Issued Patents All Time
Showing 1–25 of 27 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11404080 | Optimized dual thermal fly-height design for dual writers for advanced magnetic recording | Quang Le, Thao A. Nguyen, Kuok San Ho | 2022-08-02 |
| 11087789 | Optimized dual thermal fly-height design for dual writers for advanced magnetic recording | Quang Le, Thao A. Nguyen, Kuok San Ho | 2021-08-10 |
| 10825474 | Data storage device reverse biasing head element to counter electro-migration | Joey M. Poss, Ian Robson McFadyen, Yunfei Ding | 2020-11-03 |
| 10566018 | Data storage device reverse biasing head element to counter electro-migration | Joey M. Poss, Ian Robson McFadyen, Yunfei Ding | 2020-02-18 |
| 8474127 | Method for enhancing thermal stability, improving biasing and reducing damage from electrostatic discharge in self-pinned abutted junction heads | Hardayal Singh Gill, Wen-Chien David Hsiao | 2013-07-02 |
| 8213132 | Magnetic sensor having a physically hard insulation layer over a magnetic bias structure | David Heim, Kim Y. Lee, Tsann Lin | 2012-07-03 |
| 8040131 | Method for testing the acceptability of a magnetic read sensor | David E. Call, Ciaran Fox, Robert Langland Smith, Chin-Yu Yeh | 2011-10-18 |
| 7639458 | System and method for pre-stressing a read head for improving performance thereof | Lydia Baril, Ciaran Fox, Peter J. Melz, Chin-Yu Yeh | 2009-12-29 |
| 7472469 | Method for fabricating a magnetic head having a sensor stack and two lateral stack | David Heim, Kim Y. Lee, Tsann Lin, Chun-Ming Wang | 2009-01-06 |
| 7466524 | Self-pinned spin valve sensor having its first AP pinned layer thicker than its second AP pinned layer to reduce the likelihood of amplitude flip | James Mac Freitag, Hardayal Singh Gill, Mustafa Pinarbasi | 2008-12-16 |
| 7344330 | Topographically defined thin film CPP read head fabrication | David Heim, Kim Y. Lee, Tsann Lin | 2008-03-18 |
| 7330336 | Dual polarity bias for prolonging the life of a heating element in magnetic data storage devices | Samuel W. Yuan | 2008-02-12 |
| 7194796 | Method for creating a magnetic head | Kim Y. Lee | 2007-03-27 |
| 7165462 | Individual slider testing | Ali Sanayei | 2007-01-23 |
| 7099123 | Self-pinned abutted junction heads having an arrangement of a second hard bias layer and a free layer for providing a net net longitudinal bias on the free layer | Hardayal Singh Gill, Wen-Chien David Hsiao | 2006-08-29 |
| 7092220 | Apparatus for enhancing thermal stability, improving biasing and reducing damage from electrostatic discharge in self-pinned abutted junction heads having a first self-pinned layer extending under the hard bias layers | Hardayal Singh Gill, Wen-Chien David Hsiao | 2006-08-15 |
| 7072154 | Method and apparatus for providing a self-pinned bias layer that extends beyond the ends of the free layer | Hardayal Singh Gill, Wen-Chien David Hsiao | 2006-07-04 |
| 7050277 | Apparatus having a self-pinned abutted junction magnetic read sensor with hard bias layers formed over ends of a self-pinned layer and extending under a hard bias layer | Hardayal Singh Gill, Wen-Chien David Hsiao | 2006-05-23 |
| 7049809 | System, method, and apparatus for handling and testing individual sliders in a row-like format in single slider processing systems | Ali Sanayei, Darrick T. Smith | 2006-05-23 |
| 7019949 | Self-pinned spin valve sensor having its first AP pinned layer thicker than its second AP pinned layer to reduce the likelihood of amplitude flip | James Mac Freitag, Hardayal Singh Gill, Mustafa Pinarbasi | 2006-03-28 |
| 7005858 | System and method for decreasing ESD damage during component level long term testing | — | 2006-02-28 |
| 6879512 | Nonvolatile memory device utilizing spin-valve-type designs and current pulses | — | 2005-04-12 |
| 6847505 | Electrostatic discharge protection for disk drive integrated lead suspension | — | 2005-01-25 |
| 6788500 | System and method for pre-stressing a read head for improving performance thereof | Lydia Baril, Ciaran Fox, Peter J. Melz, Chin-Yu Yeh | 2004-09-07 |
| 6762914 | Method for the rapid measurement of magnetoresistive read head dimensions | Ciaran Fox, Peter J. Melz, Joseph Smyth, Chin-Yu Yeh | 2004-07-13 |