Issued Patents 2004
Showing 1–25 of 29 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6831816 | CPP sensor with in-stack biased free layer | — | 2004-12-14 |
| 6822836 | Anti-parallel coupled free layer for a GMR sensor for a magnetic head | — | 2004-11-23 |
| 6819530 | Current perpendicular to the planes (CPP) sensor with free layer stabilized by current field | — | 2004-11-16 |
| 6818458 | Methods involving a low resistance magnetic tunnel junction structure | — | 2004-11-16 |
| 6802114 | Method of making a spin valve sensor of a read head with a triple antiparallel coupled free layer structure | — | 2004-10-12 |
| 6801412 | Method and apparatus for improved pinning strength for self-pinned giant magnetoresistive heads | — | 2004-10-05 |
| 6788501 | GMR read head having a pinned layer with an active portion oxidized to reduce the magnetic moment thereof | — | 2004-09-07 |
| 6785102 | Spin valve sensor with dual self-pinned AP pinned layer structures | James Mac Freitag, Mustafa Pinarbasi | 2004-08-31 |
| 6785103 | Magnetoresistance sensor with reduced side reading | Dwight Cornwell, Mustafa Pinarbasi | 2004-08-31 |
| 6785101 | Overlaid lead giant magnetoresistive head with side reading reduction | Patrick Rush Webb, Mustafa Pinarbasi, Richard Hsiao | 2004-08-31 |
| 6781798 | CPP sensor with dual self-pinned AP pinned layer structures | — | 2004-08-24 |
| 6756648 | System and method for stabilizing a magnetic tunnel junction sensor | — | 2004-06-29 |
| 6751845 | Method of making a continuous junction spin valve read head stabilized without hard bias layers | — | 2004-06-22 |
| 6751072 | High magnetoresistance spin valve sensor with self-pinned antiparallel (AP) pinned layer structure | James Mac Freitag, Mustafa Pinarbasi | 2004-06-15 |
| 6738237 | AP-pinned spin valve design using very thin Pt-Mn AFM layer | — | 2004-05-18 |
| 6735060 | Spin valve sensor with a metal and metal oxide cap layer structure | — | 2004-05-11 |
| 6728078 | High resistance dual antiparallel (AP) pinned spin valve sensor | — | 2004-04-27 |
| 6728055 | Method and apparatus for performing spin valve combined pinned layer reset and hard bias initialization at the HGA level | Christopher D. Keener, Gautam Ratilal Patel | 2004-04-27 |
| 6724587 | Low temperature yoke type tunnel valve sensor | — | 2004-04-20 |
| 6724586 | Bias structure for magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive sensor | — | 2004-04-20 |
| 6721139 | Tunnel valve sensor with narrow gap flux guide employing a lamination of FeN and NiFeMo | — | 2004-04-13 |
| 6707647 | Magnetic head with thin gap layers | Douglas Johnson Werner | 2004-03-16 |
| 6697236 | System and method for an exchange stabilized AP-coupled free layer for MR heads | — | 2004-02-24 |
| 6693776 | Spin valve sensor with a spin filter and specular reflector layer | — | 2004-02-17 |
| 6693775 | GMR coefficient enhancement for spin valve structures | — | 2004-02-17 |