Inventor
HO KUOK SAN
US109 patents
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HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH
22 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
US7333304B2Feb 19, 2008
CPP sensor having hard bias stabilization placed at back edge of the stripe
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH29 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
US7469465B2Dec 30, 2008
Method of providing a low-stress sensor configuration for a lithography-defined read sensor
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH26 citations92
US7663846B2Feb 16, 2010
Magnetoresistive sensor having an enhanced lead overlay design and shape enhanced pinning
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH17 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
US7369374B2May 6, 2008
Current in plane magnetoresistive sensor having a contiguous hard bias layer located at back edge of stripe height
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH11 citations84
US7244169B2Jul 17, 2007
In-line contiguous resistive lapping guide for magnetic sensors
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH15 citations84
US7106561B2Sep 12, 2006
Current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistive sensor with free layer stabilized by in-stack orthogonal magnetic coupling to an antiparallel pinned biasing layer
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH13 citations84
US7062838B2Jun 20, 2006
Method of forming an embedded read element
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH11 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
US7072156B2Jul 4, 2006
Method for biasing magnetoresistive sensor with decoupled hard bias multilayers
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH19 citations82
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
US7467459B2Dec 23, 2008
Method for manufacturing a current in plane magnetoresistive sensor having a contiguous hard bias layer located at back edge of stripe height
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH7 citations74
US7161763B2Jan 9, 2007
GMR sensor with oriented hard bias stabilization
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH8 citations74
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
13 patentsUS11222656B1Jan 11, 2022
Method to reduce baseline shift for a SOT differential reader
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC24 citations95
US11532323B1Dec 20, 2022
BiSbX (012) layers having increased operating temperatures for SOT and MRAM devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC21 citations94
US11100946B1Aug 24, 2021
SOT differential reader and method of making same
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC23 citations94
US11094338B1Aug 17, 2021
SOT film stack for differential reader
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC27 citations94
US10388305B1Aug 20, 2019
Apparatus and method for writing to magnetic media using an AC bias current to enhance the write field
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC18 citations93
US10424323B1Sep 24, 2019
High-bandwidth STO bias architecture with integrated slider voltage potential control
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC13 citations92
US9947347B1Apr 17, 2018
Magnetic sensor using inverse spin hall effect
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC34 citations92
US11783853B1Oct 10, 2023
Topological insulator based spin torque oscillator reader
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations86
US11489108B2Nov 1, 2022
BiSb topological insulator with seed layer or interlayer to prevent sb diffusion and promote BiSb (012) orientation
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC6 citations86
US10650847B2May 12, 2020
Spin-orbit torque induced magnetization switching in a magnetic recording head
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC11 citations86
US11049513B1Jun 29, 2021
Magnetic recording head with non-magnetic conductive structure surrounding a main pole and contacting a spin torque oscillator
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC15 citations85
US10891976B1Jan 12, 2021
Areal density capability improvement with a main pole skin
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC8 citations84
US11670329B1Jun 6, 2023
Two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) to counter tape dimensional stability (TDS) errors in a tape media
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations75
IBM
7 patentsUS6680832B2Jan 20, 2004
CPP magnetoresistive sensors with in-stack longitudinal biasing and overlapping magnetic shield
IBM72 citations98
US6754056B2Jun 22, 2004
Read head having a tunnel junction sensor with a free layer biased by exchange coupling with insulating antiferromagnetic (AFM) layers
IBM33 citations93
US6657825B2Dec 2, 2003
Self aligned magnetoresistive flux guide read head with exchange bias underneath free layer
IBM28 citations93
US6631055B2Oct 7, 2003
Tunnel valve flux guide structure formed by oxidation of pinned layer
IBM34 citations92
US6757144B2Jun 29, 2004
Flux guide read head with in stack biased current perpendicular to the planes (CPP) sensor
IBM23 citations91
US6671139B2Dec 30, 2003
In-stack longitudinal bias structure for CIP spin valve sensors with bias layer electrically insulated from free layer
IBM43 citations91
US7043823B2May 16, 2006
Method of manufacturing a current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistive device with oxidized free layer side regions
IBM19 citations84
HGST Netherlands BV
2 patentsMAURI DANIELE
1 patentLI SHAOPING
1 patentHO KUOK SAN
1 patentSHANG CHANGHE
1 patentHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGETECHNOLO
1 patentWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC
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