Tapered write pole for reduced skew effect

Process to open connection vias on a planarized surface

Methods and apparatus for sensor having capacitor on chip

Method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive element

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

Slider with micro-texture and method for forming the same

Seed layer for fabricating spin valve heads for ultra-high density recordings

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Seed layer for fabricating spin valve heads for ultra-high density recordings

Method for fabricating a magnetic head using a ferrofluid mask

Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head

Slider row bar de-bond fixture

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD IN WHICH MAGNETIC FIELD IS PERPENDICULARLY APPLIED TO RECORDING MEDIUM SUCH AS DISK TO PERFORM RECORDING OPERATION

Head suspension, load beam, and method of manufacturing load beam

Method of assembling a carriage assembly

Method of fabricating a magnetic head

Perpendicular magnetic recording head with a side write shield

Side reading reduced GMR for high track density

Side reading reduced GMR for high track density

Method and apparatus for depositing a magnetoresistive multilayer film

Method for creating write element having high magnetic moment Co-Fe-O-N film with soft magnetic properties

Magnetic head and method of manufacturing same, head suspension assembly and magnetic disk apparatus

Method of manufacturing thin film magnetic head having lower shield layer embedded in insulating

Magnetic recording head and fabrication process

Method of adjusting recession of an element of a slider

Method for controlling magnetostriction in a free layer of a magnetoresistive sensor

Method for loading single head in a hard disk drive

Method for manufacturing a magnetic element

METHOD OF MANUFATURING A DIGITAL MAGNETO-OPTICAL SIGNAL WRITE/READ HEAD

Magnetic transducer with milling mask

Method for manufacturing a trailing shield structure for a perpendicular magnetic write head

Magnetic tape head system method specifying parameters for near-constant resolution at varying tape velocities

Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head with a magnetoresistive effect element

Method of assembling a carriage assembly

Method for manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

THIN-FILM TAPE HEAD PROCESSES

Method of manufacturing a spin-valve giant magnetoresistive head

Perpendicular magnetic recording media with magnetic anisotropy/coercivity gradient and local exchange coupling

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head

Apparatus for adjusting static attitude of thin film magnetic head

Actuator assembly

Methods for forming micro-texture on an air bearing surface of a magnetic read/write slider and a magnetic read/write slider with micro-texture

Method of fabricating a thin film magnetic sensor on a wafer

Magnetoresistive spin valve sensor with tri-layer free layer

CPP read sensors having constrained current paths made of lithographically-defined conductive vias and methods of making the same

Thin film magnetic head integrated structure

Narrow track CPP head with bias cancellation

Process to manufacture narrow track CPP head with bias cancellation

Magneto-resistive or tunneling magneto-resistive element having a shielding film of an amorphous layer above a crystalline layer, and method for manufacturing the same

Magnetic apparatus with perpendicular recording medium and head having multilayered reproducing element using tunneling effect

Longitudinal bias structure having stability with minimal effect on output

Method of partial depth material removal for fabrication of CPP read sensor

Method for tunnel junction sensor with magnetic cladding

System and method for a subambient pressure air bearing slider utilizing negative pressure grooves

Method for making magnetic write head

Method of fabrication for tape medium read head with unitary formation of multiple elements

Process of manufacturing a TMR device

Method of manufacturing a CPP structure with enhanced GMR ratio

Method of producing a magnetic head slider

Thin-film magnetic head structure, method of manufacturing the same, and thin-film magnetic head

Method of bonding metal ball for magnetic head assembly

Thin-film magnetic head having a covered insulating layer

Thin-film magnetic head structure adapted to manufacture a thin-film head having a base magnetic pole part, a yoke magnetic pole part, and an intervening insulative film

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLIES, ACTUATORS AND DISK DRIVES BY REMOVING THERMAL POLE-TIP PROTRUSION AT THE SPIN STAND LEVEL

Servo systems, servo heads, servo patterns for data storage especially for reading, writing, and recording in magnetic recording tape

Methods for recording servo information

Method for forming a write head having an air bearing surface (ABS)

Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head

Method for enhancing thermal stability, improving biasing and reducing damage from electrostatic discharge in self-pinned abutted junction heads

Servo systems, servo heads, servo patterns for data storage especially for reading, writing, and recording in magnetic recording tape

Thin film magnetic head wafer with identification information

Methods for fabricating giant magnetoresistive (GMR) devices

Method to form a cavity having inner walls of varying slope

Manufacturing method of a magnetic sensor

Method of manufacturing head suspension

Method of manufacturing head suspension

THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY, AND HARD DISK SYSTEM

Magnetic writing pole and a perpendicular writing element

Current perpendicular to plane magnetoresistive sensor pre-product with current confining path precursor

Method for fabricating seed layer for spin valve sensor for magnetic heads for hard disk drives

CPP read sensor fabrication using heat resistant photomask

Method to planarize perpendicular write poles using a combination of CMP and reactive ion milling

Process for fabricating a magnetic recording head with a laminated write gap

Method for manufacturing a current in plane magnetoresistive sensor having a contiguous hard bias layer located at back edge of stripe height

Head design with low coefficient of thermal expansion insert layer

Method and mechanism of PZT micro-actuator attachment for the hard disk driver arm

Double layer patterning and technique for milling patterns for a servo recording head

Adjusting method and device for magnetic head position

Thin laminated single pole perpendicular write head

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic disk apparatus including the same

Magnetic head for perpendicular recording and fabrication process

Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording that has a pole layer having a shape for easy forming, reducing track width and improved writing characteristics

Method of manufacturing hard disc device with a printed wiring board fixed thereto

Magnetic recording medium, magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, and manufacturing method of magnetic recording medium

Magnetic head and magnetic head substructure including resistor element whose resistance corresponds to the length of the track width defining portion of the pole layer

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head with a deposited shield

Method of fabricating magnetic sensors with pinned layers with zero net magnetic moment

System and method for improving the electrical connection of a hard drive relay flexible circuit assembly to an HGA flexure cable

System and method for rigidly coupling a disk drive to a chassis of a computer

Method to control mask profile for read sensor definition

Servo track write at low pressure using pressure insensitive air bearing surface

Method for making a contact magnetic transfer template

Method for protecting write head coil during write pole/shaping

Optical-pickup slide, manufacturing method thereof, probe and manufacturing method thereof, and probe array and manufacturing method thereof

Method for manufacturing magnetic head device

Magnetic read/write head

Method for providing a temporary, deep shunt on wafer structures for electrostatic discharge protection during processing

Manufacturing method of a disk drive unit

Composite hard bias design with a soft magnetic underlayer for sensor applications

Manufacturing method for magnetic disk drive

Method of manufacturing a bottom spin valve with a laminated CoFe free layer

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

Fastening a magnetic disk to a hub structure

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head

Narrow track read sensor

Plate member, magnetic element using the same, and magnetic element manufacturing method

Method for patterning a magnetoresistive sensor

Simultaneous planarization of pole piece and coil materials for write head applications

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

Disk drive slider design for thermal fly-height control and burnishing-on-demand

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

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

Process for creating a write head by forming a bump after the top pole is formed

Synthetic pattern exchange configuration for side reading reduction

Easily manufactured exchange bias stabilization scheme

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording

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

Bottom spin valve with laminated CoFe free layer for ultra-high density recording

Magnetic head with adaptive data island and mini-outrigger and methods of manufacture

Magnetic head with mini-outriggers and method of manufacture

Method for manufacturing a magnetic disk device with improved head gimbal assembly

Lead plating method for GMR head manufacture

Pole width control on plated bevel main pole design of a perpendicular magnetic recording head

Methods of manufacturing magnetic heads with reference and monitoring devices

Method for fabricating a magnetic transducer using a slurry with spherical particles for CMP-assisted photoresist lift-off

Method for fabricating a magnetic transducer using a slurry with spherical particles for CMP-assisted photoresist lift-off

Method for fabricating a CPP magnetic transducer using CMP-assisted lift-off and a CMP-resistant metal layer

Three terminal magnetic sensor for magnetic heads with a semiconductor junction

Magnetic write head having a wider trailing edge pole structure

Method for fabricating a magnetic head including a media heating element

Side-by-side magnetic head configuration with flared pole tip layer and read sensor sharing same plane

Method for fabricating a pole tip in a magnetic transducer

Method for use in making a write coil of magnetic head

Method for use in forming a read sensor for a magnetic head

Method for assembling head-drum assembly for magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

Longitudinal bias structure with improved magnetic stability

System and method for improving suspension-to-slider attachment in a hard disk drive

Method of manufacturing a head actuator assembly and a disk drive

Free layer for CPP GMR having iron rich NiFe

Method of making a magnetic head

Method of manufacturing a horizontal thin film write, MR read head

Method to protect a GMR head from electrostatic damage during the manufacturing process

Method for making magnetic write head

Magnetoresistive sensor with a specular scattering layer formed by deposition from an oxide target

Sliders bonded by a debondable encapsulant comprising different polymers formed via in situ polymerization

Methods of making magnetic write heads using electron beam lithography

Thermal protrusion reduction in magnet heads by utilizing a heat-spreading pad

Process of manufacturing a four-sided shield structure for a perpendicular write head

Method for manufacturing a suspension for disc drive

Method on manufacturing spin valve film

Method for fabricating a thin film magnetic head

Insulator and manufacturing method thereof, and stator for electric rotating machine

Method for manufacturing a suspension design for a co-located PZT micro-actuator

Heat extractor for magnetic reader-writer

Method of manufacturing a vertical recording magnetic head

Methods for forming a reed sensor

Method of fabricating a magnetic head

Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head

Dust core

Planarized perpendicular pole tip system and method for manufacturing the same

Clamp or clamp assembly having a low profile

Reactive ion milling/RIE assisted CMP

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Perpendicular pole structure and method of fabricating the same

Pole piece for high track density recording

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

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

Method of manufacturing an integrated thin film head

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

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head having short pole yoke length

Method of forming a magnetic-field sensor having magnetic nanoparticles

Magnetic head coil system and damascene/reactive ion etching method for manufacturing the same

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

Method for loading single head in a hard disk drive

Integrated inductor

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

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

Method for manufacturing a magnetic medium

Method of manufacturing slider of thin-film magnetic head

Method of constructing a magnetic sensor

Patterned exchange bias GMR using metallic buffer layer

Method of handling a workpiece

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

Patterned, synthetic longitudinally exchange biased GMR sensor

Method of making a current-perpendicular to the plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor

High data rate writer with low resistance coil and short yoke

Magnetic head having high conductivity lead structures seeded by epitaxially matched seed layer and fabrication method therefor

Methods of orienting an easy axis of a high-aspect ratio write head for improved writing efficiency

Method for shaping an air bearing surface of a magnetic head slider

Method of forming magnetic layer pattern

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic recording head

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

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head

Method to form an embedded micro-pedestal in a conductive layer

Process of manufacturing a narrow track CCP head with bias cancellation

Method for fabricating giant magnetoresistive (GMR) devices

Magnetic head assembly that has an air bearing surface

Thin film magnetic head slider, magnetic head support mechanism, magnetic disk drive, and method of manufacturing magnetic head

Method for manufacturing thin-film magnetic head sliders

Method of making electromagnetic wave shielded write and read wires on a support for a magnetic media drive

Method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium

Method for manufacturing a magnetoresistive multilayer film

Method of constructing an integrated lead suspension

Head for recording and reading optical data and method of manufacturing the same

Pole tip trimmed magnetic recording head with minimal edge rounding

Magnetic head and method of manufacturing same, head suspension assembly and magnetic disk apparatus

Stitched write head with staircase P2 defined throat height

Perpendicular magnetic recording head with trailing shield throat height less than shaping layer distance from ABS

Servo write method for magnetic tape

Method for forming a write head having air bearing surface (ABS)

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

Integrated lead suspension and method of construction

Integrated transformer

Tape head module assembly method

Method of manufacturing magneto-resistance effect type head

Process for fabricating a magneto-resistive (MR) sensor

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Method of constructing an integrated lead suspension

Integrated lead suspension and method of construction

Slider having adjusted transducer recession and method of adjusting recession

Method of constructing an integrated lead suspension

Method of controlling pitch static attitude of sliders on integrated lead suspensions by improved plastic deformation processing

Method of localized thermal processing of integrated lead suspensions for controlling the pitch static attitude of sliders

Method for efficient slider burnishing during drive build

Two stage lubrication process for disk drive

Method for manufacturing thin film magnetic head with improved performance

Method of making thin film magnetic head

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

Thin-film magnetic head and method of forming the same

Method of forming a thin film magnetic head

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

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Exchange-coupled film, method for making exchange-coupled film, and magnetic sensing element including exchange-coupled film

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

Magnetic head having thermally assisted write head with heater element, and protective sacrificial layer

Substrate for thin-film magnetic head

Low DC coil resistance planar writer

Short yoke length planar writer with low DC coil resistance

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic disk apparatus including the same

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

Magnetic head with thin gap layers

Method of fabricating a thin film magnetic recording head

Method for resetting pinned layer magnetization in a magnetoresistive sensor

System and method for improving the electrical connection of a hard drive relay flexible circuit assembly of an HGA flexure cable

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

Thermally stable oxidized bias layer structure for magnetoresistive magnetic head for a hard disk drive

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic storage apparatus

Collocated metal frame PZT micro-actuator with a lower stiffness suspension design and method of manufacture of same

Method for creating a magnetic head

Manufacturing method of flying magnetic head slider

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

Method for fabricating a magnetoresistive head

Joining components from wafers having different pattern densities

Method for providing a magnetic recording write apparatus having a seamless pole

Apparatus and method having TDMR reader to reader shunts

Reader side shield

Process for making PMR writer with non-conformal side gaps

Method to fabricate tunneling magnetic recording heads with extended pinned layer

Method for controlling camber on air bearing surface of a slider

Methods for fabricating damascene write poles using ruthenium hard masks