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CHIEN CHEN-JUNG

US52 patents
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HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC

19 patents
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
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 patents
US11087785B1Aug 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 patents

WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT) LLC

2 patents

MAGIC TECHNOLOGIES INC

2 patents

XIAO RONGFU

1 patent

SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC

1 patent

ZHANG KUNLIANG

1 patent

HAN CHERNG-CHYI

1 patent

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