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8183653 Magnetic tunnel junction having coherent tunneling structure  
A magnetic tunnel junction includes an amorphous ferromagnetic reference layer having a first reference layer side and an opposing second reference layer side. The first reference layer side has a...
8184395 Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus with thin-film magnetic head having microwave magnetic exciting function  
A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes a metal housing, a magnetic recording medium having a magnetic recording layer, and a thin-film magnetic head having a write magnetic field...
8184411 MTJ incorporating CoFe/Ni multilayer film with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy for MRAM application  
A MTJ for a spintronic device is disclosed and includes a thin composite seed layer made of at least Ta and a metal layer having fcc(111) or hcp(001) texture as in Ta/Ti/Cu to enhance perpendicular...
8183654 Static magnetic field assisted resistive sense element  
Apparatus and associated method for writing data to a non-volatile memory cell, such as spin-torque transfer random access memory (STRAM). In accordance with some embodiments, a resistive sense...
8184410 Magnetoresistive element having free layer magnetic compound expressed by M1M2O  
An example magnetoresistive element includes a first magnetic layer whose magnetization direction is substantially pinned toward one direction; a second magnetic layer whose magnetization direction...
8184409 Magnetoresistive device with enhanced pinned layer  
A magnetoresistive device includes a free layer, a separating layer, a pinned layer, and a magnetic stabilizer in close proximity to the pinned layer, wherein the magnetic stabilizer may enhance...
8184407 Magnetoresistance effect device, magnetic lamination structural body, and manufacture method for magnetic lamination structural body  
An underlying layer (2) made of NiFeN is disposed over the principal surface of a substrate. A pinning layer (3) made of antiferromagnetic material containing Ir and Mn is disposed on the...
8182705 Method for producing thin film magnetic head having magnetoresistive effect element  
A method for producing a thin film magnetic head including a magnetoresistive effect element (MR element) that has a magnetic sensor multi-layered film with a polygonal shape such that a vertex...
8184408 Magnetoresistive element and method of manufacturing the same  
A magnetoresistive element includes a magnetoresistive film including a magnetization pinned layer, a magnetization free layer, an intermediate layer arranged between the magnetization pinned layer...
8176622 Process for manufacturing a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) device  
A process for manufacturing a high performance MTJ it is described: A first cap layer of NiFeHf is deposited on the free layer, followed by a second cap layer of Ru on Ta. The device is then heated...
8174799 Differential magnetoresistive magnetic head  
Embodiments of the present invention help to provide a single element type differential magnetoresistive magnetic head capable of achieving high resolution and high manufacturing stability....
8171618 Tunable pole trim processes for fabricating trapezoidal perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write poles  
A method of forming a write pole for a magnetic recording device is provided. The method comprises providing a layer of magnetic material covered with a secondary hard mask layer and a patterned...
8174800 Magnetoresistive element, method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic multilayered film manufacturing apparatus  
A magnetoresistive element includes an antiferromagnetic layer formed from a layer containing manganese, a layered magnetization fixed layer which includes a first magnetization fixed layer located...
8166630 Magnetic head slider manufacturing method  
To provide a manufacturing method which can adjust the lengths of a recording element and a reproducing element for enabling manufacture of high-quality magnetic head sliders. The manufacturing...
8169753 Current-perpendicular-to-plane (CPP) read sensor with ferromagnetic amorphous buffer and polycrystalline seed layers  
A current-perpendicular-to-plane (CPP) tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) or giant magnetoresistance (GMR) read sensor with ferromagnetic amorphous buffer and polycrystalline seed layers is...
8166633 Method for manufacturing an extraordinary magnetoresistive (EMR) device with novel lead structure  
A method for manufacturing an extraordinary magnetoresistive sensor (EMR sensor) having reduced size and increased resolution is described. The sensor includes a plurality of electrically...
8169754 Dedicated noncorrosive smear detector  
A disk drive head slider for a magnetic disk drive is provided. The head slider includes a tunnel magnetic resistance device for reading data on a magnetic disk and a dedicated noncorrosive smear...
8169752 Method for manufacturing a magneto-resistance effect element having spacer layer  
In a method for manufacturing a magneto-resistance effect element having a pinned magnetic layer of which a magnetization is fixed substantially in one direction, a free magnetization layer of...
8164863 Current-perpendicular-to-plane (CPP) read sensor with multiple ferromagnetic sense layers  
The invention provides a current-perpendicular-to-plane (CPP) tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) or giant magnetoresistance (GMR) read sensor with multiple ferromagnetic sense layers. In one...
8164862 Seed layer for TMR or CPP-GMR sensor  
A composite seed layer that reduces the shield to shield distance in a read head while improving Hex (exchange coupling field) and Hex/Hc (Hc=coercivity) is disclosed and has a SM/A/SM/B...
8164864 Method and system for fabricating magnetic transducers with improved pinning  
A method and system for providing a magnetic transducer are disclosed. The method and system include providing a magnetic element that includes a free layer, a pinned layer, and a nonmagnetic...
8159791 Magnetoresistive sensor having quantum well structure and a trapping layer for preventing charge carrier migration  
A Lorentz Magnetoresistive sensor having an ultrathin trapping layer disposed between a quantum well structure and a surface of the sensor. The trapping layer prevents charge carriers from the...
8151442 Method of fabricating a magnetoresistive (MR) element having a continuous flux guide defined by the free layer  
Magnetoresistive (MR) elements having flux guides defined by the free layer. The MR element includes a free layer, a spacer/barrier layer, a pinned layer, and a pinning layer. A back edge of the...
8154825 Magnetic recording head and magnetic recording device  
It is made possible to provide a magnetic head that can stabilize the high-frequency magnetic field generated from the spin torque oscillator. A magnetic head includes: first and second main...
8154829 Tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) device with improved ferromagnetic underlayer for MgO tunneling barrier layer  
A tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) device, like a TMR read head for a magnetic recording hard disk drive, has a magnesium oxide (MgO) tunneling barrier layer and a ferromagnetic underlayer beneath...
8154828 Magnetoresistive effect element in CPP-type structure and magnetic disk device  
An MR element in a CPP structure includes a spacer layer made of Cu, a magnetic pinned layer containing CoFe and a free layer containing CoFe that are laminated to sandwich the spacer layer. The...
8146237 Method of manufacturing a magnetic head  
In a magnetic head manufacturing method, a floated surface of each block having plural magnetic head elements formed and arranged on a substrate is ground and lapped in a grinding/lapping step. The...
8149549 Magnetoresistive head including magnetoresistive effect film of fixed layer, non-magnetic layer, insulating barrier layer and free layer, and magnetic recording device with magnetoresistive head  
A magnetoresistive head is provided with high reliability and produced at a high yield rate. The magnetoresistive head includes a lower magnetic shield layer, an upper magnetic shield layer, a...
8149548 Magnetic head and manufacturing method thereof  
Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic head having a read head of stable reading operation and with less magnetic fluctuation noise. According to one embodiment, a free layer has a...
8149547 Magnetoresistive effect element and thin-film magnetic head with the magnetoresistive effect element  
An MR element includes a pinned layer, a free layer and a nonmagnetic space layer or a tunnel barrier layer sandwiched between the pinned layer and the free layer. A magnetization direction of the...
8147994 Layered structure having FePt system magnetic layer and magnetoresistive effect element using the same  
A layered structure includes an amorphous Ta layer, a metallic oxide layer formed from zinc oxide (ZnO) or magnesium oxide (MgO) on the Ta layer, and a FePt magnetic layer formed on the metallic...
8149546 Magnetic field detecting element including tri-layer stack with stepped portion  
A magnetic field detecting element comprises a stack including upper and lower magnetic layers, and a non-magnetic intermediate layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein magnetization of the magnetic...
8144437 Magnetoresistive element and thin film magnetic head  
An orthogonalizing bias function part formed at a rear part of an MR part in a DFL structure influencing a substantial orthogonalizing function of first and second ferromagnetic layers in...
8136227 Method for making a magnetic head having a non-GMR shunt  
A magnetic head having non-GMR shunt for perpendicular recording and method for making magnetic head having non-GMR shunt for perpendicular recording is disclosed. A shunt is provided for shunting...
8139325 Tunnel magnetoresistive thin film  
A tunnel magnetoresistive thin film has a high MR ratio and improves heat resistance while maintaining a thin film of a Ru layer used as a non-magnetic layer so that the Ru layer expresses a...
8139324 Magnetic read head having a non-magnetic electrode layer and a magnetic read write system  
To provide a magnetic head that is suited for high recording density magnetic read and write, and has little noise. A magnetic pinned layer is formed on a non-magnetic electrode layer via a first...
8133439 GMR biosensor with enhanced sensitivity  
A sensor array comprising a series connection of parallel GMR sensor stripes provides a sensitive mechanism for detecting the presence of magnetized particles bonded to biological molecules that...
8130474 CPP-TMR sensor with non-orthogonal free and reference layer magnetization orientation  
A TMR sensor structure having free and reference layers, where the magnetic orientations of the free and reference layers are non-orthogonal. In one embodiment, a ferromagnetic free layer film has...
8130477 Magneto-resistance effect element having a diffusive electron scattering layer, magneto-resistance effect head, magnetic storage and magnetic memory  
A magneto-resistance effect element, a magneto-resistance effect head, a magnetic storage and a magnetic memory, in which noise caused by a spin-transfer torque is reduced, are provided. In a fixed...
8130476 Tunneling magnetic sensing element and method for manufacturing the same  
A tunneling magnetic sensing element includes: a pinned magnetic layer whose direction of magnetization is pinned in one direction; an insulating barrier layer; and a free magnetic layer whose...
8130475 Method for manufacturing CPP-type thin film magnetic head provided with a pair of magnetically free layers  
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a DFL type thin film magnetic head. The method includes laminating each of the layers from the lower magnetization control layer to the...
8124253 Tunneling magnetic sensing element including MGO film as insulating barrier layer  
A tunneling magnetic sensing element includes a laminate in which an underlayer, a seed layer, an antiferromagnetic layer, a pinned magnetic layer, an insulating barrier layer, and a free magnetic...
8125745 Magnetic thin film, and magnetoresistance effect device and magnetic device using the same  
A magnetic thin film being ferromagnetic and exhibiting large spin polarization at room temperature is provided that comprises a substrate (2) and a Co2Fe(Si1-xAlx) thin film (3) formed on the...
8125744 Current perpendicular to plane magneto-resistance effect element, magnetic head, and magnetic recording/reproducing device  
A current perpendicular to plane magneto-resistance effect element includes: a magneto-resistance effect film comprised of a fixed magnetization layer, a free magnetization layer, and a complex...
8125040 Two mask MTJ integration for STT MRAM  
A method for forming a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) for magnetic random access memory (MRAM) using two masks includes depositing over an interlevel dielectric layer containing an exposed first...
8125746 Magnetic sensor with perpendicular anisotrophy free layer and side shields  
A tunneling magneto-resistive reader includes a sensor stack separating a top magnetic shield from a bottom magnetic shield. The sensor stack includes a reference magnetic element having a...
8120126 Magnetic tunnel junction device and fabrication  
A magnetic tunneling junction device and fabrication method is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes depositing a capping material on a free layer of a magnetic tunneling...
8116043 Method and system for providing a magnetic transducer having an improved read sensor synthetic antiferromagnet  
A method and system for providing a magnetic structure in magnetic transducer is described. The method and system include providing a pinning layer, a synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) adjacent to...
8111489 Magneto-resistance effect element  
An example method for manufacturing a magneto-resistance effect element includes: forming a first magnetic layer; forming a first metallic layer, on the first magnetic layer, mainly containing an...
8111488 Magnetic multilayered film current element  
A magnetic multilayered film current element includes: at least one magnetic layer; at least one film structure containing a first insulating layer where a first opening is formed, a second...