Issued Patents 2002
Showing 1–15 of 15 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6501626 | Read head with a combined second read gap and pinning layer for a top spin valve sensor | — | 2002-12-31 |
| 6496335 | Magnetic head shield structure having high magnetic stability | — | 2002-12-17 |
| 6473277 | Read head with leads to shields shorts for permitting a thinner second read gap layer and improving read signal symmetry | — | 2002-10-29 |
| 6466417 | Laminated free layer structure for a spin valve sensor | — | 2002-10-15 |
| 6456469 | Buffer layer of a spin valve structure | — | 2002-09-24 |
| 6452763 | GMR design with nano oxide layer in the second anti-parallel pinned layer | — | 2002-09-17 |
| 6430014 | Properly biased AP pinned spin valve sensor with a metallic pinning layer and no read gap offset | — | 2002-08-06 |
| 6411477 | Antiparallel pinned spin valve read head with improved magnetoresistance and biasing | — | 2002-06-25 |
| 6407890 | Dual spin valve sensor read head with a specular reflector film embedded in each antiparallel (AP) pinned layer next to a spacer layer | — | 2002-06-18 |
| 6400536 | Low uniaxial anisotropy cobalt iron (COFE) free layer structure for GMR and tunnel junction heads | — | 2002-06-04 |
| 6396669 | AP pinned PtMn spin valve read head biased for playback symmetry and magnetic stability | — | 2002-05-28 |
| 6381094 | Shield structure with a heat sink layer for dissipating heat from a read sensor | — | 2002-04-30 |
| 6362941 | Spin valve sensor having free layer stabilized by ferromagnetic and sense current fields | — | 2002-03-26 |
| 6358332 | Method of resetting a spin valve sensor | — | 2002-03-19 |
| 6356419 | Antiparallel pinned read sensor with improved magnetresistance | — | 2002-03-12 |