Inventor
GUAN LIJIE
US91 patents
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HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC
21 patentsUS7322095B2Jan 29, 2008
Process of manufacturing a four-sided shield structure for a perpendicular write head
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC73 citations97
US7872835B2Jan 18, 2011
Optimized write pole flare angle for side shield or semi side shield PMR writer application
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC40 citations96
US7042682B2May 9, 2006
Fully shielded perpendicular recoding writer
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC56 citations96
US7804666B2Sep 28, 2010
Composite shield structure of PMR writer for high track density
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC27 citations93
US7417825B2Aug 26, 2008
Thin film magnetic head structure, adapted to manufacture a thin film magnetic head
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC19 citations93
US7978431B2Jul 12, 2011
Method to make a perpendicular magnetic recording head with a bottom side shield
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC20 citations92
US7777988B2Aug 17, 2010
Perpendicular write head with tapered main pole
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC14 citations92
US7106554B2Sep 12, 2006
Perpendicular magnetic writer with magnetic potential control shield
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC19 citations92
US8035930B2Oct 11, 2011
Perpendicular magnetic recording write head with a side shield
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC37 citations90
US9082433B1Jul 14, 2015
PMR writer with patterned shields for adjacent track erasure improvement
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC11 citations84
US9013830B2Apr 21, 2015
Non-uniform write gap perpendicular writer for shingle writing
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC5 citations84
US8379347B2Feb 19, 2013
Perpendicular shield pole writer with tapered main pole and tapered non-magnetic top shaping layer
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC14 citations84
US8023231B2Sep 20, 2011
Composite shield structure of PMR writer for high track density
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC12 citations84
US7916425B2Mar 29, 2011
Magnetic head having angled pole portions
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC18 citations84
US7898766B2Mar 1, 2011
Four sided shield structure for a perpendicular write head
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC7 citations84
US7777987B2Aug 17, 2010
Perpendicular write head with tapered main pole
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC10 citations84
US7609479B2Oct 27, 2009
Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing same
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC9 citations84
US7599152B2Oct 6, 2009
Magnetic read-write head shield that prevents flux concentration at edges close to the ABS
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC14 citations84
US7580222B2Aug 25, 2009
Thin-film magnetic head, a head gimbal assembly and hard disk drive
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC16 citations84
US7440229B2Oct 21, 2008
Thin-film magnetic head having a write shield layer
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC9 citations84
US7327533B2Feb 5, 2008
Process and structure for a perpendicular writer having an exchange coupling discontinuity
HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES INC8 citations74
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
10 patentsUS11557314B1Jan 17, 2023
Write heads having conducting side gap for directing current
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC22 citations94
US10867626B1Dec 15, 2020
Spin orbital torque based microwave assisted magnetic recording with dual spin hall layers or wrap around spin hall layer
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC22 citations94
US10777219B1Sep 15, 2020
Write heads configured to redirect current
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC16 citations94
US10679650B2Jun 9, 2020
Current-assisted magnetic recording write head with improved write gap structure
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC17 citations86
US10957348B2Mar 23, 2021
Magnetic recording write head with selected write gap current direction for minimization of cross-track interference
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC13 citations85
US10861485B1Dec 8, 2020
Write heads configured to redirect current
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC8 citations84
US10832710B1Nov 10, 2020
Magnetic recording devices using virtual side shields for improved areal density capability
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC7 citations84
US10789977B1Sep 29, 2020
Spin orbital torque via spin hall effect based energy assisted magnetic recording
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC10 citations84
US11373675B2Jun 28, 2022
Magnetic head with assisted magnetic recording
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations73
US11264052B1Mar 1, 2022
Area density capacity improvement with negative anisotropic magnetic material trailing shield notch
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations73
GUAN LIJIE
5 patentsUS8444866B1May 21, 2013
Method and system for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording pole with a multi-layer side gap
GUAN LIJIE153 citations99
US8264798B1Sep 11, 2012
Systems and methods for providing magnetic recording heads adapted for writing shingled tracks
GUAN LIJIE157 citations99
US8257597B1Sep 4, 2012
Double rie damascene process for nose length control
GUAN LIJIE147 citations98
US8094419B2Jan 10, 2012
Optimized write pole flare angle for side shield or semi side shield PMR writer application
GUAN LIJIE17 citations92
US8542463B2Sep 24, 2013
Non-uniform write gap perpendicular writer for shingle writing
GUAN LIJIE7 citations84
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
3 patentsUS10896690B1Jan 19, 2021
Magnetic head with current assisted magnetic recording and method of making thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC10 citations85
US10891975B1Jan 12, 2021
Magnetic head with assisted magnetic recording and method of making thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC11 citations85
US10891974B1Jan 12, 2021
Magnetic head with current assisted magnetic recording and method of making thereof
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC16 citations85
TANG YUHUI
2 patentsMIN TAI
2 patentsHAN CHERNG-CHYI
2 patentsWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC
1 patentLI YUNFEI
1 patentSHI CHANGQING
1 patentGIBBONS MATTHEW R
1 patentSONG SUPING
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