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7408746 Magnetoresistive device and method of manufacturing same, thin-film magnetic head, head gimbal assembly, head arm assembly and magnetic disk drive  
A magnetoresistive device comprises: a first shield layer and a second shield layer disposed with a space from each other in the direction of thickness; an MR element disposed between the first and...
7408730 Reproducing head and magnetic disk drive  
A reproducing head including a read element, first and second electrodes provided at the opposite ends of the read element, a ground electrode provided between the first and second electrodes, a...
7403358 Thin film magnetic head, magnetic head device, magnetic recording/reproducing device and method for fabricating a thin film magnetic head  
A magnetoresistive effective film responds commensurate with an external magnetic field. Magnetic domain-controlling films apply a perpendicular biasing magnetic field to the magnetoresistive...
7394626 Magnetoresistance device with a diffusion barrier between a conductor and a magnetoresistance element and method of fabricating the same  
A magnetoresistance device is provided for improving thermal stability of a magnetoresistance element by preventing inter-diffusion between a conductor (such as a via and an interconnection) for...
7369374 Current in plane magnetoresistive sensor having a contiguous hard bias layer located at back edge of stripe height  
A current in plane giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensor having a hard bias layer that extends along the back edge (strip height) of the sensor rather than from the sides of the sensor. The hard bias...
7359149 Composite type thin-film magnetic head with reduced capacitance between leads for read and write head elements  
A composite type thin-film magnetic head is provided, which comprises: a write head element; a pair of terminal pads for the write head element; a pair of lead conductors for the write head...
7330339 Structure providing enhanced self-pinning for CPP GMR and tunnel valve heads  
A magnetic head having improved self-pinning. The head includes a sensor having an antiparallel (AP) pinned layer structure, where the AP pinned layer structure includes at least two pinned layers...
7312957 Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane structure magnetoresistive element having sufficient sensitivity  
A current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) structure magnetoresistive element includes an electrode layer contacting a magnetoresistive film. A low resistance region is defined to extend rearward...
7295407 Magnetoresistance effect element, magnetic head and magnetic reproducing system  
A magnetoresistance effect element a stacked film including a magnetization fixed layer in which the direction of magnetization is substantially fixed to one direction, and a magnetization free...
7280322 Magnetic sensor and magnetic head with the magnetic sensor  
Provided is a magnetic head having a magnetoresistive device which has high output and is best suited to high-recording-density magnetic recording/reading. A magnetic sensor having large output can...
7256970 Elimination of electric-pop noise in MR/GMR device  
A magnetic reading head comprising: a bottom shield; a top shield; an AMR device with MR and SAL separated by a thin insulating layer; a first insulting gap layer between said bottom shield and...
7253995 Magnetic head and magnetic recording/reproducing device  
A magnetic head includes a first electrode layer, a first ferromagnetic electrode pair that is electrically connected to the first electrode layer, and a second ferromagnetic electrode pair that...
7251109 Magnetoresistive head  
A magnetoresistive head includes a first magnetic shield, a first electrode terminal arranged on the first magnetic shield at an entry side of a magnetic field from a carrier, a third electrode...
7245461 Magnetoresistance effect element having a pillar electrode  
There is provided a magnetoresistance effect element capable of precisely defining the active region in a CPP type MR element and of effectively suppressing and eliminating the influence of a...
7245460 Magnetoresistive effective type element, method for fabricating the same, thin film magnetic head, magnetic head device and magnetic disk drive device  
A base protective layer, a bottom shielding layer, and a bottom insulating layer 4 are formed in turn on a base made of AlTiC. Then, a magnetoresistive effective film is formed on the bottom...
7230801 Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) read head with reactive-ion-etch defined read width and fabrication process  
The GMR read head includes a GMR read sensor and a longitudinal bias (LB) stack in a read region, and the GMR read sensor, the LB stack and a first conductor layer in two overlay regions. In its...
7215515 Magnetoresistive sensor having a conducting path layer formed from a plurality of metal islands within an insulating matrix  
A magnetoresistive sensor including a lower electrode layer, a discontinuous structure film provided on the lower electrode layer, the discontinuous structure film being composed of an insulator...
7204013 Method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive sensor  
In a method of forming a magnetoresistive sensor, first and second magnetic leads are formed. Next, a junction of magnetic and electrically conductive material is formed between the first and...
7181836 Method for making an electrode structure  
An electronic device such as a sensor or a NEMS. The electronic device comprises at least one substrate; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the substrate; and at least one nano-wire growing from...
7158352 Magnetoresistive device and method of manufacturing same, and thin-film magnetic head and method of manufacturing same  
A reproducing head of a thin-film magnetic head incorporates an MR element, a pair of bias field applying layers located to be adjacent to the side portions of the MR element, and a pair of...
7136264 Use of gold leads in lead overlaid type of GMR sensor  
A magnetic head including a lead overlaid read head component in which the electrical current passing through the overlaid passive regions of the sensor layers is reduced. The parts of the...
7133263 Magnetoresistive sensor having a self aligned lead overlay structure and method of fabrication thereof  
A self aligned magnetoresistive sensor having a narrow and well defined track width and method of manufacture thereof.
7130162 Magnetic sensor and method of manufacturing the same  
In a magnetic sensor, a lower terminal layer, a magnetosensitive layer, and a cover film are simultaneously patterned into substantially the same size. The opposing surface of the lower terminal...
7126796 Read sensor with overlaying lead layer top surface portions interfaced by hard bias and tapered lead layers  
A read head, which has a head surface facing a moving magnetic medium, includes a read sensor that has first and second side top surface portions and a central top surface portion located between...
7123451 Thin-film magnetic head for reading magnetic information on a hard disk by utilizing a magnetoresistance effect  
The thin-film magnetic head of the present invention is provided with an antiferromagnetic layer, a pinned layer whose direction of magnetization is fixed by exchange-coupling with the...
7116531 Lead overlay bottom spin valve with improved side reading  
In bottom spin valves of the lead overlay type the longitudinal bias field that stabilizes the device tends to fall off well before the gap is reached. This problem has been overcome by inserting...
7116528 Magnetoresistive element having current-perpendicular-to-the-plane structure and having improved magnetic domain control  
A smaller electrode layer of an upper electrode is formed on a surface of a free magnetic layer. A domain controlling film of an insulating material is formed adjacent to the smaller electrode...
7116527 Magnetoresistance effect device having hard magnetic film structural body  
A base film of a hard magnetic film containing Co as a structural element has a crystal metal base film such as a Cr film formed on the main surface of a substrate and a reactive base film (mixing...
7106558 Biased spin valve head with canted adjacent layer and current channeling layer  
A magnetic read head with reduced side reading characteristics is described. This design combines use of a current channeling layer (CCL) with stabilizing longitudinal bias layers whose...
7102858 Thin-film electrode layer including β-ta and thin-film magnetic head using the same  
A thin-film electrode layer having a superior electromigration resistance is disclosed. The thin-film electrode layer includes a first base layer composed of β-Ta, a main conductive layer composed...
7093347 Method of making a current-perpendicular to the plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor  
A magnetoresistive (MR) sensor having a decreased electrical profile due to a confining of the device sense current within a conductive nanoconstriction. The MR sensor includes a giant...
7088562 Electrical lead structures having crystalline structures that match underlying magnetic hard bias layers for magnetoresistive sensors  
A magnetic head including an electrical lead layer that is comprised of a material having an ordered crystalline structure. In a preferred embodiment, the ordered crystalline structure of the...
7085111 Low resistance antiparallel tab magnetoresistive sensor  
A magnetoresistive sensor having bias stabilization tabs includes a protective cap layer. The protective cap layer prevents oxidation, avoids potential damage from using ion milling for oxidation...
7072152 Magnetic head and magnetic reproducing system  
There is provided a magnetoresistance effect element capable of precisely defining the active region in a CPP type MR element and of effectively suppressing and eliminating the influence of a...
7072151 Magnetic assist read track-width definition for a lead overlay top spin-valve GMR head  
A method for forming a top spin-valve SyAP GMR read sensor having a novel conductive lead overlay configuration and the sensor so formed. The lead overlay electrically contacts the sensor at a...
7070697 Methods of making a read sensor with use of a barrier structure for depositing materials  
In one illustrative example, a method of making a read sensor of a magnetic head involves forming a barrier structure which surrounds a central mask formed over a plurality of read sensor layers;...
7068476 Magnetic sensing element having no variation in track width and capable of properly complying with track narrowing  
The inner side end faces of electrode layers are formed in a region under which bias layers are not formed, to be located behind a magnetoresistive film in the height direction. Therefore, a...
7064935 Magnetoresistive sensor having leads with vertical end walls  
A lead overlay magnetoresistive sensor has leads with substantially vertical end walls to accentuate sense current near the ends of the leads. Insulating layers isolate the hard bias layers from...
7061730 Robust hard bias/conductor lead structures for future GMR heads  
A spin-valve magnetoresistive read element has a thin conductive lead layer of high sheet conductivity, high hardness, high melting point, high corrosion resistance and lacking the propensity for...
7061729 Protective cap in lead overlay magnetic sensors  
A lead overlay magnetic sensor for use in a disk drive is provided having a protective cap layer disposed between the electrical leads and the sensor. The protective cap layer is preferably formed...
7061725 Magnetic read sensor with stripe width and stripe height control  
The present invention includes a magnetic sensing structure having a stripe height and a stripe width defining an area for a current flowing therethrough, and at least one electrode positioned...
7057860 Magnetic tunnel effect type magnetic head having a magnetic tunnel junction element, and recorder/player  
In a magnetic tunnel effect type magnetic head 20 having a magnetic tunnel junction element 26 sandwiched with conductive gap layers 25 and 27 between a pair of magnetic shielding layers ...
7050273 Bottom spin valve sensor having a lead overlay (LOL) structure fabricated thereon  
A method for fabricating a longitudinally hard biased, bottom spin valve GMR sensor with a lead overlay (LOL) conducting lead configuration and a narrow effective trackwidth. The advantageous...
7027271 Magnetoresistive device in a thin-film magnetic head and method of manufacturing same having particular electrode overlay configuration  
A magnetoresisive device comprises an MR element, bias field applying layers located adjacent to the side portions of the MR element, and two electrode layers that feed a sense current to the MR...
7023669 Magnetic head using a magneto-resistive effect  
A fabricating process of a magnetic head includes the steps of forming a magneto-resistive film, forming a resist film on the magneto-resistive film, patterning the resist film to form a resist...
7019948 Thin film magnetic head, magnetic head device and magnetic recording/reproducing device  
A thin film magnetic head has a reading element including a magnetoresistive effective film, a pair of magnetic domain-controlling films and a pair of electrode films. The magnetic...
7016162 Magnetoresistance effect element, magnetic head and magnetic reproducing system having pillar electrodes  
There is provided a magnetoresistance effect element capable of precisely defining the active region in a CPP type MR element and of effectively suppressing and eliminating the influence of a...
7016161 Magnetic head, magnetic head gimbal assembly, magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, and magnetic memory  
A magnetic head is provided with a giant magnetoresistive element, barrier layer, and highly polarized spin injection layer, The barrier layer is inserted between the giant magnetoresistive element...
6996894 Methods of making magnetic heads with improved contiguous junctions  
Methods of making a read head with improved contiguous junctions are described. After sensor layer materials are deposited over a substrate, a lift-off mask is formed over the sensor layer...
6993827 Method of making a bottom spin valve  
Two embodiments of a GMR sensor of the bottom spin valve (BSV) spin filter spin valve (SFSV) type are provided, together with methods for their fabrication. In one embodiment, the sensor has an...
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