Inventor profile of:

Yan Wu

City:

Cupertino, California

Country:

United States

Published Applications:

77

Last publication date:

2026-04-30

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Recent patent applications by Wu Yan

Yan Wu from Cupertino, US has applied for patents for these inventions. The list has both pending applications and granted patents:

#1 | 2026-04-30
US20260120716A1
Physics

Adaptive Bias Control for Magnetic Recording Head

#2 | 2025-09-11
US20250285642A1
Physics

Spin Injection Assisted Magnetic Recording

#3 | 2025-06-05
US20250182781A1
Physics

Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Writer With Tunable Pole Side Bridge Design

#4 | 2025-03-20
US20250095672A1
Physics

Writer With Patterned Hot Seed Layer

#5 | 2024-07-11
US20240233758A9
Physics

Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Writer With Tunable Pole Side Bridge Design

#6 | 2024-05-23
US20240170010A1
Physics

Spin injection assisted magnetic recording

#7 | 2024-04-25
US20240135965A1
Physics

Perpendicular magnetic recording writer with tunable pole side bridge design

#8 | 2024-02-29
US20240071414A1
Physics

Adaptive bias control for magnetic recording head

#9 | 2024-01-11
US20240013805A1
Physics

Reader noise reduction using spin hall effects

#10 | 2023-03-23
US20230087646A1
Physics

Reader noise reduction using spin hall effects

#11 | 2022-10-20
US20220335969A1
Physics

Adaptive bias control for magnetic recording head

#12 | 2022-04-28
US20220130419A1
Physics

Adaptive bias control for magnetic recording head

#13 | 2022-04-07
US20220108716A1
Physics

Reader noise reduction using spin hall effects

#14 | 2022-03-17
US20220084545A1
Physics

Spin injection assisted magnetic recording

#15 | 2022-02-24
US20220059131A1
Physics

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

#16 | 2021-10-19
US17095861
Physics

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

#17 | 2021-06-22
US16781618
Physics

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

#18 | 2021-03-11
US20210074325A1
Physics

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

#19 | 2021-03-11
US20210074318A1
Physics

Spin injection assisted magnetic recording

#20 | 2021-02-25
US20210056988A1
Physics

Reader noise reduction using spin hall effects

#21 | 2021-02-25
US20210056987A1
Physics

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

#22 | 2020-11-12
US20200357431A1
Physics

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

#23 | 2020-11-10
US16916497
Physics

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

#24 | 2020-10-08
US20200321023A1
Physics

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

#25 | 2020-10-01
US20200312354A1
Physics

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

#26 | 2020-09-24
US20200302957A1
Physics

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

#27 | 2020-09-10
US20200286507A1
Physics

Shared MAMR and HDI sensor/driver

#28 | 2020-09-08
US16563112
Physics

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

#29 | 2020-07-23
US20200234728A1
Physics

Permanent magnet assisted magnetic recording

#30 | 2020-07-14
US16563147
Physics

Alternative designs for magnetic recording assisted by two spin hall effect (SHE) layers in the write gap

#31 | 2020-07-14
US16451146
Physics

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

#32 | 2020-07-14
US16451137
Physics

Magnetic flux guiding devices all around main pole design without leading shield and side shields in assisted writing applications

#33 | 2020-07-14
US16275375
Physics

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

#34 | 2020-04-16
US20200118588A1
Physics

Magnetic read head structure with improved bottom shield design for better reader performance

#35 | 2020-03-03
US16370634
Physics

Magnetic recording assisted by two spin hall effect (SHE) layers in the write gap

#36 | 2020-02-11
US16370613
Physics

Magnetic recording assisted by a single spin hall effect (SHE) layer in the write gap

#37 | 2019-12-31
US16549139
Physics

Magnetic flux guiding device with antiferromagnetically coupled (AFC) spin polarizer in assisted writing application

#38 | 2019-12-19
US20190385638A1
Physics

Magnetic read head structure with improved bottom shield design for better reader performance

#39 | 2019-11-26
US16209151
Physics

Magnetic flux guiding device with antiferromagnetically coupled (AFC) oscillator in assisted writing application

#40 | 2019-09-24
US16197586
Physics

Magnetic flux guiding device with antiferromagnetically coupled (AFC) spin polarizer in assisted writing application

#41 | 2019-09-19
US20190287556A1
Physics

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

#42 | 2019-08-29
US20190267031A1
Physics

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

#43 | 2019-06-18
US16037197
Physics

Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) writer with one or more spin flipping elements in the gap

#44 | 2019-05-02
US20190130937A1
Physics

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

#45 | 2019-02-28
US20190066718A1
Physics

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

#46 | 2018-09-06
US20180254058A1
Physics

MgO Based Perpendicular Spin Polarizer in Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (MAMR) Applications

#47 | 2018-05-10
US20180130487A1
Physics

Magnetic reader sensor with shield spacing improvement and better pin flip robustness

#48 | 2017-03-23
US20170084296A1
Physics

Bias Layer and Shield Biasing Design

#49 | 2017-03-09
US20170069341A1
Physics

Bias layer and shield biasing design

#50 | 2016-04-28
US20160118065A1
Physics

MgO based perpendicular spin polarizer in microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) applications

#51 | 2016-01-05
US14468399
Physics

MgO based perpendicular spin polarizer in microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) applications

#52 | 2015-08-27
US20150243306A1
Physics

Magnetic pole self-annealing with current injection in perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR)

#53 | 2015-01-29
US20150029616A1
Physics

Wrap-Around Shielded Writer with Highly Homogeneous Shield Material

#54 | 2014-09-30
US14093993
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Plasmon generator self-annealing with current injection in TAMR

#55 | 2014-09-18
US20140268423A1
Physics

Dual-piece heat sink layer for robust reader in magnetic recording head

#56 | 2014-09-02
US13897379
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Two sensor reader for hard disk drive (HDD)

#57 | 2014-06-26
US20140177103A1
Physics

PMR writer device with multi-level tapered write pole

#58 | 2014-04-03
US20140091055A1
Physics

Method of making a PMR writer with graded side shield

#59 | 2013-01-03
US20130003226A1
Physics

PMR writer device with multi-level tapered write pole

#60 | 2013-01-03
US20130001190A1
Physics

Method of forming a PMR writer device with multi-level tapered write pole

#61 | 2012-03-29
US20120075749A1
Physics

Magnetic write head with thin and thick portions for balancing writability and ate

#62 | 2012-02-23
US20120044598A1
Physics

Writer shields with modified shapes for reduced flux shunting

#63 | 2011-11-10
US20110273798A1
Physics

PMR writer with π shaped shield

#64 | 2011-10-20
US20110255196A1
Physics

PMR writer with graded side shield

#65 | 2011-10-13
US20110249364A1
Physics

Method of making a PMR writer with seamless shields

#66 | 2011-05-05
US20110102942A1
Physics

Writer and reader arrangements for shingled writing

#67 | 2011-04-28
US20110097602A1
Physics

External field robustness of read/write head shields

#68 | 2011-04-28
US20110097601A1
Physics

Wrap-around shielded writer with highly homogeneous shield material

#69 | 2011-03-17
US20110063755A1
Physics

PMR write with flux choking area

#70 | 2011-03-03
US20110051293A1
Physics

Tapered PMR write pole with straight side wall portion

#71 | 2010-12-09
US20100309581A1
Physics

Insertion under read shield for improved read gap actuation in dynamic flying height

#72 | 2010-11-04
US20100277832A1
Physics

PMR writer device with multi-level tapered write pole

#73 | 2010-04-06
US11401208
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Exchange biased pole for reducing the likelihood of domain lockup in perpendicular recording

#74 | 2009-12-17
US20090310262A1
Physics

Composite writer shield for improving writer performance

#75 | 2009-11-12
US20090279213A1
Physics

Stabilized shields for magnetic recording heads

#76 | 2008-07-22
US11116730
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Disk drive including slider mover having low thermal coefficient of resistivity

#77 | 2007-02-27
US11157587
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Disk drive that performs cold writes to erased buffer

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