188550B1Feb 13, 2001
Self-longitudinally biased magnetoresistive read transducer
IBM0 citations52