Inventor
LIU FRANCIS H
US33 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC
12 patentsUS8537495B1Sep 17, 2013
Magnetic writer having a split yoke
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC153 citations99
US8373945B1Feb 12, 2013
Magnetic writer having a split yoke
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC150 citations99
US7660080B1Feb 9, 2010
Read/write head with dynamic flying height control by magnetostriction
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC165 citations99
US7522379B1Apr 21, 2009
Write element with recessed pole and heat sink layer for ultra-high density writing
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC158 citations99
US7443632B1Oct 28, 2008
Magnetic head with stitched top pole layer and single layer coil or solenoidal coil
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC163 citations99
US7375926B1May 20, 2008
Inductive writer design using a soft magnetic pedestal having a high magnetic saturation layer
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC151 citations99
US7337530B1Mar 4, 2008
Method for manufacturing a shielded pole magnetic head for perpendicular recording
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC176 citations99
US7310204B1Dec 18, 2007
Inductive writer design for using a soft magnetic pedestal having a high magnetic saturation layer
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC171 citations99
US7283327B1Oct 16, 2007
Magnetic write head having resistive heater coil
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC156 citations99
US7688546B1Mar 30, 2010
Perpendicular magnetic recording head having nonmagnetic insertion layers
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC150 citations98
US7292409B1Nov 6, 2007
Magnetic head with thin trailing pedestal layer
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC154 citations98
US7508627B1Mar 24, 2009
Method and system for providing perpendicular magnetic recording transducers
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC171 citations97
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC
9 patentsUS7248433B1Jul 24, 2007
Magnetic head with stitched top pole layer and single layer coil or solenoidal coil
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC166 citations99
US7239478B1Jul 3, 2007
Write element for perpendicular recording in a data storage system
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC189 citations99
US7193815B1Mar 20, 2007
Shielded pole magnetic head for perpendicular recording
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC183 citations99
US7126790B1Oct 24, 2006
Magnetic head for perpendicular recording with magnetic loop providing non-perpendicular write field
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC168 citations99
US7126788B1Oct 24, 2006
Trailing edge recording magnetic head with reversed double bias coil and deflection pole for perpendicular recording with a non-perpendicular write field
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC182 citations99
US7092195B1Aug 15, 2006
Method of using a magnetic write head having an internal heater
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC189 citations99
US6906894B2Jun 14, 2005
Write head having a recessed, magnetic adjunct pole formed atop a main pole, and method of making the same
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC166 citations99
US6791793B1Sep 14, 2004
Perpendicular recording write head having a recessed magnetic adjunct pole and method of making the same
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC193 citations99
US7212384B1May 1, 2007
Magnetic read head with recessed hard bias and current leads
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT INC156 citations98
READ RITE CORP
8 patentsUS6073338AJun 13, 2000
Thin film read head with coplanar pole tips
READ RITE CORP161 citations99
US6392850B1May 21, 2002
Magnetoresistive transducer having a common magnetic bias using assertive and complementary signals
READ RITE CORP155 citations98
US5859754AJan 12, 1999
Magnetoresistive transducer having a common magnetic bias using assertive and complementary signals
READ RITE CORP47 citations96
US5726841AMar 10, 1998
Thin film magnetic head with trimmed pole tips etched by focused ion beam for undershoot reduction
READ RITE CORP104 citations96
US5705973AJan 6, 1998
Bias-free symmetric dual spin valve giant magnetoresistance transducer
READ RITE CORP71 citations96
US5876848AMar 2, 1999
Thin film magnetic structure having ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic layers
READ RITE CORP18 citations92
US5792547AAug 11, 1998
Low noise magnetic head for high frequency recording
READ RITE CORP32 citations92
US5612098AMar 18, 1997
Method of forming a thin film magnetic structure having ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic layers
READ RITE CORP34 citations92