Inventor
ZOLLA HOWARD GORDON
US34 patents
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HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH
22 patentsUS7649712B2Jan 19, 2010
Self aligned wrap around shield for perpendicular magnetic recording
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH65 citations97
US7333300B2Feb 19, 2008
Magnetoresistive device with lapping guide treated to eliminate magnetoresistive effect thereof
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH17 citations92
US7186348B2Mar 6, 2007
Method for fabricating a pole tip in a magnetic transducer
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH36 citations92
US6982042B2Jan 3, 2006
Ion bombardment of electrical lapping guides to decrease noise during lapping process
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH23 citations92
US6862798B2Mar 8, 2005
Method of making a narrow pole tip by ion beam deposition
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH31 citations90
US7545608B2Jun 9, 2009
Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with impedance adjustment
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH12 citations82
US7530158B2May 12, 2009
CPP read sensor fabrication using heat resistant photomask
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH9 citations82
US7111385B2Sep 26, 2006
Method for improving hard bias properties of layers in a magnetoresistive sensor
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH12 citations82
US7038892B2May 2, 2006
Apparatus having a hard bias seedlayer structure for providing improved properties of a hard bias layer
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH11 citations82
US6909674B2Jun 21, 2005
Thermally assisted magnetic write head system utilizing multilayer thermal barrier coatings
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH7 citations71
US7839607B2Nov 23, 2010
Method to reduce corner shunting during fabrication of CPP read heads
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH4 citations63
US7712207B2May 11, 2010
Method of manufacturing a wrap around shield for a perpendicular write pole using a laminated mask with an endpoint detection layer
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH6 citations63
US7506429B2Mar 24, 2009
Method of constructing a magnetic sensor
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH5 citations63
US7340824B2Mar 11, 2008
Method for fabricating a magnetic head having an improved magnetic shield
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH2 citations62
US6972928B2Dec 6, 2005
Isotropic deposition for trench narrowing of features to be created by reactive ion etch processing
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH4 citations61
US6842306B2Jan 11, 2005
Magnetic head having highly thermally conductive insulator materials containing cobalt-oxide
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH2 citations60
US7742258B2Jun 22, 2010
Magnetic transducer with milling mask
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH0 citations52
US7623319B2Nov 24, 2009
Electrical connection structure for magnetic heads and method for making the same
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH1 citations52
US7574791B2Aug 18, 2009
Method to fabricate side shields for a magnetic sensor
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH1 citations52
US7332099B2Feb 19, 2008
Ion bombardment of electrical lapping guides to decrease noise during lapping process
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH0 citations52
US7627942B2Dec 8, 2009
Method for using CVD process to encapsulate coil in a magnetic write head
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH0 citations42
US7270758B2Sep 18, 2007
Method to improve ability to perform CMP-assisted liftoff for trackwidth definition
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH0 citations36
IBM
6 patentsUS6470566B2Oct 29, 2002
ESD protection during GMR head fabrication
IBM27 citations92
US6877213B2Apr 12, 2005
Feature size reduction in thin film magnetic head using low temperature deposition coating of photolithographically-defined trenches
IBM12 citations84
US6660640B1Dec 9, 2003
Process for planarizing patterned metal structures for magnetic thin film heads
IBM6 citations73
US6770209B2Aug 3, 2004
Isotropic deposition for trench narrowing of features to be created by reactive ion etch processing
IBM6 citations72
US6934121B2Aug 23, 2005
Process for planarizing patterned metal structures for magnetic thin film heads
IBM0 citations52
US7365408B2Apr 29, 2008
Structure for photolithographic applications using a multi-layer anti-reflection coating
IBM0 citations35
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
4 patentsUS9837106B1Dec 5, 2017
Two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) disk drive with multiple sensors and circuitry for selection of an active pair of associated amplifiers
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC6 citations73
US12183372B2Dec 31, 2024
System controlled RF signal source architecture with transducer near pole-tip for microwave assisted magnetic recording
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations62
US12094499B1Sep 17, 2024
Cap layer able to be reactive ion etched for RSB DFL read elements
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations61
US12597437B2Apr 7, 2026
Rear soft bias dual free layer sensor with patterned decoupling layer
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations46
HGST Netherlands BV
2 patentsUS9042059B1May 26, 2015
Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor structure with multiple stacked sensors and improved center shield
HGST Netherlands BV46 citations94
US9218831B1Dec 22, 2015
Side-by-side magnetic multi-input multi-output (MIMO) read head
HGST Netherlands BV0 citations51