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CHILDRESS JEFFREY R

US50 patents
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HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH

15 patents
US6847510B2Jan 25, 2005

Magnetic tunnel junction device with bottom free layer and improved underlayer

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH66 citations96
US7551409B2Jun 23, 2009

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with improved ferromagnetic free layer structure

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH22 citations92
US7298597B2Nov 20, 2007

Magnetoresistive sensor based on spin accumulation effect with free layer stabilized by in-stack orthogonal magnetic coupling

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH35 citations92
US7199984B2Apr 3, 2007

Current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistive sensor with free layer stabilized by in-stack orthogonal magnetic coupling

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH16 citations92
US6977801B2Dec 20, 2005

Magnetoresistive device with exchange-coupled structure having half-metallic ferromagnetic Heusler alloy in the pinned layer

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH32 citations92
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
US7423847B2Sep 9, 2008

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane spin-valve (CPP-SV) sensor with current-confining apertures concentrated near the sensing edge

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH7 citations74
US7826182B2Nov 2, 2010

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with CoFeGe ferromagnetic layers

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH5 citations63
US7710691B2May 4, 2010

Three terminal magnetic sensor having an in-stack longitudinal biasing layer structure in the collector region and a pinned layer structure in the emitter region

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH3 citations63
US7639459B2Dec 29, 2009

Three terminal magnetic sensor having an in-stack longitudinal biasing layer structure

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH4 citations63
US7580229B2Aug 25, 2009

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with antiparallel-free layer structure and low current-induced noise

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH4 citations63
US7450350B2Nov 11, 2008

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with antiparallel-pinned structure having segregated grains of a ferromagnetic material and additive Cu, Au or Ag

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH5 citations63
US7259942B2Aug 21, 2007

Three terminal magnetic sensor having an in-stack longitudinal biasing layer structure in the collector or emitter region

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH4 citations63
US7289304B2Oct 30, 2007

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with improved antiparallel-pinned structure

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH1 citations52
US7599157B2Oct 6, 2009

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with high-resistivity amorphous ferromagnetic layers

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH0 citations42

HGST Netherlands BV

13 patents
US8922953B1Dec 30, 2014

Dual current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor with antiparallel-free (APF) structure and integrated reference layers/shields

HGST Netherlands BV11 citations84
US8670217B1Mar 11, 2014

Scissoring-type current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with free layers having shape anisotropy

HGST Netherlands BV7 citations84
US8385026B2Feb 26, 2013

Tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) read head with low magnetic noise

HGST Netherlands BV8 citations84
US9099115B2Aug 4, 2015

Magnetic sensor with doped ferromagnetic cap and/or underlayer

HGST Netherlands BV6 citations83
US8576519B1Nov 5, 2013

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor with magnetic damping material at the sensor edges

HGST Netherlands BV12 citations83
US9047891B1Jun 2, 2015

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane giant magnetoresistance (CPP-GMR) sensor with indium-zinc-oxide (IZO) spacer layer

HGST Netherlands BV5 citations72
US9076467B2Jul 7, 2015

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with multilayer reference layer including a crystalline CoFeX layer and a Heusler alloy layer

HGST Netherlands BV2 citations62
US8852963B2Oct 7, 2014

Method for making a current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor having a low-coercivity reference layer

HGST Netherlands BV2 citations60
US9236069B2Jan 12, 2016

Method for making a current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor with reduced-width self-aligned top electrode

HGST Netherlands BV1 citations52
US9130055B1Sep 8, 2015

Magnetic recording head with CPP-GMR spin-valve sensor and extended pinned layer

HGST Netherlands BV1 citations52
US8670216B1Mar 11, 2014

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with an exchange-coupled reference layer having shape anisotropy

HGST Netherlands BV1 citations52
US9047892B2Jun 2, 2015

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor having an antiparallel free (APF) structure with improved magnetic stability

HGST Netherlands BV1 citations51
US8988833B2Mar 24, 2015

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with reduced-width top and bottom electrodes and method for making

HGST Netherlands BV0 citations41

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL

6 patents

CAREY MATTHEW J

5 patents

IBM

4 patents

CHILDRESS JEFFREY R

4 patents

BALAMANE HAMID

1 patent

BRINKMAN ELIZABETH ANN

1 patent

BERTHOLD THOMAS R

1 patent