Inventor
CHILDRESS JEFFREY R
US50 patents
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HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH
15 patentsUS6847510B2Jan 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 patentsUS8922953B1Dec 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 patentsUS8015694B2Sep 13, 2011
Method for making a scissoring-type current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL22 citations93
US8351165B2Jan 8, 2013
Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with CoFeGe ferromagnetic layers and Ag or AgCu spacer layer
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL5 citations73
US7957107B2Jun 7, 2011
Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with antiparallel-free layer structure and low current-induced noise
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL2 citations63
US7957106B2Jun 7, 2011
Chemically disordered material used to form a free layer or a pinned layer of a magnetoresistance (MR) read element
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL4 citations63
US8045298B2Oct 25, 2011
Three terminal magnetic sensing device having a track width defined in a localized region by a patterned insulator and methods of making the same
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL0 citations52
US8014109B2Sep 6, 2011
Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor with antiparallel-pinned layer containing silicon
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL0 citations42
CAREY MATTHEW J
5 patentsUS8416539B2Apr 9, 2013
Magnetic field sensing system using spin-torque diode effect
CAREY MATTHEW J18 citations83
US8233247B2Jul 31, 2012
Scissoring-type current-perpendicular-to-the-plane giant magnetoresistance (CPP-GMR) sensors with damped free layer structures
CAREY MATTHEW J14 citations83
US8154829B2Apr 10, 2012
Tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) device with improved ferromagnetic underlayer for MgO tunneling barrier layer
CAREY MATTHEW J6 citations72
US8617644B2Dec 31, 2013
Method for making a current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor containing a ferromagnetic alloy requiring post-deposition annealing
CAREY MATTHEW J5 citations70
US8648589B2Feb 11, 2014
Magnetoresistive sensor employing nitrogenated Cu/Ag under-layers with (100) textured growth as templates for CoFe, CoFeX, and Co2(MnFe)X alloys
CAREY MATTHEW J3 citations60
IBM
4 patentsUS6347049B1Feb 12, 2002
Low resistance magnetic tunnel junction device with bilayer or multilayer tunnel barrier
IBM308 citations98
US6631055B2Oct 7, 2003
Tunnel valve flux guide structure formed by oxidation of pinned layer
IBM34 citations92
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
CHILDRESS JEFFREY R
4 patentsUS8514525B2Aug 20, 2013
Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor with reference layer integrated in magnetic shield
CHILDRESS JEFFREY R11 citations83
US8743511B2Jun 3, 2014
CPP-GMR sensor with corrosion resistent spacer layer and higher signal/noise ratio
CHILDRESS JEFFREY R7 citations82
US8739391B2Jun 3, 2014
Silver alloy electrical lapping guides (ELGs) for fabrication of disk drive sliders with magnetoresistive sensors
CHILDRESS JEFFREY R4 citations70
US8958176B2Feb 17, 2015
Write head pole laminate structure
CHILDRESS JEFFREY R0 citations51