Inventor
CHIEN CHEN-JUNG
US52 patents
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HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC
19 patentsUS7446987B2Nov 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
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
US7979978B2Jul 19, 2011
Method for manufacturing a self-aligned full side shield PMR
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC23 citations92
US7583481B2Sep 1, 2009
FCC-like trilayer AP2 structure for CPP GMR EM improvement
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC22 citations92
US7773341B2Aug 10, 2010
Laminated film for head applications
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC15 citations84
US7688555B2Mar 30, 2010
Hard bias design for extra high density recording
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC11 citations84
US7515388B2Apr 7, 2009
Composite hard bias design with a soft magnetic underlayer for sensor applications
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC17 citations84
US6842969B2Jan 18, 2005
Process for manufacturing a magnetic read head
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC12 citations84
US7050273B2May 23, 2006
Bottom spin valve sensor having a lead overlay (LOL) structure fabricated thereon
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC8 citations74
US6428714B1Aug 6, 2002
Protective layer for continuous GMR design
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC7 citations74
US7336452B2Feb 26, 2008
Patterned exchange bias GMR using metallic buffer layer
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC2 citations63
US7061730B2Jun 13, 2006
Robust hard bias/conductor lead structures for future GMR heads
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC2 citations63
US6879474B2Apr 12, 2005
Junction stability and yield for spin valve heads
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC3 citations63
US6447689B1Sep 10, 2002
Protective layer for continuous GMR design using reverse photo mask
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC4 citations63
US8054583B2Nov 8, 2011
Ta/W film as heating device for dynamic fly height adjustment
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC2 citations62
US8012316B2Sep 6, 2011
FCC-like trilayer AP2 structure for CPP GMR EM improvement
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC4 citations62
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
18 patentsUS11087785B1Aug 10, 2021
Effective rear hard bias for dual free layer read heads
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC15 citations86
US11170809B1Nov 9, 2021
Transverse bias strength enhancement in dual free layer tunnel magnetoresistive read heads
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC7 citations84
US11514933B1Nov 29, 2022
Method to enhance magnetic strength and robustness of rear hard bias for dual free layer read
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations73
US11514934B1Nov 29, 2022
Planar design for sensors in a dual free layer read head
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations72
US10629230B2Apr 21, 2020
Method of forming a magnetic head
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations72
US12106787B1Oct 1, 2024
DFL read head with SiOx cap layer on AlOx refill layers
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations71
US11410690B2Aug 9, 2022
Two-dimensional magnetic recording reader with dual free layer magnetic tunnel junction
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations70
US12308052B2May 20, 2025
Produce thinner DTS and adjustable capacitance for TDMR heads
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US11495252B2Nov 8, 2022
Magnetic sensor array with single TMR film plus laser annealing and characterization
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US11415645B2Aug 16, 2022
Magnetic sensor array with one TMR stack having two free layers
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US11201280B2Dec 14, 2021
Bottom leads chemical mechanical planarization for TMR magnetic sensors
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US11169228B2Nov 9, 2021
Magnetic sensor with serial resistor for asymmetric sensing field range
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US11170806B2Nov 9, 2021
Magnetic sensor array with single TMR film plus laser annealing and characterization
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations62
US11169227B2Nov 9, 2021
Dual free layer TMR magnetic field sensor
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US12374356B1Jul 29, 2025
Pinned shield with controllable exchange bias field
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US11598828B2Mar 7, 2023
Magnetic sensor array with different RA TMR film
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US11385305B2Jul 12, 2022
Magnetic sensor array with dual TMR film
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations52
US12322420B2Jun 3, 2025
Middle shields two-dimensional magnetic recording read heads
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations51
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC
5 patentsUS9214172B2Dec 15, 2015
Method of manufacturing a magnetic read head
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC11 citations84
US9147404B1Sep 29, 2015
Method and system for providing a read transducer having a dual free layer
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC18 citations84
US9065043B1Jun 23, 2015
Tunnel magnetoresistance read head with narrow shield-to-shield spacing
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC10 citations84
US10068601B1Sep 4, 2018
Free layer only magnetic reader that may have a reduced shield-to-shield spacing and a multilayer side bias
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC6 citations73
US9053719B2Jun 9, 2015
Magnetoresistive sensor for a magnetic storage system read head, and fabrication method thereof
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC3 citations63
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT) LLC
2 patentsMAGIC TECHNOLOGIES INC
2 patentsXIAO RONGFU
1 patentSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
1 patentZHANG KUNLIANG
1 patentHAN CHERNG-CHYI
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