Perpendicular magnetic recording head

Fixture for slider lapping, lapping device and lapping method

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the same

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording in which gap thickness and pole layer shape are defined for suppressing occurrence of pole erase phenomenon

Method for protecting write head coil during write pole/shaping

CPP magneto resistive head with decreased variation in asymmetry and output

Magnetic media having a servo track written with a patterned magnetic recording head

Magnetic head having a damascene-fabricated write coil structure with coil layers extending between the poles for reduced electrical resistance

Method for sample preparation for exposing a main pole of a recording head

Magnetic heads and semiconductor devices and surface planarization processes for the fabrication thereof

Thin-film magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and manufacturing method of thin-film magnetic head

Magnetic recording head with compact yoke

Perpendicular magnetic recording head with return pass layer

Thin film magnetic head, method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic recording apparatus

Method of polishing film to be polished

Magnetic head with soft magnetic shield and magnetic storage

Magnetic head having an antistripping layer for preventing a magnetic layer from stripping

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Conductive stud for magnetic recording devices and method of making the same

Thin-film magnetic head and nonmagnetic body filled concave portion formed on a pole layer and magnetic storage apparatus using the same

Electrical connection structure for magnetic heads and method for making the same

Narrow track read sensor

Thin-film magnetic head structure having a magnetic pole tip with an even width portion method of manufacturing thereof, and thin-film magnetic head having a magnetic pole tip with an even width portion

Thin film magnetic head structure, adapted to manufacture a thin film magnetic head

Perpendicular magnetic recording head where main magnetic pole having inclined surface is formed and method of manufacturing the same

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head using a multi-stage ion milling

Perpendicular magnetic recording head, method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic recording apparatus

Perpendicular recording head having controlled permeability and saturation moment

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording, head gimbal assembly, head arm assembly and magnetic disk drive

Laminated side shield for perpendicular write head for improved performance

Methods of making magnetic write heads with use of a resist channel shrinking solution having corrosion inhibitors

Winged pole and shield structure for reducing stray field in a perpendicular write head

Single-pole recording head having trapezoidal main pole and bevel angle promotion layer and methods of fabricating the same

Double notched shield and pole structure for stray field reduction in a magnetic head

Notched shield and pole structure with slanted wing for perpendicular recording

Winged design for reducing corner stray magnetic fields

Method of fabricating a magnetic recording head for perpendicular recording with enhanced covering power

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

Magnetic recording head for perpendicular recording with wrap around shield, the fabrication process and magnetic disk storage apparatus mounting the magnetic head

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing same

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording including pole-layer-encasing layer that opens in the top surface thereof and nonmagnetic conductive layer disposed on the top surface of the pole-layer-encasing layer

Well use of space for low resistance coil design for write head

Easily manufactured exchange bias stabilization scheme

Wear pads for timing-based surface film servo heads

Method for fabricating a pole tip in a magnetic transducer using feed-forward and feedback

Multilayer narrow pitch tape head array

Lead plating method for GMR head manufacture

Self aligned wrap around shield for perpendicular magnetic recording

Magnetic head with optimum aspect ratio of upper shield layer

Self-aligned coil process in magnetic recording heads

Thin film magnetic head including a heat dissipation layer, method of manufacturing the same and magnetic disk drive

Magnetic head with electro lapping guide

Magnetic head with high reliability of the data protection, magnetic disk apparatus including the magnetic head and the method of recording information on the magnetic disk apparatus without miserasing the previously recorded data

Method for making coplanar write head pole tips

Magnetic write head having a wider trailing edge pole structure

Methods of making magnetic write heads with use of linewidth shrinkage techniques

Process of making CD uniformity in high track density recording head

Method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head

Recording head for reducing side track erasure

Bilayer trailing shield gap for perpendicular head

Lower saturation field structure for perpendicular AFC pole

Method for fabricating a pole tip in a magnetic transducer

Methods of fabricating magnetic write heads with side and trailing shield structures

Large protrusion recording head for controlled magnetic spacing recording/reading

Low inductance, ferrite sub-gap substrate structure for surface film magnetic recording heads

Electrodeposition of FeCoNiV films with high resistivity and high saturation magnetization for magnetic head fabrication

Magnetic head having a notched pole piece structure and method of making the same

Thin-film magnetic head, head gimbal assembly with thin-film magnetic head, head arm assembly with head gimbal assembly, magnetic disk drive apparatus with head gimbal assembly and manufacturing method of thin-film magnetic head

Method and apparatus for providing a pole tip structure having a shape for preventing over saturation of the pole tip structure

Method and apparatus for providing a write head with an improved pole tip to improve overwrite and/or adjacent track interference

Perpendicular magnetic head with yoke overlapping inner side portion and increasing in width and thickness along height

Method for making a perpendicular magnetic recording write head with a self aligned stitched write shield

Perpendicular head with trailing shield and rhodium gap process

Return pole field reduction for perpendicular write head

Method and apparatus for providing diamagnetic flux focusing in a storage device

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

High milling resistance write pole fabrication method for perpendicular recording

Elimination of write head plating defects using high activation chemically amplified resist

Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording

Method for fabricating a thin film magnetic head

Magnetic write head with gap termination less than half distance between pedestal and back gap

Perpendicular magnetic recording head with flare and taper configurations

Stitched shielded pole structure for a perpendicular magnetic recording write head

Inductive magnetic head with non-magnetic seed layer gap structure and method for the fabrication thereof

Methods for forming a reed sensor

Planarized perpendicular pole tip system and method for manufacturing the same

Thin film magnetic head having an upper pole portion with a width that increases towards an abs

Reactive ion milling/RIE assisted CMP

Nanometer scale data storage device and associated positioning system

One step copper damascene CMP process and slurry

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head

Recording head, recording head manufacturing method, combined head and magnetic recording/reproduction apparatus

Thin film magnetic head and manufacturing method thereof

Perpendicular pole structure and method of fabricating the same

Pole piece for high track density recording

Perpendicular magnetic recording head built using an air-bearing surface damascene process

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

Magnetic recording head, magnetic reproducing head, magnetic head, tape drive and disk drive

Magnetic recording head, magnetic reproducing head, magnetic head, tape drive and disk drive

Scanning probe microscopy inspection and modification system

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Self-aligned trimmed pole

Thin-film magnetic head appropriately suppressing side fringing and method for fabricating the same

Storage device and method of using a head that has a concave surface when powered down

Method of manufacturing an integrated thin film head

Method for shaping pole pieces of magnetic heads by chemical mechanical polishing

Method of fabricating a narrow projection such as a write pole extending from a substrate

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

Method of manufacturing a slider for a thin-film magnetic head

Thin-film magnetic recording head manufacture using selective imaging

Method of constructing a magnetic sensor

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Damascene method for forming write coils of magnetic heads

High data rate writer with low resistance coil and short yoke

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

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic recording head

Thin-film magnetic head and its manufacturing method

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head

Magnetic head assembly that has an air bearing surface

Fully shielded perpendicular recoding writer

Method and system for patterning of magnetic thin films using gaseous transformation to transform a magnetic portion to a non-magnetic portion

Thin film head, producing method thereof and magnetic disk apparatus

Magnetic sensing element including pinned layer and/or free layer composed of [110] crystal planes-oriented Heusler alloy

Pole tip trimmed magnetic recording head with minimal edge rounding

Transducing head with reduced side writing

Thin-film magnetic head and method of manufacturing same

Method of inspecting thin-film magnetic head and method of making thin-film magnetic head

Apparatus and method for closed loop feedback during lapping of magnetic heads

Head for perpendicular magnetic recording with a shield structure connected to the return pole piece

Stitched write head with staircase P2 defined throat height

Magnetic head having media heating device that is electrically connected to magnetic pole piece

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

Tape drive head with lower core layer side inclined at angle equal to or greater than azimuth angle and aligned with upper core layer edge

Magnetic transducer for perpendicular magnetic recording with single pole write head with trailing shield

Method for fabrication of magnetic write head with self aligned poles

Method for forming a read transducer by ion milling and chemical mechanical polishing to eliminate nonuniformity near the MR sensor

Thin-film magnetic head having magnetic layers of different thicknesses and fabrication method for same

Method for fabricating a magnetic head

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic recording apparatus with partitioned heat sink layer

Large protrusion recording head for controlled magnetic spacing recording/reading

Method for patterning a self-aligned coil using a damascene process

Method of fabricating electronic component using resist structure with no undercut

Method for forming a magnetic head having a flux shaping layer

Method for manufacturing thin film magnetic head with improved performance

Thin film magnetic head having sectional shape of write magnetic pole formed as a trapezoid

Magnetic head assembly having trimming recesses, method for producing the same, and magnetic-tape recording and playback apparatus

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 with high Fe alloy plating film and manufacturing method thereof

Method for measuring amount of grinding in magnetic head producing process

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

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic disk apparatus including the same

Magnetic head having a write coil structure with a reduced electrical resistance for reducing thermal protrusion

Localized pole tip heating device for magnetic head for hard disk drive

Magnetic head and magnetic disk drive

Thin film magnetic head having lower auxiliary magnetic pole on lower magnetic pole layer

Soft magnetic film having improved saturated magnetic flux density, magnetic head using the same, and manufacturing method therefore

Method of providing protection to the pole piece of a magnetic head during its manufacture with use of a selectively etchable material

Lead overlay bottom spin valve with improved side reading

Magnetic transducer with pedestal pole piece structure

Magnetic film for magnetic head

Isotropic deposition for trench narrowing of features to be created by reactive ion etch processing

Magnetic device utilizing silicon based spin-to-charge or charge-to-spin conversion layer

Heat assisted magnetic recording head comprising a thermally stable material

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

Energy-assisted recording near-field transducer with inlay to improve coupling efficiency

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

Magnetic recording head with assisting electric current in trailing shield

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

Two layer leading shield design with non-conformal shapes for magnetic recording heads

Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head containing a near-field transducer with diffusion barrier and method of making thereof

Write transducer with recessed portion to improve track shingling performance

Cross track current design for energy assisted magnetic recording

Magnetic recording devices having external alternating current sources

Magnetic recording devices having cross-track current flow to facilitate downtrack magnetic field enhancements

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

Areal density capability improvement with a main pole skin

Spin-orbit torque induced magnetization switching in a magnetic recording head

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

Near-field transducer with Au nano rod

Magnetic thin film recording head module having electrical shielding between read and write transducer arrays

Dual writer for advanced magnetic recording

System for transition curvature improvement on a thermally assisted magnetic recording

Magnetic head including a return path section

Amplifying structure for microwave-assisted magnetic recording

Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with near-field transducer having first and second surface-plasmonic plates

Magnetic recording devices using virtual side shields for improved areal density capability

Method of forming a write head with a write pole shield having a low saturation magnetization layer

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

Reversed mode spin torque oscillator with shaped field generation layer

Near-field transducer having a peg surrounded by a metal aperture plate

Magnetic recording write head having YIG-heavy metal-YIG in write gap and side gap to maximize spin-orbit-coupling efficiency

Magnetic head including a main pole and a write shield

Magnetic head with assisted magnetic recording and method of making thereof

Magnetic disk device

Side shield formation

Write head with reduced side to trailing shield spacing

High damping shield with low magnetic moment in perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writer

Write head having a monolithic side sheild and leading shield

Magnetic write head with a tapered return pole

Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write head with patterned high moment trailing shield

Selectable readers for improvements in yield, reliability and performance

Magnetic write transducer with first and second pole sections

Write pole with varied sidewall shape

Waveguide including first and second layers and manufacturing method thereof

Magnetic recording head with spin torque oscillator layers satisfying width, thickness and angle relationship formulas

Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head including a main pole and a plasmon generator

Measurement of a reversed side shield magnetization condition

Write pole shield having a low saturation magnetization layer

Write head with reduced trailing shield—side shield spacing

High damping materials in shields and/or write pole

Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writer with thinner side shield

Write pole with low wall angle

Magnetic write transducer with flat pole section

Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write head with patterned leading shield

Magnetic recording and reproducing device comprising a magnetic head including a trailing shield and first and second shields having alternating magnetic and nonmagnetic layers

High accuracy tape bearing surface length definition process for tape head fabrication

Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write head with hybrid side shield

Segmented magnetic recording write head for writing timing-based servo patterns

Perpendicular magnetic recording writer having improved performance and wide area track erasure reliability

Method for providing heat assisted magnetic recording write apparatus having a near-field transducer with a sloped nose

Perpendicular magnetic recording head with trailing gap covering magnetic pole and side gaps and method of manufacturing same

Data writer with shaped write coil

Magnetic recording write apparatus having a pole having an aspect ratio greater than one and an auxiliary pole

Method of making a write pole

Dual writer design in interlaced magnetic recording

Magnetic recording write apparatus having a pole including an assist portion extending in the cross-track direction

Writer having a recessed trailing shield and nonmagnetic refill

Selectable magnetic writers of different target geometries for reducing performance variance

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording with a trailing shield including a plurality of portions different in saturation flux density

Magnetic writer having convex trailing surface pole and conformal write gap

Short yoke length writer having assist coils

Magnetic recording write apparatus having a stepped conformal trailing shield

Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writer with hybrid shield layers

Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write head with improved shapes of side shield and main pole

Magnetic reader having a crystal decoupling structure

Shingle magnetic writer having a low sidewall angle pole

Reading and writing to a HAMR recording medium at different skew angles

Gradient write gap for perpendicular magnetic recording writer

Write pole shield shunt

High moment side shield design for area density improvement of perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writer

PP3 shape designs for shield domain control to improve either skip track erasure (STE) or write performance for perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR)

Data writer front shield with varying throat height

Magnetic writer having a dual side gap

Magnetic write pole having engineered radius of curvature and chisel angle profiles

Thin film magnetic head, head gimbal assembly, and magnetic recording device

Method for fabricating a magnetic writer using a full-film metal planarization

Magnetic sensor with thin capping layer

Method and system for providing a magnetic transducer having improved shield-to-shield spacing

Inverse tapered waveguide for use in a heat assisted magnetic recording head

Method for manufacturing a magnetic recording transducer having side shields

Methods for manufacturing electronic lapping guides for writer heads that closely track pole formation of the writer heads

System for providing a transducer having a split main pole

Method and system for providing a magnetic recording transducer using a line hard mask and a wet-etchable mask

Dual damascene process for producing a PMR write pole