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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in an overlying laminated layer with a (Co... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184405 | Air-bearing slider design for sub-nanometer clearance in hard disk drive (HDD) A slider is formed by a three-step ion milling process with an ABS topography that provides aerodynamic stability at sub-nanometer flying heights. The ABS design significantly eliminates the accumulation of lubricant and removes whatever lubricant does accumulate by... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184399 | Magnetic write head with thin and thick portions for balancing writability and ate A perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) head is fabricated with a tapered main pole having a variable thickness. The tapered portion of the pole is at the ABS tip and it can be formed by bevels at the leading or trailing edges or both. The taper terminates to form ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183061 | High density spin-transfer torque MRAM process A STT-MRAM integration scheme is disclosed wherein the connection between a MTJ and CMOS metal is simplified by forming an intermediate via contact (VAC) on a CMOS landing pad, a metal (VAM) pad that contacts and covers the VAC, and a MTJ on the VAM. A dual damascen... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179628 | Magnetic core plasmon antenna with improved coupling efficiency A TAMR (Thermal Assisted Magnetic Recording) write head uses the energy of optical-laser generated plasmons in a magnetic core plasmon antenna to locally heat a magnetic recording medium and reduce its coercivity and magnetic anisotropy. To enable the TAMR head to o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178936 | Double-side mountable MEMS package The MEMS package has a mounting substrate on which one or more transducer chips are mounted wherein the mounting substrate has an opening. A top cover is attached to and separated from the mounting substrate by a spacer forming a housing enclosed by the top cover, t... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178363 | MRAM with storage layer and super-paramagnetic sensing layer An MRAM is disclosed that has a MTJ comprised of a ferromagnetic layer with a magnetization direction along a first axis, a super-paramagnetic (SP) free layer, and an insulating layer formed therebetween. The SP free layer has a remnant magnetization that is substan... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177955 | Electrodeposition of FeCoNiV films with high resistivity and high saturation magnetization for magnetic head fabrication A magnetic layer that may serve as a top pole layer and bottom pole layer in a magnetic write head is disclosed. The magnetic layer has a composition represented by FeWCoXNiYVZ in which w, x, y, and z are the atomic % of F... | 05/15/2012 |
| 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 so that oxygen trapped in the free layer diffuses into the NiFeHf la... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174885 | High speed operation method for twin MONOS metal bit array The present invention provides a novel read method of twin MONOS metal bit or diffusion bit structure for high-speed application. In a first embodiment of the present invention, the alternative control gates are set at the same voltage. In a second embodiment of the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169816 | Fabrication methods of partial cladded write line to enhance write margin for magnetic random access memory A cladding structure for a conductive line used to switch a free layer in a MTJ is disclosed and includes two cladding sidewalls on two sides of the conductive line, a top cladding portion on a side of the conductive line facing away from the MTJ, and a highly condu... | 05/01/2012 |
| 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 configuration in which the SM layers are soft magnetic layers, the A (amorphous... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164382 | Concept, method and apparatus of improved distortion switched-mode amplifier Systems and methods for switched-mode amplifiers having improved harmonic distortion are disclosed. High order in-band filtering is enabled without undue trade-off of distortion due to intermodulation/aliasing. A pre-modulation block is introduced, deployed between ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159299 | Duplicate feedback network in class D amplifiers A circuit and a method are provided for suppressing the pop and click noise during the power on and power off of Class D amplifiers. The technique also suppresses pops and clicks when the Class D amplifier enters or exits standby mode. A duplicate feedback network i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149250 | Gamma curve correction for TN and TFT display modules A circuit and methods eliminating production related luminance variations of electronic display applies to all display technologies that require gamma adjustment or also adjustment of other display parameters e.g. brightness or contrast as e.g. LCD or OLED display m... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144526 | Method to improve the write speed for memory products A method and circuit are given, to realize a Bit-Line Sense Amplifier with Data-Line Bit Switch (BS) pass transistors for Random Access Memory (RAM) products as Integrated Circuit (IC) fabricated in CMOS technology with optimized operating characteristics of said RA... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143953 | Self-trim and self-test of on-chip values A self-trim circuit provides a technique to trim a CUT (circuit under trim) using a LSB offset to determine the best digital value to trim the CUT. The self-trim circuit is also used to self-test the digital and analog portions of the self-trim circuitry, whereby th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139410 | Trap-charge non-volatile switch connector for programmable logic A nonvolatile trap charge storage cell selects a logic interconnect transistor uses in programmable logic applications, such as FPGA. The nonvolatile trap charge element is an insulator located under a control gate and above an oxide on the surface of a semiconducto... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139306 | Electrical current as probe for modulation at head-disk interface A system and method for measuring the modulation between a magnetic head and a magnetic storage medium, such as a disk, is disclosed. A magnetic read/write head is positioned above a magnetic storage medium at a given flying height. The magnetic read/write head read... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138562 | Bit line preparation method in MRAM fabrication A MRAM structure is disclosed that includes a metal contact bridge (MCB) which provides an electrical connection between a MTJ top electrode and an overlying bit line. The MCB has a width greater than a MTJ top electrode and serves as an etch stop during bit line et... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138561 | Structure and method to fabricate high performance MTJ devices for spin-transfer torque (STT)-RAM A STT-RAM MTJ is disclosed with a MgO tunnel barrier formed by a NOX process, a CoFeB/FeSiO/CoFeB composite free layer with a middle nanocurrent channel layer to minimize Jc0, and a Ru capping layer to enhance the spin scattering effect and increase dR/R.... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134802 | Writer and reader arrangements for shingled writing A sloped reader is disclosed that reduces skew between reader and written transitions in shingled writing. The reader is formed between surfaces of S1 and S2 shields that are aligned parallel to the sloped reader. A PMR writer is described that straigh... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133809 | Method to fabricate thin metal via interconnects on copper wires in MRAM devices A scheme for forming a thin metal interconnect is disclosed that minimizes etch residues and provides a wet clean treatment for via openings. A single layer interlayer dielectric (ILD), BARC, and photoresist layer are successively formed on a substrate having a copp... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133745 | Method of magnetic tunneling layer processes for spin-transfer torque MRAM A method for forming a MTJ in a STT-MRAM is disclosed in which the easy-axis CD is determined independently of the hard-axis CD. One approach involves two photolithography steps and two etch steps to form a post in a hard mask which is transferred through a MTJ stac... | 03/13/2012 |
| 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 are affixed to a substrate. The adverse effect of hysteresis on the mai... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130022 | Ultra-low current push-button switch interface circuit Circuits and methods to achieve a switch interface circuit for a single pole, single throw (SPST) momentary push-button switch consuming a few tens of nanoamps whilst the push-button switch is closed, having low impedance input path when the switch is open in order ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125732 | Tapered PMR write pole with straight side wall portion A main pole layer with a tapered trailing side is disclosed that has three sections each with a write pole portion along the ABS and a yoke portion. A lower section has a bottom surface including a leading edge at the write pole tip and sidewalls with a bevel angle ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120966 | Method and apparatus for management of over-erasure in NAND-based NOR-type flash memory A method and apparatus for operating an array block of dual charge retaining transistor NOR flash memory cells by erasing the dual charge retaining transistor NOR flash memory cells to set their threshold voltage levels to prevent leakage current from corrupting dat... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120959 | NAND string based NAND/NOR flash memory cell, array, and memory device having parallel bit lines and source lines, having a programmable select gating transistor, and circuits and methods for operating same A nonvolatile memory device includes a nonvolatile memory array including a plurality of charge retaining transistors arranged in rows and columns. The device has a plurality source lines formed in parallel with the bit lines associated with each column. Row decode/... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118990 | Electroplated magnetic film for read-write applications A process is described for the fabrication, through electrodeposition, of FexCoyNiz (x=60-71, y=25-35, z=0-5) films that have, in their as-deposited form, a saturation magnetization of at least 24 kG and a coercivity of less than 0.3... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117746 | Method and machine for installing electrical box, wiring, and receptacle or switch simultaneously A machine for installing electrical box, wiring, and receptacles or switch simultaneously, A process that allows electricians to perform all 3 tasks at one time without the need to return to install receptacles or switch after wallboard is installed, Comprised of: H... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117738 | Method to make a perpendicular magnetic recording head with a side write shield A perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) head is fabricated with a self-aligned pole tip shielded laterally by a separated pair of side shields and shielded from above by an upper shield. The side shields are formed from a shield layer by a RIE process characterized... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114683 | Low temperature method to enhance detection of magnetic beads Detection of magnetic beads at temperature below room temperature can increase the signal level significantly as compared to the same detection when performed at room temperature. Additional improvement is obtained if the beads are below 30 nm in size and if deviati... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107201 | Hard bias design for extra high density recording A hard bias structure for biasing a free layer in a MR element within a read head is comprised of a composite hard bias layer having a Co78.6Cr5.2Pt16.2/Co65Cr15Pt20 configuration. The upper Co65... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105948 | Use of CMP to contact a MTJ structure without forming a via A process is described for making contact to the buried capping layers of GMR and MTJ devices without the need to form and fill via holes. CMP is applied to the structure in three steps: (1) conventional CMP (2) a Highly Selective Slurry (HSS) is substituted for the... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105705 | External field robustness of read/write head shields An improved magnetic shield for a perpendicular magnetic write head is disclosed. Its main feature is a pair of tabs at the shield's bottom corners. Said tabs are significantly wider at their point of attachment to the shield than further away from the shield. The e... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105703 | Process for composite free layer in CPP GMR or TMR device The conventional free layer in a CPP GMR or TMR 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 device that has a higher MR ratio than prior art devices, while ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104499 | Precision siphon operated septic field dosing system with filtration and backwash A septic field dosing system is described which utilizes a self starting true siphon to deliver a dose of septic tank effluent into a conventional septic field. The precision siphon unit not only eliminates the need for electrical services to the septic tank, thereb... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8097853 | Infrared photocurrent front-end ADC for rain-sensing system with ambient light compensation Systems and methods for a front-end circuit receiving a current from a photodiode receiving a signal light and ambient light have been disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the front-end circuit accommodates a photo diode current, generated by a signal light from an ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096851 | Detachable and removable camisole panel A camisole panel is described comprised of a triangular shaped fabric material having a top portion with two top sides and a bottom portion with one bottom side centered underneath the top portion. The top sides of the panel each have a means to attach to the user's... | 01/17/2012 |
