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Showing 201–225 of 251 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6652906 | Fabrication of a magnetoresistance sensor structure having a spacer layer produced by multiple deposition and oxidation steps | — | 2003-11-25 |
| 6636400 | Magnetoresistive head having improved hard biasing characteristics through the use of a multi-layered seed layer including an oxidized tantalum layer and a chromium layer | James Mac Freitag | 2003-10-21 |
| 6631549 | Method of making a seed layer for a nickel oxide pinning layer for increasing the magnetoresistance of a spin valve sensor | — | 2003-10-14 |
| 6624985 | Pinning layer seeds for CPP geometry spin valve sensors | James Mac Freitag | 2003-09-23 |
| 6594884 | Method of making a multilayered pinned layer structure for improved coupling field and GMR for spin valve | — | 2003-07-22 |
| 6594123 | AP pinned spin valve read head with a negative ferromagnetic field biased for zero asymmetry | Hardayal Singh Gill | 2003-07-15 |
| 6583969 | Pinned layer structure having nickel iron film for reducing coercivity of a free layer structure in a spin valve sensor | — | 2003-06-24 |
| 6560078 | Bilayer seed layer for spin valves | — | 2003-05-06 |
| 6552881 | Spin valve sensor with magnetic and nonmagnetic layers for improving asymmetry and softness of a free layer structure | — | 2003-04-22 |
| 6460243 | Method of making low stress and low resistance rhodium (RH) leads | — | 2002-10-08 |
| 6437950 | Top spin valve sensor that has an iridium manganese (IrMn) pinning layer and an iridium manganese oxide (IrMnO) seed layer | Phong V. Chau, Hua Ai Zeng, Patrick Rush Webb | 2002-08-20 |
| 6430013 | Magnetoresistive structure having improved thermal stability via magnetic barrier layer within a free layer | — | 2002-08-06 |
| 6428657 | Magnetic read head sensor with a reactively sputtered pinning layer structure | — | 2002-08-06 |
| 6413380 | Method and apparatus for providing deposited layer structures and articles so produced | — | 2002-07-02 |
| 6404606 | Seed layer structure for a platinum manganese pinning layer in a spin valve sensor | — | 2002-06-11 |
| 6398924 | Spin valve sensor with improved pinning field between nickel oxide (NiO) pinning layer and pinned layer | — | 2002-06-04 |
| 6381106 | Top spin valve sensor that has a free layer structure with a cobalt iron boron (cofeb) layer | — | 2002-04-30 |
| 6353519 | Spin valve sensor having antiparallel (AP) pinned layer structure with high resistance and low coercivity | — | 2002-03-05 |
| 6353518 | Spin valve sensor having antiparallel (AP) pinned layer structure with low coercivity and high resistance | — | 2002-03-05 |
| 6327122 | Spin valve sensor having antiparallel (AP) pinned layer with high resistance and low coercivity | — | 2001-12-04 |
| 6315839 | Method of making a keeper layer for a spin valve sensor with low intrinsic anisotropy field | Robert Langland Smith | 2001-11-13 |
| 6317299 | Seed layer for improving pinning field spin valve sensor | — | 2001-11-13 |
| 6306266 | Method of making a top spin valve sensor with an in-situ formed seed layer structure for improving sensor performance | Serhat Metin, Patrick Rush Webb | 2001-10-23 |
| 6296741 | Method of making oxide barrier layer for a spin tunnel junction | — | 2001-10-02 |
| 6295187 | Spin valve sensor with stable antiparallel pinned layer structure exchange coupled to a nickel oxide pinning layer | — | 2001-09-25 |