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Wen-Yaung Lee
Also filed as: LEE WEN Y · LEE WEN-YAUNG
26 granted patents·1 pending application·372 citations·filing 1978–2008
96Inventor score
Files withHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH13IBM10LEE WEN-YAUNG2AGENCY SCIENCE TECH & RES1HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL1
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27 records- 0193US5731936AMagnetoresistive (MR) sensor with coefficient enhancing that promotes thermal stabilityIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 24, 1998·80 cites·65 claims
- 0289US6141191ASpin valves with enhanced GMR and thermal stabilityIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 31, 2000·53 cites·26 claims
- 0388US7251110B2GMR sensor having layers treated with nitrogen for increased magnetoresistanceHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 31, 2007·9 cites·27 claims
- 0488US6223420B1Method of making a read head with high resistance soft magnetic flux guide layer for enhancing read sensor efficiencyIBM·Filed 1998·Granted May 1, 2001·49 cites·21 claims
- 0587US8107202B2Magnetoresistive sensor with novel pinned layer structureLEE WEN-YAUNG·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 31, 2012·9 cites·18 claims
- 0685US7196878B2Self-pinned spin valve sensor with stress modification layers for reducing the likelihood of amplitude flipHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 27, 2007·18 cites·31 claims
- 0782US7333302B2GMR sensor having an under-layer treated with nitrogen for increased magnetoresistanceHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 19, 2008·4 cites·22 claims
- 0882US6579590B2Thermally-assisted magnetic recording disk with multilayered thermal barrierHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 17, 2003·25 cites·10 claims
- 0980US5614727AThin film diode having large current capability with low turn-on voltages for integrated devicesIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 25, 1997·46 cites·15 claims
- 1078US6519120B1Ap-pinned spin valves with enhanced GMR and thermal stabilityIBM·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 11, 2003·11 cites·32 claims
- 1173US6785099B2Read gap improvements through high resistance magnetic shield layersHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 31, 2004·9 cites·3 claims
- 1272US8675316B2Magnetoresistive sensor with sub-layering of pinned layersLEE WEN-YAUNG·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 18, 2014·2 cites·21 claims
- 1370US7408747B2Enhanced anti-parallel-pinned sensor using thin ruthenium spacer and high magnetic field annealingHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 5, 2008·1 cites·19 claims
- 1470US6873499B2Read head having high resistance soft magnetic flux guide layer for enhancing read sensor efficiencyIBM·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 29, 2005·12 cites·19 claims
- 1566US7446985B2Epitaxial oxide cap layers for enhancing GMR performanceAGENCY SCIENCE TECH & RES·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 4, 2008·6 cites·27 claims
- 1664US7848064B2Enhanced anti-parallel-pinned sensor using thin ruthenium spacer and high magnetic field annealingHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 7, 2010·1 cites·11 claims
- 1760US7382590B2MR sensor and thin film media having alloyed Ru antiparallel spacer layer for enhanced antiparallel exchange couplingHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 3, 2008·3 cites·24 claims
- 1859US7573685B2GMR sensor having a capping layer treated with nitrogen for increased magnetoresistanceHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 11, 2009·0 cites·17 claims
- 1959US4576895AOptical recording by energy-induced fractionation and homogenizationIBM·Filed 1984·Granted Mar 18, 1986·10 cites·13 claims
- 2055US6937448B2Spin valve having copper oxide spacer layer with specified coupling field strength between multi-layer free and pinned layer structuresHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 30, 2005·2 cites·8 claims
- 2155US6842306B2Magnetic head having highly thermally conductive insulator materials containing cobalt-oxideHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 11, 2005·2 cites·29 claims
- 2251US7650684B2Method for fabricating a magnetic head including a read sensorHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 26, 2010·1 cites·10 claims
- 2348US7675717B2Magnetic read head having increased electron exchangeHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Mar 9, 2010·0 cites·24 claims
- 2446US4183781AStabilization process for aluminum microcircuits which have been reactive-ion etchedIBM·Filed 1978·Granted Jan 15, 1980·9 cites·4 claims
- 2542US5306698AMethods for producing Tl2 Ca2 Ba2 Cu3 oxide superconductorsIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Apr 26, 1994·9 cites·10 claims
- 2642US2006226940A1Method and apparatus for setting a sensor AFM with a superconducting magnetHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2733US4532528AArchival optical storage mediumIBM·Filed 1983·Granted Jul 30, 1985·1 cites·5 claims
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