Inventor
HOWARD JAMES K
US50 patents
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IBM
47 patentsUS4333808AJun 8, 1982
Method for manufacture of ultra-thin film capacitor
IBM218 citations98
US5452163ASep 19, 1995
Multilayer magnetoresistive sensor
IBM128 citations97
US5436778AJul 25, 1995
Magnetoresistive sensor having antiferromagnetic exchange bias
IBM44 citations96
US5315468AMay 24, 1994
Magnetoresistive sensor having antiferromagnetic layer for exchange bias
IBM78 citations96
US4825325AApr 25, 1989
Magnetoresistive read transducer assembly
IBM55 citations96
US4652499AMar 24, 1987
Magnetic recording medium with a chromium alloy underlayer and a cobalt-based magnetic layer
IBM80 citations96
US4471405ASep 11, 1984
Thin film capacitor with a dual bottom electrode structure
IBM57 citations96
US4437139AMar 13, 1984
Laser annealed dielectric for dual dielectric capacitor
IBM90 citations96
US5051288ASep 24, 1991
Thin film magnetic recording disk comprising alternating layers of a CoNi or CoPt alloy and a non-magnetic spacer layer
IBM64 citations95
US4488262ADec 11, 1984
Electronically programmable read only memory
IBM138 citations94
US5258884ANov 2, 1993
Magnetoresistive read transducer containing a titanium and tungsten alloy spacer layer
IBM24 citations93
US5062938ANov 5, 1991
High coercivity low noise cobalt alloy magnetic recording medium and its manufacturing process
IBM25 citations93
US4778582AOct 18, 1988
Process for making a thin film metal alloy magnetic recording disk with a hydrogenated carbon overcoat
IBM41 citations93
US4755897AJul 5, 1988
Magnetoresistive sensor with improved antiferromagnetic film
IBM42 citations93
US5476680ADec 19, 1995
Method for manufacturing granular multilayer mangetoresistive sensor
IBM30 citations92
US5227212AJul 13, 1993
Magnetic recording disk, magnetoresistive read head, inductive write head combination
IBM49 citations92
US5066552ANov 19, 1991
Low noise thin film metal alloy magnetic recording disk
IBM35 citations92
US4940511AJul 10, 1990
Method for making a magnetoresistive read transducer
IBM41 citations92
US4914538AApr 3, 1990
Magnetoresistive read transducer
IBM24 citations92
US4809109AFeb 28, 1989
Magnetoresistive read transducer and method for making the improved transducer
IBM56 citations92
US4423087ADec 27, 1983
Thin film capacitor with a dual bottom electrode structure
IBM46 citations92
US4319264AMar 9, 1982
Nickel-gold-nickel conductors for solid state devices
IBM31 citations92
US4154874AMay 15, 1979
Method for forming intermetallic layers in thin films for improved electromigration resistance
IBM32 citations92
US4789598ADec 6, 1988
Thin film medium for horizontal magnetic recording having an improved cobalt-based alloy magnetic layer
IBM44 citations91
US5268806ADec 7, 1993
Magnetoresistive transducer having tantalum lead conductors
IBM42 citations90
US4749628AJun 7, 1988
Multilayered vertical magnetic recording medium
IBM36 citations90
US4654276AMar 31, 1987
Magnetic recording medium with an underlayer and a cobalt-based magnetic layer
IBM35 citations90
US4632883ADec 30, 1986
Vertical recording medium with improved perpendicular magnetic anisotropy due to influence of beta-tantalum underlayer
IBM33 citations87
US5828532AOct 27, 1998
Getter layer lead structure for eliminating resistance increase phenomena and embrittlement and method for making the same
IBM16 citations82
US4307132ADec 22, 1981
Method for fabricating a contact on a semiconductor substrate by depositing an aluminum oxide diffusion barrier layer
IBM25 citations82
US4300149ANov 10, 1981
Gold-tantalum-titanium/tungsten alloy contact for semiconductor devices and having a gold/tantalum intermetallic barrier region intermediate the gold and alloy elements
IBM27 citations82
US4206472AJun 3, 1980
Thin film structures and method for fabricating same
IBM21 citations82
US5436047AJul 25, 1995
Thin film magnetic recording disk comprising a metallic disk blank, a substantially non-magnetic Ni-Cr-O film having a textured surface and a magnetic film
IBM19 citations81
US5030494AJul 9, 1991
Carbon overcoat for a thin film magnetic recording disk containing discrete clusters of tungsten (W) or tungsten carbide (WC) which project from the surface of the overcoat
IBM21 citations81
US4166279AAug 28, 1979
Electromigration resistance in gold thin film conductors
IBM28 citations81
US4141020AFeb 20, 1979
Intermetallic aluminum-transition metal compound Schottky contact
IBM23 citations80
US4201999AMay 6, 1980
Low barrier Schottky diodes
IBM23 citations78
US4782413ANov 1, 1988
Magnetoresistive sensor with mixed phase antiferromagnetic film
IBM18 citations76
US4657824AApr 14, 1987
Vertical magnetic recording medium with an intermetallic compound nucleating layer
IBM15 citations74
US4408254AOct 4, 1983
Thin film capacitors
IBM14 citations74
US5380548AJan 10, 1995
Method for fabricating a magnetoresistive sensor having antiferromagnetic layer
IBM12 citations73
US5149409ASep 22, 1992
Process for fabricating thin film metal alloy magnetic recording disks to selectively variable coercivities
IBM7 citations73
US4879619ANov 7, 1989
Magnetoresistive read transducer
IBM18 citations73
US5492775AFeb 20, 1996
Barium ferrite thin film for longitudinal recording
IBM13 citations72
US4310568AJan 12, 1982
Method of fabricating improved Schottky barrier contacts
IBM15 citations71
US5552204ASep 3, 1996
Magnetic disk with boron carbide overcoat layer
IBM8 citations70
US5680282AOct 21, 1997
Getter layer lead structure for eliminating resistance increase phonomena and embrittlement and method for making the same
IBM11 citations69
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
3 patentsUS6777113B2Aug 17, 2004
Multilayer films for optimized soft underlayer magnetic properties of dual layer perpendicular recording media
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC26 citations92
US7035061B2Apr 25, 2006
Magnetoresistive transducer with low magnetic moment, high coercivity stabilizing magnets
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC18 citations83
US6835464B2Dec 28, 2004
Thin film device with perpendicular exchange bias
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC3 citations61