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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8435596 | Oxidizing method and oxidizing apparatus An oxidizing method and oxidizing apparatus in which a plasma generating chamber having an oxidizing gas supply port and a substrate processing chamber having an exhaust port and internally having a substrate susceptor are connected via a partition having a number o... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8323728 | Magnetic laminated structure and method of making A method for making an article comprising a multilayered structure comprising a series of magnetic layers is provided. The method includes providing a substrate and depositing a series of magnetic layers on the substrate and disposing insulating layers between succe... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8313797 | In-situ growth of magnetic metal nanoparticles in a matrix Provided is a method for in-situ coating a substrate or matrix with magnetic metal nanoparticles. A metal salt, which may be organic or inorganic, is introduced into a solution of liquid polyol. In the presence of mechanical stirring and heat, a reduction process oc... | 11/20/2012 |
| 7635499 | Method of manufacturing magnetic recording medium The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium that is made by applying a magnetic paint containing a ferromagnetic powder and a binder to a nonmagnetic support, wherein the magnetic paint contains a magnetic liquid, which conta... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7438946 | Ferrite thin film, method of manufacturing the same and electromagnetic noise suppressor using the same A ferrite film is formed by regularly arranging constituents such as magnetized grains or one analogous to that. In the ferrite film, the constituents have at least one of the uniaxial anisotropy and the multiaxial anisotropy. The ferrite film has the magnetic aniso... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431961 | Composite free layer for CIP GMR device In this invention, we replace low resistivity NiFe with high-resistivity FeNi for the FL2 portion of a composite free layer in a CIP GMR sensor in order to minimize current shunting effects while still retaining both magnetic softness and low magnetostriction... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7402349 | Thick film composition yielding magnetic properties The invention is directed to a magnetic thick film composition comprising particles of permanent magnetic materials dispersed in organic medium wherein the medium comprises a polymer selected from polyurethane, phenoxy and mixtures thereof, and organic solvent. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 than prior art devices, while maintaining free layer softness and ac... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7354618 | Oxygen plasma post-deposition treatment of magnetic recording media A method of manufacturing magnetic recording media, comprising sequential steps of: (a) providing an apparatus for manufacturing the media; (b) supplying the apparatus with at least one substrate for the media; | 04/08/2008 |
| 7335393 | Magnetic particle, its production method, magnetic recording medium and its production method The present invention relates to a method of producing a magnetic particle including forming a layer containing an alloy particle that can form CuAu type or Cu3Au type hard magnetic order alloy phase on a support, oxidizing the layer, and annealing the la... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 serial steps of forming a soft magnetic back-lining layer on a non-magne... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331100 | Process of manufacturing a seed/AFM combination for a CPP GMR device An improved seed/AFM structure is formed by first depositing a layer of tantalum on the lower shield. A NiCr layer is then deposited on the Ta followed by a layer of IrMn. The latter functions effectively as an AFM for thicknesses in the 40-80 Angstrom range, enabli... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7264850 | Process for treating a substrate with a plasma A process for depositing a diamond-like carbon film, which comprises providing a means for generating a sheet-like beam-type plasma region inside a vacuum vessel for depositing the diamond-like carbon film, and depositing the film on a substrate being moved through ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258893 | Method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium is disclosed, including a monomolecular film formation step of forming a monomolecular film on a substrate and a magnetic film formation step of forming on the monomolecular film a magnetic film for recording magne... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258900 | Magnetic planarization of pigment flakes A magnetic field is applied to planarize magnetic pigment flakes relative to a surface. Pigment flakes, such as optically variable pigment flakes, are used in a variety of paints, inks, extrusions, powder coatings, and other forms for decorative and security applica... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247343 | Method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium for efficiently and certainly manufacturing a magnetic recording medium. The magnetic recording medium has a recording layer formed to have predetermined concavo-convex pattern and an adequately flat surface. Ac... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244512 | Method of manufacturing electromagnetic devices using kinetic spray A method of manufacturing electric machines comprised of geometrically patterned arrays of permanent magnets, soft magnetic materials, and electrical conductors deposited by kinetic spraying methods directly atop a carrier. The magnets and planar coils of the presen... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240419 | Method of manufacturing a magnetoresistance effect element A method of manufacturing a magnetoresistance effect element includes forming an insulating layer on a first ferromagnetic layer, forming an aperture reaching the first ferromagnetic layer by thrusting a needle from the top surface of the insulating layer, and depos... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226636 | Gold-coated nanoparticles for use in biotechnology applications A process of preparing gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles is disclosed and includes forming a suspension of magnetic nanoparticles within a suitable liquid, adding an amount of a reducible gold compound and a reducing agent to the suspension, and, maintaining the su... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214404 | Perpendicular magnetic recording disk A perpendicular magnetic recording disk is provided. The perpendicular magnetic recording disk includes an underlayer between a substrate and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer for inducing perpendicular orientation of the perpendicular magnetic recording laye... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205020 | Magnetic recording medium and method for manufacturing same A magnetic recording medium has a non-magnetic under-layer, a magnetic layer, a protective film and a liquid lubricant layer sequentially laminated on a non-magnetic substrate. The magnetic layer has a multi-layer structure laminated with two or more magnetic layer ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201947 | CPP and MTJ reader design with continuous exchange-coupled free layer As track widths of magnetic read heads grow very small, conventional longitudinal bias stabilization has been found to no longer be suitable since the strong magnetostatic coupling at the track edges also pins the magnetization of the free layer. This problem has be... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7189438 | Magnetic recording medium, method of producing magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage apparatus A magnetic recording medium has a recording layer, disposed above a surface of a substrate and made of hard magnetic nano-particles. The hard magnetic nano-particles are made of an alloy having as a main component an element selected from a group consisting of FePt,... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182974 | Magnetic recording medium and its manufacturing method and magnetic recording system using such a magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording medium having a high coercive force and being capable of high-density writing/reading has a substrate, a soft magnetic layer, a non-magnetic intermediate layer, a magnetic layer, a protective layer, and a lubricating layer. The magnetic layer is... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179539 | Electromagnetic device An electric machine made from kinetically sprayed permanent magnet material and a binder material form a composite admixture having microstructure of permanent magnet material embedded in the binder material. The admixture has a permanent magnetic moment. The magnet... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172819 | Method for producing magnetic recording medium In the method for producing a magnetic recording medium having a nonmagnetic substrate coated with a magnetic coating material containing a ferromagnetic powder and a binder, the magnetic coating material contains a liquid A constituted by the ferromagnetic powder a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160571 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium facilitates preventing a film inflation from occurring in an environmental condition range between −40° C. and 80° C. and an 80% relative humidity. The magnetic recording medium includes a plastic substrate a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7153540 | Recording layer of magneto-optical storage medium having sublayer and method of fabricating the same A recording layer of a magneto-optical storage medium having a sublayer in accordance with the present invention comprises a recording layer on which information is recorded and stored; and a sublayer formed above or below the recording layer and made up of an alloy... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150895 | Method of producing a magnetic recording medium and a magnetic recording medium formed thereby A perpendicular magnetic recording medium has a magnetic recording layer with ferromagnetic crystalline grains and nonmagnetic and nonmetallic grain boundary region surrounding the grains. The surface of its underlayer, before forming the magnetic recording layer, i... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140092 | Methods for manufacturing inductor cores A representative method for manufacturing a highly-laminated magnetic inductor core includes: depositing at least a first layer of a ferromagnetic material; depositing at least a first layer of a sacrificial conductive material; depositing a support structure formed... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141272 | Method of producing magnetic recording medium A method of producing a magnetic recording medium includes forming a underlayer on a base, and successively forming, on the underlayer, a first magnetic layer, a nonmagnetic coupling layer and a second magnetic layer. The first and second magnetic layers are exchang... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7101593 | Method for producing a disk-shaped substrate and method for producing an optical disk A method for producing a disk-shaped substrate 10 used for producing an optical disk includes: (a) forming a protective layer 12a that is larger in area than the disk-shaped substrate 10 on a surface of a transparent plate 11a | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097885 | Method of manufacturing electromagnetic devices using kinetic spray A method of manufacturing electric machines comprised of geometrically patterned arrays of permanent magnets, soft magnetic materials, and electrical conductors deposited by kinetic spraying methods directly atop a carrier. The magnets and planar coils of the presen... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094483 | Magnetic storage media having tilted magnetic anisotropy A magnetic storage media comprises a substrate supporting the layer of magnetic media having a tilted C-axis greater than approximately 25° with respect to surface normal and having a magnetic easy axis tilted at an angle at approximately greater than 30° from the... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087104 | Preparation of electroless deposition solutions A system and method for storing a solution containing a subset of a group consisting of a metal ion, a complexing agent, an ammonium salt, and a strong base and then nearer to a time of use in an electroless deposition process, using the solution to form an electrol... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086138 | Method of forming a feature having a high aspect ratio A method for forming high aspect ratio metallization on a wafer is implemented in the formation of a disc drive recording head. The process involves patterning photoresist where metal is to be later deposited, milling around the photoresist perimeter, depositing ins... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7070697 | Methods of making a read sensor with use of a barrier structure for depositing materials In one illustrative example, a method of making a read sensor of a magnetic head involves forming a barrier structure which surrounds a central mask formed over a plurality of read sensor layers; etching the read sensor layers to form the read sensor below the mask;... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7049232 | Methods for forming ruthenium films with β-diketone containing ruthenium complexes and method for manufacturing metal-insulator-metal capacitor using the same Provided are 1) a method for forming a ruthenium film under a single process condition, whereby high adhesion of the ruthenium film to a lower layer is maintained, and 2) a method for manufacturing an metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor using the ruthenium film fo... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7026010 | Coupling enhancement for medium with anti-ferromagnetic coupling Laminated magnetic recording medium with two Co-containing layers separated by a non-magnetic Ru-containing interlayer is stabilized by Ru-containing layer between the recording layers and Co-containing stabilization layers through anti-ferromagnetic coupling. The i... | 04/11/2006 |
