Headway Technologies, Inc.

Write head designs with refill materials on a back edge of an assist device for improved write head reliability and performance

Hard disk drive and write heads having refilled structures at side edges of an assist device

Heat assisted magnetic recording head with slider and laser diode

Pre-assisting microwave magnetic recording based on spin-hall nano-oscillators

Tapered magnetic main pole structure with variable peg gap for heat-assisted magnetic recording technology

Recessed write gap material for enhanced bias current injection and maximizing aerial density capacity in perpendicular magnetic recording

Tapered optical and magnetic elements for improved writing in heat-assisted magnetic recording

Noble metal coated plasmonic waveguide blocker for heat assisted magnetic recording head

Near Field Transducer With Template Layer For Improved Reliability

Parabolic shaped plasmonic waveguide blocker for heat assisted recording head

DFH heater design

Hybrid plasmonic bottom layer for increased near field transducer reliability

Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Writer With Tunable Pole Side Bridge Design

Near field transducer with template layer for improved reliability

Spin-Orbit Torque Assisted Magnetic Write Head Structure For Perpendicular Magnetic Recording

Writer With Patterned Hot Seed Layer

Optimizing A Current Distribution In Write Heads For Efficient Energy-Assisted Magnetic Recording

Magnetic Flux Guiding Device With Spin Torque Oscillator (STO) Film Having Negative Spin Polarization Layers In Assisted Writing Application

Magneto-Resistive Reader Utilizing Read Shields To Maintain Reference Layer Magnetization

Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Head Equipping A Spin Torque Oscillator Element With An Electric Current In Side Gaps

Electroplating Of High Damping Material For Trailing Shield In A Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Writer

Optimizing a current distribution in write heads for efficient energy-assisted magnetic recording

Tapered Bi-Layer Near Field Transducer For Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording Write Heads

Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Writer with Tunable Two Bias Branches

Perpendicular magnetic recording head equipping a spin torque oscillator element with an electric current in side gaps

Tunneling magnetoresistance device with magnetically soft high moment free layer

Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Writer With Tunable Pole Side Bridge Design

Tapered bi-layer near field transducer for heat-assisted magnetic recording write heads

Spin injection assisted magnetic recording

Electroplating of high damping material for trailing shield in a perpendicular magnetic recording writer

Perpendicular magnetic recording writer with tunable pole side bridge design

Iridium film with a thin iridium template layer for a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) writer

Adaptive bias control for magnetic recording head

Self-aligned hybrid near field transducer with single peg grain

Dual-Spin Torque Oscillator Designs in Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording

Perpendicular magnetic recording writer with double driving coil

Reader noise reduction using spin hall effects

System for controlling a critical dimension (CD) uniformity of a magnetic head device

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording (TAMR) head with magnetic assist current

Etching and encapsulation scheme for magnetic tunnel junction fabrication

Magnetic flux guiding device with spin torque oscillator (STO) film having negative spin polarization layers in assisted writing application

Manufacturing method for magnetoresistive element

Reader noise reduction using spin hall effects

Magnetic recording writer with improved main pole shape

Magnetic flux guiding device with spin torque oscillator (STO) film having negative spin polarization layers in assisted writing application

Method of ultra-fine critical dimension patterning for magnetic head devices

Waveguide and manufacturing method thereof

Magnetic head including main pole having top surface including first inclined portion, second inclined portion, and third inclined portion, and spin torque oscillator

Manufacturing method for magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including a pair of first side shields and a pair of second side shields

Adaptive bias control for magnetic recording head

Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writer with recessed leading shield

Magnetic head including spin torque oscillator, first and second gap films, and first and second guard films, and manufacturing method for the same

Writer with laterally graded spin layer MsT

Writer with adaptive side gap

Magnetic element with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) and improved coercivity field (Hc)/switching current ratio

Adaptive bias control for magnetic recording head

Near-field transducer with separated bottom Au layer

Reader noise reduction using spin hall effects

Magnetic head including spin torque oscillator

Patterned reader shields for a cooler reader

Writer with laterally graded spin layer MsT

Spin injection assisted magnetic recording

Capacitive one turn (C1T) perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writer designs

Built-in resistance sensor for measuring slider level pole width at point “A” (PWA) for PMR/MAMR writers

Air-bearing surface (ABS) design with side flow blocker for mitigating lube and hydrocarbon accumulation in hard disk drives (HDD)

Magnetic head including spin torque oscillator

Protective shields under touchdown conditions for thermally assisted perpendicular magnetic recording

Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writer with tunable pole protrusion (TPP) designs for 2 terabytes/platter (TB/P) and beyond

RhIr alloy near-field transducer with Rh template layer in a thermally assisted magnetic recording (TAMR) application

Spin torque reversal assisted magnetic recording (STRAMR) device having a width substantially equal to that of a traililng shield

Nitride Diffusion Barrier Structure for Spintronic Applications

Etching and encapsulation scheme for magnetic tunnel junction fabrication

Third alternative design for magnetic recording assisted by one or two spin hall effect (SHE) layers in the write gap

Reduce intermixing on MTJ sidewall by oxidation

Integration scheme for three terminal spin-orbit-torque (SOT) switching devices

Writer with narrower high moment trailing shield

Ion beam etching process design to minimize sidewall re-deposition

Alternative designs for magnetic recording assisted by a single Spin Hall Effect (SHE) layer in the write gap

Spin injection assisted magnetic recording

Reader noise reduction using spin hall effects

Spin transfer torque oscillator (STO) with spin torque injection to a flux generating layer (FGL) from two sides

Air-bearing surface (ABS) design to reduce particle scratch risk

Light source unit and thermally-assisted magnetic head

Writer with HMTS (high moment trailing shield) aligned with spin layer

Writer with HMTS (high moment trailing shield) aligned with spin layer

Magnetic element with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) and improved coercivity field (Hc)/switching current ratio

Minimal thickness, low switching voltage magnetic free layers using an oxidation control layer and magnetic moment tuning layer for spintronic applications

Near-field transducer with Au nano rod

Magnetic head including a return path section

Writer with narrower high moment trailing shield

Magnetic head with a main pole including first and second layers and manufacturing method for the same

TD detection with enhanced HDIs signal

Method of forming tapered junction shield for self-compensation of asymmetry with increasing aspect ratio for tunneling magneto-resistance (TMR) type read head

Shape designs of magnetic flux guiding devices all around the main pole in assisted writing applications

Magnetic head including spin torque oscillator and manufacturing method for the same

Tapered junction shield for self-compensation of asymmetry with increasing aspect ratio for tunneling magneto-resistance (TMR) type read head

Heat sink structure for microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) head

Magnetic reader sensor with shield-to-shield spacing improvement and better free layer-to-shield spacing control

Shared MAMR and HDI sensor/driver

Alternative designs for magnetic recording assisted by a single spin hall effect (SHE) layer in the write gap