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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8070920 | Nanometer-scale sharpening of conductor tips The invention provides methods for sharpening the tip of an electrical conductor. The methods of the invention are capable of producing tips with an apex radius of curvature less than 2 nm. The methods of the invention are based on simultaneous direction of ionized ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7927467 | Method of manufacturing discrete track recording medium and discrete track recording medium According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a discrete track recording medium includes forming protruded magnetic patterns on a substrate, and repeating processes of depositing a nonmagnetic material so as to be filled in recesses between the magnetic pat... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7875156 | Probe storage container, prober apparatus, probe arranging method and manufacturing method of probe storage container A probe storage container can supply a probe in a prober apparatus without being exposed to an atmospheric air. Preferably, the probe is stored in the probe storage container by removing an oxide film in a leading end portion of the probe in accordance with a dry tr... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7846305 | Method and apparatus for increasing uniformity in ion mill process A method for increasing etch depth uniformity in ion milling process in a wafer manufacturing process encompasses loading designated regions of a production pallet with carriers containing wafers to be ion milled. These designated regions have been predetermined to ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7833388 | End point detection for direct ion milling to induce magnetic anisotropy in a magnetic layer A method for manufacturing a magnetic layer with a magnetic anisotropy. The method includes an endpoint detection process for determining an end point to carefully control the final thickness of the magnetic layer. The method includes depositing a magnetic layer and... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7662263 | Figure correction of multilayer coated optics A process is provided for producing near-perfect optical surfaces, for EUV and soft-x-ray optics. The method involves polishing or otherwise figuring the multilayer coating that has been deposited on an optical substrate, in order to correct for errors in the figure... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7662264 | Method for producing magnetic recording medium A method for producing a magnetic recording medium, includes: forming an SOG film on a surface of a magnetic layer; forming a concavo-convex structure in the SOG film comprising one selected from a group consisting of silica glass, alkylsiloxane polymer, methyl sils... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7611610 | Method and apparatus for controlling topographical variation on a milled cross-section of a structure An improved method of controlling topographical variations when milling a cross-section of a structure, which can be used to reduce topographical variation on a cross-section of a write-head in order to improve the accuracy of metrology applications. Topographical v... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7494575 | Method for manufacturing a split probe A method of manufacturing a split probe tip on a cantilever comprises providing a cantilever having a surface on which is formed a probe that projects outwardly from the surface at one end of the cantilever, irradiating and scanning a tip of the probe with a focused... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7435353 | Patterning by energetically-stimulated local removal of solid-condensed-gas layers and solid state chemical reactions produced with such layers The invention provides a method for forming a patterned material layer on a structure, by condensing a vapor to a solid condensate layer on a surface of the structure and then localized removal of selected regions of the condensate layer by directing a beam of energ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421973 | System and method for performing SIMOX implants using an ion shower An ion shower comprises a plasma source operable to generate source gas ions within a chamber, and an extraction assembly associated with a top portion of the chamber. The extraction assembly is operable to extract ions from the top portion of the chamber. The ion s... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7398592 | Manufacturable CMP assisted liftoff process to fabricate write pole for perpendicular recording heads This invention describes a manufacturable method, including a CMP liftoff process, for removing masking materials after ion milling for fabricating the write pole of a magnetic head. Significant parameters for the CMP assisted liftoff process include the thickness o... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7380331 | Methods for forming a reed sensor A method comprises depositing first and second lead layers in end regions which surround a central region; and forming a read sensor in the central region such that a first edge of the read sensor is disposed above an edge of the first lead layer and a second edge o... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377025 | Method of forming an improved AP1 layer for a TMR device A TMR read head with improved voltage breakdown is formed by laying down the AP1 layer as two or more layers. Each AP1 sub-layer is exposed to a low energy plasma for a short time before the next layer is deposited. This results in a smooth surface, onto which to de... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378003 | Thin-film magnetic recording head manufacture using selective imaging A focused particle beam system, according to one embodiment of the invention, precisely shapes a pole-tip assembly formed by a multi-layer device having a first layer with a first structural element, a second layer with a second structural element, and a shielding l... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367110 | Method of fabricating a read head having shaped read sensor-biasing layer junctions using partial milling A method for fabricating a read head for a magnetic disk drive having a read head sensor and a hard bias layer, where the read head has a shaped junction between the read head sensor and the hard bias layer. The method includes providing a layered wafer stack to be ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365346 | Ion-implanting apparatus, ion-implanting method, and device manufactured thereby An ion-implanting apparatus and method can dynamically control a beam current value with time and does not change energy. This ion-implanting apparatus controls a dynamic change in beam current value with time by giving feedback on the beam current value measured wi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7346977 | Method for making a magnetoresistive read head having a pinned layer width greater than the free layer stripe height A method for making a magnetoresistive read head so that the pinned ferromagnetic layer is wider than the stripe height of the free ferromagnetic layer uses ion milling with the ion beam aligned at an angle to the substrate supporting the stack of layers making up t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335882 | High resolution low dose transmission electron microscopy real-time imaging and manipulation of nano-scale objects in the electron beam The present invention includes a method, apparatus and system for nanofabrication in which one or more target molecules are identified for manipulation with an electron beam and the one or more target molecules are manipulated with the electron beam to produce new u... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332099 | Ion bombardment of electrical lapping guides to decrease noise during lapping process A method for reducing noise in a lapping guide. Selected portions of a magnetoresistive device wafer are bombarded with ions such that a magnetoresistive effect of lapping guides is reduced. The device is lapped, using the lapping guides to measure an extent of the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325294 | Method of making electromagnetic wave shielded write and read wires on a support for a magnetic media drive A method of making electromagnetic wave shielded read and write wires is provided. The method includes forming a bottom insulation layer on a bottom shield layer formed on a substrate. Then, forming electrically conductive wire material into openings in a first form... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324311 | Rie defined CPP read heads A magnetoresistive sensor having a trackwidth defined by AFM biasing layers disposed beneath a free layer of the sensor. The present invention provides a current in plane magnetoresistive sensor that includes a non-magnetic, electrically conductive layer in a trackw... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320170 | Xenon ion beam to improve track width definition Using a beam of xenon ions together with a suitable mask, a GMR stack is ion milled until a part of it, no more than about 0.1 microns thick, has been removed so that a pedestal, having sidewalls comprising a vertical section that includes all of the free layer, has... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316764 | System and method for performing sputter etching using independent ion and electron sources and a substrate biased with an a-symmetric bi-polar DC pulse signal A system and method for performing sputter etching includes an ion source that generates an ion current that is directed at a substrate and an electron source that generates an electron current directed at the substrate. Biasing circuitry biases the substrate with a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7294209 | Apparatus and method for depositing material onto a substrate using a roll-to-roll mask A battery-operated device provided on a thin-film battery and a method for making. Some embodiments provide a system that includes a vacuum chamber, a plurality of pairs of source and take-up reels within the vacuum chamber, including a first source reel that suppli... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293344 | Process of making CD uniformity in high track density recording head A process for achieving tighter reader and writer track width control is disclosed. The write gap layer is used as the plating seed on which the upper pole is electro-formed. This allows the write gap layer to then be deposited through a precisely controllable proce... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7284461 | Colored razor blades Colored razor blades are provided. Methods for manufacturing such blades are also provided, including methods involving subjecting a blade material to a hardening process; and, during the hardening process, oxidizing the blade material to form an oxide layer on the ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282834 | Micro electrical mechanical system (MEMS) tuning using focused ion beams A method for tuning an electro-mechanical device such as a MEMS device is disclosed. The method comprises operating a MEMS device in a depressurized system and using FIB micromachining to remove a portion of the MEMS device. Additionally, a method for tuning a plura... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279269 | CPP head with parasitic shunting reduction The series resistance of a CPP GMR stack can be reduced by shaping it into a small upper, on a somewhat larger, lower part. Because of the sub-micron dimensions involved, good alignment between these is normally difficult to achieve. The present invention discloses ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276442 | Method for forming a metallization layer A method for depositing metal on a semiconductor device having a substrate, an exposed first surface, and an exposed second surface is provided. Metal ions are deposited on the exposed first surface and on the exposed second layer by applying a first voltage between... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270854 | Method for forming a head having improved spin valve properties A method for forming a magnetic head having an improved PtMn layer, including forming a PtMn layer by ion beam deposition, forming an antiparallel (AP) pinned layer structure above the PtMn layer, and forming a free layer above the AP pinned layer structure. The met... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264741 | Coater having substrate cleaning device and coating deposition methods employing such coater A coater having a substrate cleaning device is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of processing substrates in a coater equipped with a substrate cleaning device. The substrate cleaning device comprises an ion gun (i.e., an ion source) that is positioned beneath a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265942 | Inductive magnetic head with non-magnetic seed layer gap structure and method for the fabrication thereof A magnetic head including first and a second magnetic poles with a write gap layer disposed therebetween. In a first embodiment the write gap layer includes a non-magnetic, non-conductive first sublayer which is preferably comprised of Ta or Ti which is deposited up... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261914 | Method and apparatus for forming a nitride layer on a biomedical device This invention is a method of forming a nitride layer on at least one metal or metal alloy biomedical device, comprising: providing a vacuum chamber with at least one biomedical device positioned thereon on a worktable within the vacuum chamber; reducing the pressur... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258838 | Solid state molecular probe device A solid state nanopore device including two or more materials and a method for fabricating the same. The device includes a solid state insulating membrane having an exposed surface, a conductive material disposed on at least a portion of the exposed surface of the s... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256405 | Sample repairing apparatus, a sample repairing method and a device manufacturing method using the same method An object of the present invention is to provide a sample repairing apparatus, a sample repairing method and a device manufacturing method using the same method, which can reduce an edge roughness in a repaired pattern and also can provide the repairing of a sample ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250115 | Nanopore with resonant tunneling electrodes The present invention provides an apparatus and method for making an apparatus for sensing and/or characterizing a biopolymer translocating a nanopore. The apparatus of the present invention provides a first electrode, a first insulator, a second electrode, a option... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251076 | Optical component and method for producing thick polyimide film An optical component according to the present invention comprises a substrate, and at least one optical element obtained by processing at least one thick optical film provided on the substrate. The optical component has a plurality of surfaces substantially not para... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
