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Neil Leslie Robertson
Also filed as: ROBERTSON NEIL · ROBERTSON NEIL L · ROBERTSON NEIL LESLIE
84 granted patents·9 pending applications·2,419 citations·filing 1993–2024
99Inventor score
Files withIBM31HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH17HGST Netherlands BV11SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC10WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC8
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93 records- 0198US8351151B2Thermally assisted magnetic write head employing a near field transducer (NFT) having a diffusion barrier layer between the near field transducer and a magnetic lipHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 8, 2013·99 cites·24 claims
- 0298US6493183B1Thermally-assisted magnetic recording system with head having resistive heater in write gapIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Dec 10, 2002·130 cites·12 claims
- 0398US5606478ANi45 Fe55 metal-in-gap thin film magnetic headIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 25, 1997·134 cites·30 claims
- 0498US5465186AShorted magnetoresistive head leads for electrical overstress and electrostatic discharge protection during manufacture of a magnetic storage systemIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 7, 1995·210 cites·37 claims
- 0597US10354710B2Magnetoelectric random access memory array and methods of operating the sameSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 16, 2019·30 cites·12 claims
- 0697US10134457B1Cross-point spin accumulation torque MRAMSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 20, 2018·32 cites·20 claims
- 0797US8617408B2Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor with narrow track width using amorphous carbon as a hard mask and localized CMPBALAMANE HAMID·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 31, 2013·93 cites·4 claims
- 0897US5802700AMethod of making a planarized thin film magnetic write head with submicron trackwidthIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 8, 1998·132 cites·17 claims
- 0997US5652687APlanarized thin film magnetic write head with submicron trackwidthIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 29, 1997·128 cites·41 claims
- 1096US9443905B1Implementing 3D scalable magnetic memory with interlayer dielectric stack and pillar holes having programmable areaHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 13, 2016·20 cites·20 claims
- 1196US8169881B2Thermally assisted recording head having recessed waveguide with near field transducer and methods of making sameBALAMANE HAMID·Filed 2008·Granted May 1, 2012·31 cites·25 claims
- 1296US7558019B2Perpendicular magnetic recording write head with flux-conductor contacting write poleHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Jul 7, 2009·32 cites·17 claims
- 1396US7262936B2Heating device and magnetic recording head for thermally-assisted recordingHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 28, 2007·68 cites·23 claims
- 1496US7212379B2Perpendicular magnetic recording head with flare and taper configurationsHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted May 1, 2007·72 cites·8 claims
- 1596US5761009AHaving parastic shield for electrostatic discharge protectionIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Jun 2, 1998·88 cites·14 claims
- 1696US5491605AShorted magnetoresistive head elements for electrical overstress and electrostatic discharge protectionIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 13, 1996·101 cites·9 claims
- 1795US7367112B2Method of fabricating a head for perpendicular magnetic recording with a self-aligning side shield structureHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted May 6, 2008·23 cites·8 claims
- 1894US10211393B2Spin accumulation torque MRAMSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 19, 2019·17 cites·18 claims
- 1994US7467461B2Additive gap process to define trailing and side shield gap for a perpendicular write headHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 23, 2008·18 cites·23 claims
- 2093US5759428AMethod of laser cutting a metal line on an MR headIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 2, 1998·84 cites·22 claims
- 2192US8339739B2Thermally assisted recording head with near field transducer having integral heatsinkBALAMANE HAMID·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 25, 2012·18 cites·19 claims
- 2292US7271982B2Perpendicular magnetic recording head built using an air-bearing surface damascene processHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 18, 2007·34 cites·34 claims
- 2391US5812350AMetal-in-gap thin film magnetic head employing Ni45 Fe55IBM·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 22, 1998·57 cites·46 claims
- 2490US10839897B1Set/reset methods for crystallization improvement in phase change memoriesSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 17, 2020·9 cites·19 claims
- 2590US9099112B1Near field transducer having notch diffusion barrierHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 4, 2015·17 cites·20 claims
- 2690US5901432AMethod for making a thin film inductive write head having a pedestal pole tip and an electroplated gapIBM·Filed 1997·Granted May 11, 1999·66 cites·8 claims
- 2789US6876507B2High-saturation thin-film write head for high-coercivity magnetic data storage mediaIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 5, 2005·34 cites·21 claims
- 2889US5864450ANI45FE55 metal-in-gap thin film magnetic headIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 26, 1999·55 cites·10 claims
- 2988US11271035B2Spin-orbit-torque magnetoresistive memory cell with integrated selector elements and method of making the sameWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 8, 2022·7 cites·2 claims
- 3088US8498182B1Wrap-around antenna design for improved performance in thermally-assisted magnetic recordingBALAMANE HAMID·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 30, 2013·10 cites·20 claims
- 3188US6687083B2Enhanced low profile magnet write headHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 3, 2004·26 cites·18 claims
- 3287US8619535B2Thermally assisted recording head having recessed waveguide with near field transducer and methods of making sameBALAMANE HAMID·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 31, 2013·7 cites·23 claims
- 3387US6538857B1Read head with N-cycle switch for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protectionIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 25, 2003·24 cites·32 claims
- 3487US5999379ASpin valve read head with plasma produced metal oxide insulation layer between lead and shield layers and method of makingIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 7, 1999·43 cites·30 claims
- 3586US5867890AMethod for making a thin film merged magnetoresistive read/inductive write head having a pedestal pole tipIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 9, 1999·47 cites·10 claims
- 3685US9082435B1Fabrication of multiple sensor layers with self-aligned back edgeHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 14, 2015·7 cites·7 claims
- 3785US7463459B2Self-pinned read sensor design with enhanced lead stabilizing mechanismHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 9, 2008·18 cites·15 claims
- 3885US6081409ATiC MR-head magnetic shield dummy shield spark gapIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 27, 2000·28 cites·19 claims
- 3984US6664026B2Method of manufacturing high aspect ratio photolithographic featuresIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 16, 2003·35 cites·14 claims
- 4083US9047908B2Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head with diffusion barrier between waveguide core and write pole lipHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 2, 2015·6 cites·20 claims
- 4183US8634162B2Perpendicular write head having a stepped flare structure and method of manufacture thereofBONHOTE CHRISTIAN RENE·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 21, 2014·4 cites·14 claims
- 4282US7236334B2Repeatable ESD protection utilizing a process for unshorting a first shorting material between electrical pads and reshorting by recreating the shortHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 26, 2007·12 cites·34 claims
- 4381US7345853B2Device with ESD protection utilizing a shorting material between electrical pads or leads which are shorted then unshorted by severing the shorting material and then recreating the short by reapplying the shorting materialHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 18, 2008·5 cites·8 claims
- 4480US5885750ATantalum adhesion layer and reactive-ion-etch process for providing a thin film metallization areaIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 23, 1999·47 cites·16 claims
- 4580US5665251ARIE image transfer process for platingIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 9, 1997·66 cites·39 claims
- 4679US11501831B2Power off recovery in cross-point memory with threshold switching selectorsSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 15, 2022·1 cites·20 claims
- 4779US7603762B2Optical lapping guide for use in the manufacture of perpendicular magnetic write headsHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 20, 2009·9 cites·9 claims
- 4878US9780143B2Implementing magnetic memory integration with CMOS driving circuitsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 3, 2017·3 cites·18 claims
- 4974US6621660B2Thin film magnetic headIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 16, 2003·8 cites·6 claims
- 5074US6359750B1Data storage system with TiC MR-head magnetic shield dummy shield spark gapIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 19, 2002·17 cites·20 claims
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