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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181334 | Method for producing windings for a dry-type transformer A method is provided for producing windings for a dry-type transformer with in each case one winding for the low voltage (LV winding) and one for the high voltage (HV winding). The LV and HV windings are each electrically insulated from one another and have layers w... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7849585 | Micropositioning recording head for a magnetic storage device A method of forming a reinforced slider body for use in a recording head having a transducer that is bi-directionally movable with respect to a surface of a magnetic medium. The method includes the steps of defining in a surface of a wafer a plurality of dice lanes ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7631418 | Process to form an ABS through aggressive stitching A manufacturing process is provided where aggressive (i.e. tight tolerance) stitching offers several advantages for magnetic write heads but at the cost of some losses during pole trimming. This problem has been overcome by replacing the alumina filler layer, that i... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7627942 | Method for using CVD process to encapsulate coil in a magnetic write head A method for fabricating a magnetic write head with a coil with a high aspect ratio using a Chemical Vapor Deposition process such as Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), High Speed ALD, Plasma Enhanced ALD (PEALD), Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) or Low... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7436627 | Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of manufacturing same A pole-layer-encasing layer made of a nonmagnetic material is disposed on an underlying layer made of a nonmagnetic conductive material. The encasing layer has a groove that penetrates. A pole layer is disposed in the groove. The pole layer is formed by plating thro... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428776 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head A method of manufacturing a thin-film coil in which a first coil and a second coil each having a desired number of winding are electrically connected in series and the second coil is formed between winding portions of the first coil on substantially the same plane, ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7386935 | Methods and apparatus for controlling the lapping of a slider based on an amplitude of a readback signal produced from an externally applied magnetic field The lapping of a slider is controlled based on an amplitude of a readback signal which is produced from an externally applied magnetic field. A lapping plate is used to lap a slider which includes at least one magnetic head having a read sensor. During the lapping, ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7380332 | Magnetic head coil system and damascene/reactive ion etching method for manufacturing the same A system and method are provided for manufacturing a coil structure for a magnetic head. Initially, an insulating layer is deposited with a photoresist layer deposited on the insulating layer. Moreover, a silicon dielectric layer is deposited on the photoresist laye... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370406 | Method of manufacturing a thin film structure A thin film magnetic head is described, the magnetic head having an insulating layer and a protrusion which has an upper portion and a base portion, and the upper portion has an extended portion. The insulating layer is present under the extending part. A method of ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365627 | Metal-insulator-metal transformer and method for manufacturing the same The invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a metal-insulator-metal transformer together with a capacitor. The method comprises steps of providing a substrate having at least a dielectric layer formed thereon and then forming a first metal layer of the m... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360303 | Method manufacturing for a winding assembly of a rotating electrical machine There are proposed a manufacturing method of a winding assembly of a rotating electrical machine using a rotation block and a fixed block and a manufacturing apparatus used for the same. The rotation block includes a rotation surface rotatable around a rotation axis... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7346978 | Process of making a thin film magnetic head A method for manufacturing a thin film magnetic head comprises forming a first magnetic core extending from a surface facing a recording medium in a height direction. The method further comprises forming first coil pieces from a first conductive material on the coil... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7322097 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head having short pole yoke length The induction coil of the magnetic head of the present invention is fabricated in a patterned electrical insulation material, preferably utilizing reactive ion etch (RIE) techniques. The electrical insulation material is particularly patterned such that it is formed... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313858 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic head coil structure and/or pole tip structure A Damascene process is provided for manufacturing a coil structure for a magnetic head. During the manufacturing process, an insulating layer is initially deposited after which a photoresist layer is deposited. A silicon dielectric layer is then deposited on the pho... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7293345 | Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic recording head A invention provides a method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head is provided, capable of forming a magnetic pole layer as easily as possible. By etching a lower insulating layer and the upper insulating layer by RIE using a fluorine-based gas (CF4 | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287314 | One step copper damascene CMP process and slurry A Chemical Mechanical Polish (CMP) process and slurry therefore slurry that is capable of removing NiFe, SiO2, Photoresist, Ta, alumina and Cu at substantially the same rate. The slurry is useful for obtaining a substantially planar surface of several materials whil... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280313 | High aspect ratio co-planar structure fabrication consisting of different materials A a method for fabricating a structure, such as a magnetic head, having two coplanar metallic features of different compositions, both deposited on their own seed layers. The features may be made tall relative to their widths (ie. have a high aspect ratio), and are ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7243411 | Method for protecting write head coil during write pole/shaping A method for protecting a write head coil during write pole notching using ion mill resistant mask formed by reactive ion etching is disclosed. Ion mill shaping of the write pole is performed after depositing an ion mill-resistant material to protect the coil. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231705 | Method for forming a resist pattern of magnetic device A pattern forming method includes forming a resist pattern for lift off of a first film disposed on a surface side of a base, patterning the first film by dry etching using the resist pattern as a mask, depositing a second film after patterning, removing the resist ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228619 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head with common seed layer for coil and pedestal A method for fabricating a coil and pedestal for a write head using a common seed layer is described. A nonmetallic gap layer is deposited on a planarized pole piece surface. Openings for the pole piece pedestal and the back gap pole piece are etched through the non... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222410 | Method of assembly of a disk drive including engaging first and second VCM plates while maintaining a holding force against the first VCM plate A method of assembly of a disk drive including providing a disk drive base. The method further includes providing a first VCM plate with an attached first magnet. The method further includes applying a holding force against the first VCM plate for holding the first ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219414 | Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording A main pole layer of a magnetic head includes a first portion disposed at a distance from a medium facing surface, and a second portion that is smaller in thickness than the first portion and disposed between the first portion and the medium facing surface. The step... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216419 | Method of manufacturing a high-frequency coil device In a high-frequency coil device having small dispersion in coil inductance and suitable for use in GHz band and a method of manufacturing the high-frequency coil device, a spirally-shaped fine-pitch coil is embedded in the surface of a polyimide layer as a dielectri... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213326 | Method of manufacturing a horizontal thin film write, MR read head A horizontal combined head is provided which has both a thin film write and an MR read element located at an air bearing surface (ABS). The read element can be formed with a track width that is independent of the track width of the write element. The MR sensor or th... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7194798 | Method for use in making a write coil of magnetic head Methods suitable for use in making a write coil of a magnetic head includes the steps of forming a seed layer made of ruthenium (Ru) over a substrate; forming, over the seed layer, a patterned resist having a plurality of write coil trenches patterned therein; elect... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7168156 | Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head A thin-film magnetic head comprises first and second magnetic pole groups, magnetically connected to each other, having respective magnetic pole parts opposing each other on a side of a medium-opposing surface; a recording gap layer formed between the magnetic pole ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159301 | Method of manufacturing a slider of a thin-film magnetic head A method of manufacturing a slider comprises the steps of: forming a slider material including a substrate, a thin-film magnetic head element and an insulating portion; forming a first surface in the slider material by etching a surface of the substrate facing towar... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155809 | Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head A method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head comprises the steps of forming a first pole layer, forming a gap layer on a pole portion of the first pole layer, and forming a second pole layer on the gap layer. The second pole layer incorporates a first layer a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150094 | Method of stiffening an actuator comb and coil assembly A voice coil and actuator yoke assembly is fabricated by deforming the coil to exactly fit the inner perimeter and thickness of the yoke. The comb is placed in a tool that registers the comb with the yoke against the same flat surfaces that will squash the coil. The... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137191 | Method for manufacturing magnetic head A first insulating layer is formed on a main magnetic pole used as a magnetic pole layer to have a protruding portion and a flat portion formed around the protruding portion. A second insulating layer is formed on the flat portion, and then the protruding portion of... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131185 | Method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, including the steps of applying a magnetic coating containing ferromagnetic powder and a binder onto a nonmagnetic band-shaped flexible base material to be transferred to form a magnetic layer, and grinding the... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127800 | Narrow write head pole tip fabricated by sidewall processing The magnetic head includes a P2 pole tip in which the P2 pole tip material is electroplated upon a sidewall of the P2 pole tip photolithographic trench. To accomplish this, a block of material is deposited upon a write gap layer, such that a gen... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7120990 | Method for manufacturing thin film magnetic head with improved performance A method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head. The method includes forming, near a pole portion: a first magnetic layer supported by a base substrate; a first insulating layer on the first magnetic layer with an end edge which forms a reference position for an... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117583 | Method and apparatus using a pre-patterned seed layer for providing an aligned coil for an inductive head structure A method and apparatus using a pre-patterned seed layer for providing an aligned coil for an inductive head structure. The method uses an aligned process where the base plate imprint is fabricated on an electrically insulating layer and the reversed image is fabrica... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111387 | Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head comprising an insulating layer provided between a core and coil A method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head comprising an insulating layer provided between a core and a coil is provided. Also provided is a method for forming an inorganic insulation underlying layer and an organic insulation underlying layer on a lower co... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111384 | Method for manufacturing magnetic head including coil A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording head includes the steps of forming a first lifting layer and a second lifting layer on a bottom core layer, forming an inorganic insulating layer in a gap between the first lifting layer and the second lifting layer, f... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7100268 | Method of making a magnetic head A method of making a magnetic head includes imbedding a coil layer in an insulation stack. The coil layer is formed with a filament that extends about a central axis. The central axis is perpendicular to a planar head surface and a coil plane. First and second pole ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7089651 | Process of manufacturing coil layers using a novel combination of photoexposure and thermal curing to achieve shape control of a photoresist material A method for forming at least two layers of electrical coils and their supportive resistive layers for a magnetic write head having an ultra-short yoke so that the second and any additional coil layers are formed on flat resistive surfaces to eliminate problems asso... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7062839 | Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head In a method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head, a bottom pole layer is formed and a thin-film coil is formed on the bottom pole layer. A recording gap layer is then formed on the pole portion of the bottom pole layer. Next, the recording gap layer and a port... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7032295 | Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head A method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head may include forming a first magnetic layer, a thin-film coil, an insulating layer, a gap layer, and a second magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer may be formed to include a first pole portion and a first yoke p... | 04/25/2006 |
