Method for manufacturing magnetic disk apparatus

Magnetoresistance effect element, magnetic head and magnetic reproducing apparatus

Magnetoresistive effect element, magnetic head and magnetic reproducing apparatus

Magnetoresistive head and read/write separation-type magnetic head

Method and apparatus having improved magnetic read head sensors

Magneto-resistance effect type magnetic head and magnetic tape apparatus

Full track profile derivative method for read and write width measurements of magnetic recording head

GMR device having an improved free layer

Synthetic pattern exchange configuration for side reading reduction

Magnetic head spin valve structure with CoFeCu magnetic layer and ZnO/TaOcap layer

Easily manufactured exchange bias stabilization scheme

CoFe insertion for exchange bias and sensor improvement

Magnetoresistive element with oxide magnetic layers and metal magnetic films deposited thereon

Magnetoresistive effect element having hard magnetic films in non-uniform cross-sectional shape

Sensor with in-stack bias structure providing enhanced magnetostatic stabilization

Magnetic tunnel junction with in stack biasing layer providing orthogonal exchange coupling

Sensor with in-stack bias structure providing exchange stabilization

CCP magnetic detecting element including a self-pinned CoFe layer

CPP spin valve with ultra-thin CoFe(50%) laminations

Spin injection device, magnetic device using the same, magnetic thin film used in the same

Method for recording magnetic information and magnetic recording system

Method and apparatus for manufacturing magnetoresistive element

Exchange coupling film and magnetoresistive element using the same

Magnetic head with improved free magnetic layer biasing for thinner CPP sensor stack

Magnetoresistive element magnetic head, magnetic recording apparatus, and magnetic memory

Method of manufacturing high sensitivity spin valve designs with ion beam treatment

Three terminal magnetic sensor for magnetic heads with a semiconductor junction

Methods and apparatus for improved read sensors using a multi-layered seed layer structure having a nitrogenated nickel-tantalum layer

Magnetic sensor for encoder

Synthetic free layer for CPP GMR

Process of manufacturing a seed/AFM combination for a CPP GMR device

Magnetoresistive sensor with refill film, fabrication process, and magnetic disk storage apparatus mounting magnetoresistive sensor

Anti-parallel tab sensor fabrication

Methods and apparatus for improved hard magnet properties in magnetoresistive read heads using a multi-layered seed layer structure

Magnetoresistive head and manufacturing method thereof

Magnetoresistive sensor containing self-pinned layer containing a plurality of magnetic sublayers with magnetostriction-enhancing layer made of a nonmagnetic material

Pinning structure with trilayer pinned layer

Method for preventing magnetic damage to a GMR head during back-end processing

Longitudinal bias structure with improved magnetic stability

CPP differential GMR sensor having antiparallel stabilized free layers for perpendicular recording

Exchange coupling film and magnetoresistive element using the same

Magnetic detecting element having a self-pinned layer

Magnetic sensing device with multilayered pinned magnetic layer having magnetostriction-enhancing layer

Self-pinned magnetic detecting element

Magnetoresistive spin-valve sensor and magnetic storage apparatus

Hard bias design for extra high density recording

Method and apparatus for oxidizing conductive redeposition in TMR sensors

GMR enhancing seedlayer for self pinned spin valves

Dual angle milling for current perpendicular to plane (CPP) magnetoresistive sensor definition

Free layer for CPP GMR having iron rich NiFe

Magneto-resistive element, magnetic head and magnetic storage apparatus

Magneto-resistive element, magnetic head and magnetic storage apparatus

Dual CPP GMR with synthetic free layer

Read sensor having a self-pinned layer formed in both central and side regions for increased thermal stability

Method for preventing magnetic damage to a GMR head during back-end processing

Magnetoresistive sensor including magnetic domain control layers having high electric resistivity, magnetic head and magnetic disk apparatus

Multilayered structures comprising magnetic nano-oxide layers for current perpendicular to plane GMR heads

Magnetic head having self-pinned SV structures for CPP GMR applications

CPP GMR using Fe based synthetic free layer

Method and apparatus for providing a magnetic read sensor having a thin pinning layer and improved magnetoresistive coefficient ΔR/R

Spin valve sensor having antiferromagnetic (AFM) pinning layer structures formed in the end regions

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

CPP GMR with hard magnet in stack bias layer

Thin film magnetic head, head gimbal assembly, and hard disk drive

Fe seeded self-pinned sensor

Magnetic tunnel effect type magnetic head, and recorder/player

Xenon ion beam to improve track width definition

Current-in-the-plane spin valve magnetoresistive sensor with dual metal oxide capping layers

Fabrication of self-aligned reflective/protective overlays on magnetoresistance sensors

Magnetoresistive head having an insulating layer with a particular compressive stress

Composite type thin film magnetic head having a low parasitic capacitance between a write coil and an upper read head shield

Method and apparatus for reducing the thickness of a sensor stack in a current-perpendicular-to-plane GMR/tunnel valve sensor

Method and apparatus for providing a current-in-plane (CIP) GMR sensor with an improved in-stack bias layer with a thinner sensor stack

Magnetoresistive device, thin film magnetic head, head gimbal assembly and magnetic disk unit exhibiting superior magnetoresistive effect

Methods for forming a reed sensor

Magnetic head for perpendicular recording and magnetic disk storage apparatus mounting the head

Semiconductor integrated circuit and magnetic storage device using the same

Magnetic head for perpendicular recording and magnetic disk storage apparatus mounting the head

Magneto-resistive effect element, magnetic sensor using magneto-resistive effect, magnetic head using magneto-resistive effect and magnetic memory

Magnetoresistive element, magnetic head, and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus

MR sensor on an insulating substrate and method of manufacture

CCP Head having leads of substantially the same size and shape and not intervening between a shield layer and a MR element

Magnetic head having PtMn layer formed by ion beam deposition

Depositing a pinned layer structure in a self-pinned spin valve

High HC reference layer structure for self-pinned GMR heads

Self-pinned CPP sensor using Fe/Cr/Fe structure

Capping layers with high compressive stress for spin valve sensors

Giant magnetoresistance sensor with stitched longitudinal bias stacks and its fabrication process

Magnetic head with yoke and multiple magnetic layers

Grounded writer core

Magnetoresistive sensor having cobalt-iron alloy layer in free layer

Exchange coupling film and magnetoresistive element using the same

Magnetic tunnel effect type magnetic head, and method of producing same

Magnetic tunnel effect type magnetic head, and method of producing same

Multilayered structures comprising magnetic nano-oxide layers for current perpendicular to plane GMR heads

Multilayered structures comprising magnetic nano-oxide layers for current perpendicular to plane GMR heads

Multilayered structures comprising magnetic nano-oxide layers for current perpendicular to plane GMR heads

Magnetic thin film head, the fabrication method, and magnetic disk

Magnetoresistance effect element, magnetic head, and magnetic storage system using a giant magnetoresistance effect element

Seed layer structure for improved crystallographic orientation of a hard magnetic material

Spin-valve element having fixed layer containing nano-oxide layer

Magnetoresistance effect element, magnetic head and magnetic recording and/or reproducing system

Magnetic head with laminated side shields

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane structure magnetoresistive element and head slider

High linear density tunnel junction flux guide read head with in-stack longitudinal bias stack (LBS)

Magnetoresistive device and electronic device

Method of manufacturing thin film magnetic head

Method for fabricating a patterned, synthetic transverse exchange biased GMR sensor

Magnetoresistance effect element having a nonmagnetic intermediate layer having a two-dimensional fluctuation of oxygen

Magnetoresistive element and magnetoresistive magnetic head, magnetic recording apparatus and magnetoresistive memory device using the same

Method of constructing a magnetic sensor

Magnetoresistance effect element having a nonmagnetic intermediate layer having a two-dimensional fluctuation of resistance

Composite magnetic head arranged so the reproducing elements do not overlap a pole of a recording element

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

Magnetoresistance effect element having a nonmagnetic intermediate layer having a two-dimensional fluctuation of resistance

Patterned exchange bias GMR using metallic buffer layer

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Method for fabricating a patterned, synthetic transversely exchanged biased GMR sensor

Patterned, synthetic longitudinally exchange biased GMR sensor

Self-pinned spin valve sensor with a high coercivity antiparallel (AP) pinned layer

Resist pattern forming method, magnetic recording medium manufacturing method and magnetic head manufacturing method

Method of increasing CPP GMR in a spin valve structure

Pattern transfer with self-similar sacrificial mask layer and vector magnetic field sensor

Magneto-resistive element and device being provided with magneto-resistive element having magnetic nano-contact

Method of processing substrate

Method for forming a head having improved spin valve properties

Magnetoresistive-effect thin film, magnetoresistive-effect element, and magnetoresistive-effect magnetic head

Differential CPP reader for perpendicular magnetic recording

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head

Method and apparatus for providing magnetostriction control in a freelayer of a magnetic memory device

Process of manufacturing a narrow track CCP head with bias cancellation

Magnetoresistive sensor having specular sidewall layers

Ferroelectric device including a unit element having a topological outline in a C-shape or a S-shape

Magnetoresistance effect element, its manufacturing method, magnetic reproducing element and magnetic memory

Magnetoresistance effect element

Micromover configured to move a magnetic storage medium in perpendicular directions in a plane

Biasing for tri-layer magnetoresistive sensors

Magnetic head and magnetic recording/reproducing device

Method for fabricating a magnetoresistive film and magnetoresistive film

Magnetoresistive head with first and second pairs of antiferromagnetic films imparting magnetic bias to first and second magnetization free layers and perpendicular magnetic recording-reproducing apparatus

Method of manufacturing a magnetoresistance effect device

Thin film head, producing method thereof and magnetic disk apparatus

Magnetic sensing element including magnetic layer composed of Heusler alloy disposed on underlayer having {111}-oriented fcc structure

Magnetic head comprising magnetic domain control layer formed on ABS-side of magnetic flux guide for GMR element and method of manufacturing the magnetic head

Method for fabricating a magnetic head

Differential GMR sensor with multi-layer bias structure between free layers of first and second self-pinned GMR sensors

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic recording apparatus having a lowered coil resistance value, reduced generated heat, and high-frequency

Method for improving hard bias properties of layers in a magnetoresistive sensor

Method for making a tunnel valve head with a flux guide

Magnetic sensor and manufacturing method therefor

GMR enhancing seed layer for self pinned spin valves

Anti-parallel tab sensor fabrication using chemical-mechanical polishing process

Magnetoresistive head with an intermediate layer between first and second magnetization free layers and perpendicular magnetic recording-reproducing apparatus

Magnetoresistive head and perpendicular magnetic recording-reproducing apparatus

Magnetoresistive spin-valve sensor and magnetic storage apparatus

Sensor with improved stabilization and track definition

Process for fabricating a magneto-resistive (MR) sensor

Magnetoresistance effect element, magnetic head and magnetic recording and/or reproducing system

Current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistance effect device with double current control layers

Magnetoresistance effect element

Method and apparatus for a current-perpendicular-to-plane Giant Magneto-Resistance sensor with embedded composite film

CPP read head for high density and shield noise suppression

Method of fabricating electronic component using resist structure with no undercut

Magnetoresistance effect element, its manufacturing method, magnetic reproducing element and magnetic memory

Bottom spin valve sensor having a lead overlay (LOL) structure fabricated thereon

Magnetic recording medium, magnetic recording apparatus and magnetic recording method

Current-in-plane magnetoresistive sensor with longitudinal biasing layer having a nonmagnetic oxide central region and method for fabrication of the sensor

Thin-film magnetic head and method of forming the same

Magnetoresistive sensor having a conducting path layer formed from a plurality of metal islands within an insulating matrix

Method of forming a thin film magnetic head

Magnetoresistance effect element, magnetic head, magnetic head assembly, magnetic storage system

CPP sensor with in-stack biased free layer

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane structure magnetoresistive element having sufficient sensitivity

Magnetic biasing layer for GMR sensor of a magnetic head for a hard disk drive

Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) read head with reactive-ion-etch defined read width and fabrication process

Ballistic GMR structure using nanoconstruction in self pinned layers

Method for extended self-pinned layer for a current perpendicular to plane head

Apparatus for extended self-pinned layer for a current perpendicular to plane head

Enhanced data storage and retrieval devices and systems and methods for utilizing the same

Magnetoresistive sensor with a net magnetic moment

Method for resetting pinned layer magnetization in a magnetoresistive sensor

Multilayer self-pinned structure for CPP GMR

CPP GMR with improved synthetic free layer

Head with thin AFM with high positive magnetostrictive pinned layer

Enhanced spin-valve sensor with engineered overlayer formed on a free layer

Method for fabricating a magnetoresistive head

Pinned shield with controllable exchange bias field

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

Topological insulator based spin torque oscillator reader

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

Planar design for sensors in a dual free layer read head

Read head having one or more antiferromagnetic layers below soft bias side shields, and related methods

Transverse bias strength enhancement in dual free layer tunnel magnetoresistive read heads

Two-dimensional magnetic recording (TDMR) read head structure with different stacked sensors and disk drive incorporating the structure

Reader with bi-layered side shields

Unified dual free layer reader with shared reference layer to enable reduced reader-to-reader separation

Tunnel magnetoresistance read head including side shields containing nanocrystalline ferromagnetic particles

Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor with wedge shaped free layer

Multi-sensor reader having oppositely biased sensing layers

Reader with shape optimized for higher SNR

Read head having sensors with conflicting design characteristics

Magnetoresistive sensor with recessed antiferromagnetic layer and stabilization feature

Double pinned magnetoresistance element with temporary ferromagnetic layer to improve annealing

Lateral spin valve reader with large-area tunneling spin-injector

Method and system for fabricating high junction angle read sensors

Magnetoresistive sensor having a synthetic antiferromagnetic bottom shield

Free layer magnetic reader that may have a reduced shield-to-shield spacing

Magnetic reader having a nonmagnetic insertion layer for the pinning layer

Magnetic reader having a crystal decoupling structure

Spin-signal enhancement in a lateral spin valve reader

System for adjusting bias of relative magnetizations of ferromagnetic layers in a magnetoresistive sensor

Method and system for providing a read transducer having improved pinning of the pinned layer at higher recording densities

Multichannel data storage apparatus having abrasion resistant barrier

Sensor structure having increased thermal stability

Reader sensor structure having front bottom shield adjacent recessed AFM layer

Sensor structure with pinned stabilization layer

Scissor reader with side shield decoupled from bias material

Magnetic sensor annealing using a rocking field