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7410705 Rare earth-transition metal alloy articles  
A phosphate bonded ceramic is used to provide a protective coating on a rare earth-transition metal (RE-TM) alloy substrate, conferring degradation resistance to the alloy by being oxidation...
7407685 Magnetic recording medium and the method of manufacturing the same  
A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording media includes a magnetic recording layer of a granular magnetic layer that has ferromagnetic crystal grains and an oxide nonmagnetic grain boundary...
7390530 Structure and process for composite free layer in CPP GMR device  
The conventional free layer in a CPP GMR read head has been replaced by a tri-layer laminate comprising Co rich CoFe, moderately Fe rich NiFe, and heavily Fe rich NiFe. The result is an improved...
7390529 Free layer for CPP GMR having iron rich NiFe  
By using a free layer that includes a NiFe layer containing between 65 and 72 atomic percent iron, an improved CPP GMR device has been created. The resulting structure yields a higher CPP GMR ratio...
7390381 Information recording medium and method of manufacturing the same  
An information recording medium that is excellent in repeated-rewriting performance and is deteriorated less in crystallization sensitivity with time is provided, with respect to which high density...
7389577 Method to fabricate an ESD resistant tunneling magnetoresistive read transducer  
A method to fabricate a tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) read transducer is disclosed. An insulative layer is deposited on a wafer substrate, and a bottom lead is deposited over the insulative...
7383626 Methods for fabricating giant magnetoresistive (GMR) devices  
In a method of fabricating a giant magnetoresistive (GMR) device a plurality of magnetoresistive device layers is deposited on a first silicon nitride layer formed on a silicon oxide layer. An etch...
7381477 Rare earth-transition metal alloy articles  
This invention provides a rare earth-transition metal (RE-TM) alloy structure comprising a RE-TM alloy substrate and a noble metal diffusion barrier disposed thereon. The noble metal diffusion...
7371830 Method for separating biological material from a fluid using magnetic particles  
Magnetic particles are prepared containing a magnetic core coated with a glass layer having a substantially pore-free glass surface or having pores with a diameter of less than 10 nm. The particles...
7368146 Magneto-optical recording medium, manufacturing method thereof and magneto-optical data recording and playback device  
A magneto-optical recording medium has a recording layer and a reflective layer on a substrate. The recording layer has a layered structure in which at least one spinel ferrite (or rutile-type...
7367109 Method of fabricating magnetic sensors with pinned layers with zero net magnetic moment  
A method for achieving a nearly zero net magnetic moment of pinned layers in GMR sensors, such as Co—Fe/Ru/Co—Fe, is described. The method determines a thickness of the first pinned layer which...
7356909 Method of forming a CPP magnetic recording head with a self-stabilizing vortex configuration  
A method is provided for forming a CPP MTJ or GMR read sensor in which the free layer is self-stabilized by a magnetization in a circumferential vortex configuration. This magnetization permits the...
7356907 Method of manufacturing a carriage assembly of a hard disk drive  
A method of manufacturing a cartridge assembly of a hard disk drive, including a step of forming a part of a wiring circuit into flying leads and a step of forming a coating layer on the respective...
7350284 Methods of making a current-perpendicular-to-the-planes (CPP) type sensor by ion milling to the spacer layer using a mask without undercuts  
In one particular example, a plurality of CPP type sensor layers are formed over a wafer and a mask without undercuts is formed over the plurality of CPP type sensor layers in a central region....
7343669 Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head  
A manufacturing method of a thin film magnetic head is provided. In the manufacturing method of a thin film magnetic head, an inorganic insulating layer is formed along at least a sidewall surface...
7343668 Method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording head capable of highly precisely defining gap distance  
A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head is provided. The method accurately defines a gap layer. The method includes forming a lower gap layer made of a non-magnetic...
7341757 Polymer nanotechnology  
Size-confined nanocomposite powders and methods for their manufacture are provided by coating fine powders with a nanoscale powder of a different composition. The nanocomposite plastics offer...
7340824 Method for fabricating a magnetic head having an improved magnetic shield  
A first magnetic shield layer of the read head sensor is deposited upon a slider substrate surface. A patterned photoresist is then photolithographically fabricated upon the first magnetic shield...
7337529 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Method for forming an electrical interconnect to a spring layer in an integrated lead suspension
 
A method for forming an electrical interconnect to the spring metal layer in an integrated lead suspension or suspension component of the type having a multi-layer structure including a spring...
7335392 Method for producing corrosion-resistant rare earth metal-based permanent magnet  
The objectives of the present invention are to provide a stable and simple method for producing a rare earth metal-based permanent magnet having on the surface thereof a corrosion-resistant film...
7334317 Method of forming magnetoresistive junctions in manufacturing MRAM cells  
A method of forming a magnetoresistive junction in a process of manufacturing a magnetoresistive memory cell includes providing a semiconductor substrate having at least one via contact layer on a...
7332194 Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and method of manufacturing thereof  
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium is disclosed that is characterized by a lowered noise component and improved thermal stability. The method for making the recording medium includes the...
7326436 Magnetic recording medium and method of fabricating the same  
The present invention is to provide a method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium capable of forming a protective layer with a stable performance even in a case where a thickness thereof is...
7325296 Method of fabricating a magnetic head  
A magnetic head having a magnetic shield and/or pole layer that is fabricated as a plurality of laminated layers, in which each layer includes a sublayer thickness of Fe(N) and a sublayer thickness...
7323215 Free layer design for CPP GMR enhancement  
By using a composite free layer of Fe25% Co/NiFe, an improved CPP GMR device has been created. The resulting structure yields a higher CPP GMR ratio than prior art devices, while maintaining free...
7323214 Composite magnetic material electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet method for manufacturing sheet-like product and method for manufacturing electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet  
The object of the present invention is to provide an electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet excellent in permeability in high frequencies and to provide a method for manufacturing the same. The...
7322096 Method for fabricating magnetic write heads  
A magnetic write head and method for bulk fabrication of the same are provided. A trench is formed in a nonmagnetic substrate. A first magnetically permeable layer is deposited in the trench of the...
7320174 Methods for creating ground paths for ILS  
Methods for creating a ground path between a stainless steel suspension and a copper trace layer in an integrated lead assembly of a disk drive suspension. The invention prevents electrostatic...
7318947 Method and apparatus for controlling magnetostriction in a spin valve sensor  
A method and system for providing a magnetic element are described. The method and system include providing a pinned layer, fabricating a metallic spacer layer and oxidizing a portion of the spacer...
7314647 Heat curing and subsequent calendering to produce magnetic recording media  
A method for producing a magnetic recording medium includes heat-curing a coated substrate to cure a non-magnetic back coat on the substrate and to cure a magnetic front coat on the substrate, and...
7313863 Method to form a cavity having inner walls of varying slope  
An improved mold, for use in the formation of a perpendicular magnetic write head, is described, together with a process for its manufacture. Conventional alumina is replaced by tantalum in the...
7313857 Method of manufacturing a magneto-resistive device  
A method of manufacturing a magneto-resistive device is provided for reducing a degradation in device characteristics due to annealing. The method includes the steps of depositing constituent...
7301734 Longitudinal bias structure with improved magnetic stability  
A GMR sensor having improved longitudinal biasing is provided as is a method of forming it. The improved biasing is provided by longitudinal biasing structures in which a soft magnetic layer is...
7299537 Method of making an integrated inductor  
An inductor comprises a substrate comprising a semiconductor material, a first dielectric layer over the substrate, a magnetic layer over the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer over...
7299535 Methods for making data storage media and the resultant media  
Methods for forming data storage media and the media formed thereby are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method for forming a data storage media, comprises: injection molding a substrate...
7297362 Magnetic recording medium and the method of manufacturing the same  
A magnetic recording medium and a manufacturing method for making it are disclosed. The method facilitates preventing the lubricant deposited on the end face of the magnetic recording medium from...
7296478 Master carrier for magnetic transfer, inspecting method thereof, and magnetic recording medium producing method  
In a master carrier for magnetic transfer which comprises a support that has a transfer-recording pattern arrayed in the track direction thereof in accordance with the information to be transferred...
7296339 Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head  
A method and system for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head is disclosed. The method and system include providing a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) uniformity structure...
7290324 Method for fabricating a magnetic head including a media heating element  
A magnetic head including a media heating device. Following the fabrication of the heating device, a sacrificial layer of material is deposited to protect the heating device during subsequent...
7288281 CPP spin valve with ultra-thin CoFe(50%) laminations  
Fe rich CoFe can be used in AP1 to enhance CPP GMR. However, this is found to degrade the electro-migration performance of the device. This problem has been solved by using an AP1 that is a...
7284316 Method for forming a hard bias structure in a magnetoresistive sensor  
A method for forming a hard bias structure in a magnetoresistive sensor is disclosed. A magnetoresistive sensor having a soft magnetic bias layer, spacer layer, and a magnetoresistive layer, is...
7281317 Manufacturing method of flying magnetic head slider  
A manufacturing method of a flying magnetic head slider includes a step of providing a substrate with a plurality of inductive write head elements formed thereon, each head element having a pair of...
7273534 Optical device substrate film-formation apparatus, optical disk substrate film-formation method, substrate holder manufacture method, substrate holder, optical disk and a phase-change recording type of optical disk  
In an optical disk substrate film-formation apparatus which prepared an optical disk by forming a thin film on a substrate, the optical disk substrate is held by a holder section. A contact support...
7272883 Methods of forming an electrical connection in a magnetic head using a damascene process  
In one illustrative example disclosed, a method for use in making a magnetic head involves forming a thermal-assist heater for the magnetic head; forming a plurality of coil layers of a write coil...
7269889 Method of manufacturing a magnetic head  
As a protective film of an element and a slider in a magnetic head, a film is provided which is excellent in adhesiveness to a film forming surface and which shows sufficient corrosion-resistance...
7266881 Method of manufacturing a top portion and a bottom portion for later assembly of a hermitically sealed hard disk drive  
A hermetically sealed mobile hard disk drive that combines high storage capacity and performance with low power consumption and portable operation, including an integrated base substrate. One...
7266880 Method of making a monolithic magnetic read-while-write head apparatus  
A method for fabricating a multi-track thin-film magnetoresistive tape head with precisely-aligned read/write track-pairs fabricated on a monolithic substrate wafer is provided. The wafer is...
7249407 Method of manufacturing magnetic head  
A method of manufacturing a magnetic head is provided which can improve controlling a thickness of a gap layer. A coil base layer having at least a surface layer formed of one or two or more alloys...
7246424 Magnetic devices having magnetic features with CMP stop layers  
A magnetic device having a magnetic feature, the magnetic feature including a magnetic portion comprising a magnetic material, a region of non-magnetic material adjacent to the magnetic portion,...
7241471 Magnetic recording medium and method of fabricating the same  
A method of fabricating a low-noise, high-output and large-capacity magnetic recording medium compatible with the AIT3 format in which a metal magnetic film is formed by the vacuum evaporation...