Inventor
SEAGLE DAVID JOHN
US43 patents
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IBM
11 patentsUS6223420B1May 1, 2001
Method of making a read head with high resistance soft magnetic flux guide layer for enhancing read sensor efficiency
IBM49 citations96
US5875080AFeb 23, 1999
Write head with second coil above pole having coil density less electrically connected first coil below the pole
IBM38 citations92
US5764446AJun 9, 1998
Magnetic head having an air bearing surface with short-resistant leads
IBM24 citations92
US5735036AApr 7, 1998
Lapping process for minimizing shorts and element recession at magnetic head air bearing surface
IBM50 citations89
US6873499B2Mar 29, 2005
Read head having high resistance soft magnetic flux guide layer for enhancing read sensor efficiency
IBM12 citations84
US6158108ADec 12, 2000
Method of making magnetic head with vialess lead layers from MR sensor to pads
IBM10 citations74
US6004473ADec 21, 1999
Magnetic write head having a coil with submicron pitch
IBM9 citations74
US5936811AAug 10, 1999
Magnetic head with vialess lead layers from MR sensor to pads
IBM14 citations74
US5710510AJan 20, 1998
Apparatus and method for intra process on wafer monitoring of deposited layer permeability
IBM10 citations73
US6038110AMar 14, 2000
Dual header tape head design
IBM12 citations70
US5655475AAug 12, 1997
Method of grinding thin-film magnetic heads using optical grinding markers
IBM12 citations69
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH
10 patentsUS7567409B2Jul 28, 2009
Multilayer narrow pitch tape head array
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH9 citations84
US7450340B2Nov 11, 2008
Head design with overlapping coil for narrow pitch tape head
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH10 citations84
US7630177B2Dec 8, 2009
Tunnel MR head with closed-edge laminated free layer
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH13 citations83
US7545608B2Jun 9, 2009
Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with impedance adjustment
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH12 citations82
US7707707B2May 4, 2010
Method for providing a temporary deep shunt on wafer structures for electrostatic discharge protection during processing
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH4 citations63
US7582218B2Sep 1, 2009
Method for merging sensor field-mill and electronic lapping guide material placement for a partial mill process and sensor formed according to the method
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH2 citations63
US7535674B2May 19, 2009
Narrow pitch tape head array using an orthogonal backgap
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH4 citations63
US7574791B2Aug 18, 2009
Method to fabricate side shields for a magnetic sensor
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH1 citations52
US7469466B2Dec 30, 2008
Method for providing a temporary, deep shunt on wafer structures for electrostatic discharge protection during processing
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH1 citations51
US7768748B2Aug 3, 2010
Magnetoresistive sensor with overlaid combined leads and shields
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH0 citations47
HGST Netherlands BV
7 patentsUS9378761B1Jun 28, 2016
System for adjusting bias of relative magnetizations of ferromagnetic layers in a magnetoresistive sensor
HGST Netherlands BV11 citations84
US8361541B2Jan 29, 2013
Fabrication of magnetoresistive sensors and electronic lapping guides
HGST Netherlands BV8 citations84
US9786302B1Oct 10, 2017
Flux-guided tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) sensor for magnetic tape with reduced likelihood of electrical shorting
HGST Netherlands BV2 citations73
US8891189B1Nov 18, 2014
Disk drive with filter compensation integrated in sliders for high-bandwidth read sensors
HGST Netherlands BV2 citations63
US9129660B2Sep 8, 2015
Transducer resistor shunt structure for low-cost probing
HGST Netherlands BV2 citations61
US9177588B2Nov 3, 2015
Recessed IRMN reader process
HGST Netherlands BV2 citations60
US9865286B2Jan 9, 2018
Tape array electrical lapping guide design for small stripe TMR sensor
HGST Netherlands BV1 citations52
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC
3 patentsUS6987643B1Jan 17, 2006
Pole structure to relieve adjacent track writing
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC155 citations99
US7054113B1May 30, 2006
Reader/writer for magnetic memory
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC149 citations96
US7035046B1Apr 25, 2006
System and method for minimizing thermal pole tip protrusion
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC170 citations94
CONTRERAS JOHN THOMAS
3 patentsUS8116032B2Feb 14, 2012
Perpendicular magnetic recording system with auxiliary coil and circuitry for fast switching of write pole magnetization
CONTRERAS JOHN THOMAS5 citations62
US8081399B2Dec 20, 2011
Perpendicular magnetic recording write head with enhancement capacitor on slider body for write current overshoot at write current switching
CONTRERAS JOHN THOMAS1 citations52
US8824077B2Sep 2, 2014
Perpendicular magnetic recording write head with ladder network compensation circuitry on slider body for write current overshoot at write current switching
CONTRERAS JOHN THOMAS1 citations51