Process to manufacture narrow track CPP head with bias cancellation

Method of manufacturing a self aligned magnetoresistive sensor

Thin film magnetic head and method of manufacturing the same

Deposition defined trackwidth for very narrow trackwidth CPP device

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

Process of manufacturing a TMR device

Method of producing a magnetic head slider

Method of bonding metal ball for magnetic head assembly

Method of manufacturing a magnetic slider head

Method of forming magnetoresistive junctions in manufacturing MRAM cells

Apparatus for manufacturing magnetic head slider

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 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

Fabrication method for thin film magnetic heads

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 glass substrate for magnetic disk

Manufacturing method of slider and device for manufacturing slider

Method of manufacturing magnetic head slider

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

Magnetic writing pole and a perpendicular writing element

Method for manufacturing P3 layer of a perpendicular magnetic write head

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

Manufacturable CMP assisted liftoff process to fabricate write pole for perpendicular recording heads

Head design with low coefficient of thermal expansion insert layer

Method for fabricating improved sensor for a magnetic head utilizing reactive ion milling process

Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a hard magnetic pinning layer

Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in hard magnetic bias layers

Method for manufacturing a magnetic read sensor employing oblique etched underlayers for inducing uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in a hard magnetic in-stack bias layer

Method to improve crown sigma control of the slider in a hard disk drive

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

Method to form tapered magnetic shield for perpendicular recording head

Method for protecting a slider mounted CPP GMR or TMR read head sensor from noise and ESD damage

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic disk apparatus including the same

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 for making a magnetoresistive read head having a pinned layer width greater than the free layer stripe height

Method of forming a hard bias structure in a magnetic head

Method of manufacturing a silicon slider by an alkaline etch

Magnetic head and method of manufacturing the same

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

High milling resistance write pole fabrication method for perpendicular recording

Method of manufacturing magnetic head

Method of lapping row bar in which perpendicular magnetic heads are formed and lapping machine

Method to control mask profile for read sensor definition

Exchange bias structure for abutted junction GMR sensor

Magnetoresistive sensor having a novel junction structure for improved track width definition and pinned layer stability

Magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the same

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

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

Method for independent trackwidth and wall angle control and hexagonal write head

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

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Slider separating method

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Method of making a perpendicular recording magnetic head pole tip with an etchable adhesion CMP stop layer

Method of manufacturing a magnetic head

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

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

Methods of making a current-perpendicular-to-the-planes (CPP) type sensor by ion milling to the spacer layer using a mask without undercuts

Method of forming an improved AP1 layer for a TMR device

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

Write head fabrication by inverting order of process steps

Magnetic read head with dual layer lead

Magnetic detector including antiferromagnetic layer, amorphous barrier layer, base layer, and hard layer arranged in that order and method for manufacturing magnetic detector

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

Method for reducing pole height loss in the formation of a write pole for a magnetic write head

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

In-line contiguous resistive lapping guide for magnetic sensors

Manufacturing method of a thin-film magnetic head

Method of fabricating a read head having shaped read sensor-biasing layer junctions using partial milling

Methods of making a side-by-side read/write head with a self-aligned trailing shield structure

Method for reducing damage to sliders during lapping

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

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 of manufacturing a perpendicular write head

Ion bombardment of electrical lapping guides to decrease noise during lapping process

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

Method for making coplanar write head pole tips

Method and apparatus for providing a reverse air bearing surface head with trailing shield design for perpendicular recording

Magnetic memory devices including ferroelectric spacers and related methods

Method of manufacturing a magnetic bias pinning layer for a GMR sensor of a magnetic head

Method of manufacturing thin film magnetic head

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

Utilization of tape head electronic lapping guides (ELG's) as servo format verifiers

Anti-parallel tab sensor fabrication

Method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head

Method and apparatus for defining leading edge taper of a write pole tip

Method for fabricating a magnetic head having an improved magnetic shield

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

Method for use in making a write coil of magnetic head

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

Slider with underpass lead configured as a cooling plate

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

Magnetic head slider and method of manufacturing the same

Method and system for fabricating components

Recessed SiO2 or Si3N4 overcoat for GMR head in magnetic disk drive

Method for producing a CPP thin-film magnetic head

Notched trailing shield for perpendicular write head

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

Method for making magnetic write head

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

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

Method of manufacturing slider of thin-film magnetic head

Method of making a read sensor while protecting it from electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage

Method of fabricating a rate gyroscope and accelerometer multisensor

Method for grinding a bar of thin film magnetic elements utilizing a plurality of resistive films

Planarization method for a structure having a first surface for etching and a second surface

Method for fabricating magnetic write heads

Xenon ion beam to improve track width definition

Manufacturing method of magnetic head slider, magnetic head slider and magnetic device

Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording

Method for fabricating a thin film magnetic head

Topographically defined thin film CPP read head fabrication

Magnetic devices having magnetic features with CMP stop layers

Method of manufacturing a vertical recording magnetic head

Perpendicular write head with tapered main pole

Apparatus and system for precise lapping of recessed and protruding elements in a workpiece

Methods for forming a reed sensor

Reactive ion milling/RIE assisted CMP

Apparatus for controlling the lapping of a slider based on an amplitude of a readback signal produced from an externally applied magnetic field

Self-aligned, notched trailing shield for perpendicular recording

ABS through aggressive stitching

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head

Perpendicular pole structure and method of fabricating the same

Magnetoresistive sensor having improved antiparallel tab free layer biasing

Process of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic pole structure

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Method to achieve both narrow track width and effective longitudinal stabilization in a CPP GMR read head

Method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium

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

Fabrication method of a high gradient-field recording head for perpendicular magnetic recording

Integrated inductor

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head having a magnetism intercepting layer provided between read head and write head

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

Method of manufacturing slider of thin-film magnetic head

Method of constructing a magnetic sensor

Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head

Damascene method for forming write coils of magnetic heads

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

Patterned, synthetic longitudinally exchange biased GMR sensor

Method for producing and inspecting tape head air-skiving edges

High data rate writer with low resistance coil and short yoke

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

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

Write-head having recessed magnetic material in gap region

Method for fabricating giant magnetoresistive (GMR) devices

Apparatus for lapping thin film magnetic heads

Method to improve heat dissipation in a magnetic shield

Method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium

Ferrite assembly

Method of manufacturing a magnetoresistance effect device

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

Pole tip trimmed magnetic recording head with minimal edge rounding

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

Method for fabricating a magnetic head

Servo write method for magnetic tape

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

Method for making a tunnel valve head with a flux guide

Method of forming an embedded read element

Magnetoresistive device with lapping guide treated to eliminate magnetoresistive effect thereof

Integrated transformer

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

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head

Methods of forming an electrical connection in a magnetic head using a damascene process

Planarizing process

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

Method for manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording head

Thin-film magnetic head and method of forming the same

Method of forming a thin film magnetic head

Method for manufacturing a magnetic head

Method for measuring amount of grinding in magnetic head producing process

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

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 read head with dual layer lead

Method of making a perpendicular recording magnetic head pole tip with an etchable adhesion CMP stop layer

Thin film magnetic head and magnetic disk apparatus including the same

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

Method for creating a magnetic head

Manufacturing method of flying magnetic head slider

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

Reader side shield

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

Electronic lapping guide in a magnetic recording transducer

Method for controlling camber on air bearing surface of a slider

Method for providing a magnetoresistive element having small critical dimensions