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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7556869 | Electronic device and wiring with a current induced cooling effect, and an electronic device capable of converting a temperature difference into voltage Localized temperature increases inside integrated circuits due to heating at operation are prevented or controlled by electronic devices or wirings with CPP (current-perpendicular-to-plane) structures which have a current cooling effect. A CPP structure refers to a ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7522377 | Magnetic write head with high moment magnetic thin film formed over seed layer A magnetic write head includes a seed layer and a magnetic layer on the seed layer. The seed layer includes seed-layer grains having either a face-centered cubic (fcc) crystalline structure with a surface plane substantially oriented in a [111] direction or a hexago... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7390584 | Spin dependent tunneling devices having reduced topological coupling A ferromagnetic thin-film based magnetic device with internal film coupling compensation including a nonmagnetic material intermediate layer with an initial thin-film of an anisotropic ferromagnetic material on one side. A compensation thin-film of an anisotropic fe... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7381480 | Magnetic recording element and magnetic recording device using the same A magnetic recording element includes a fixed layer having first and second surfacesm, a recording layer having third and fourth surfaces and being essentially made of a ferromagnetic material having first and second atomic potentials for the majority-spin band elec... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7357995 | Magnetic tunnel barriers and associated magnetic tunnel junctions with high tunneling magnetoresistance Magnetic tunneling devices are formed from a first body centered cubic (bcc) magnetic layer and a second bcc magnetic layer. At least one spacer layer of bcc material between these magnetic layers exchange couples the first and second bcc magnetic layers. A tunnel b... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351483 | Magnetic tunnel junctions using amorphous materials as reference and free layers Magnetic tunnel junctions are constructed from a MgO or Mg—ZnO tunnel barrier and amorphous magnetic layers in proximity with, and on respective sides of, the tunnel barrier. The amorphous magnetic layer preferably includes Co and at least one additional element s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336453 | Magnetic sensing element including pinned layer and/or free layer composed of [110] crystal planes-oriented Heusler alloy A magnetic sensing element using a thin film composed of an adequately crystallized Heusler alloy is provided. At least one of free magnetic layer and pinned magnetic layer includes a Heusler alloy layer. The Heusler alloy layer has a body-centered cubic (bcc) struc... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7300712 | Magnetic sensor and position detector In a magnetic sensor (1) including a substrate (10) having a magnetism-sensitive element (11) formed thereon, a hard membrane (14) is formed on the outermost surface, an organic film (13) to relieve the stress caused by the hard me... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294418 | Magnetic film for magnetic head The magnetic film includes an FeCo layer, restrains erasing data by a magnetic field leaked from a magnetic pole, has high saturation magnetic flux density and soft magnetism and writes data with high recording density. The magnetic film for a magnetic head of the p... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288333 | Magnetic film and thin film magnetic head using this magnetic film A soft magnetic film of the present invention is a plated film composed of Co and Fe, and columnar crystals extending in the film thickness direction are provided. In the present invention, columnar crystals extending in the film thickness direction are provided so ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280320 | Thin-film magnetic head and manufacturing method thereof A lower shield layer is formed by being embedded in a first recess formed in an under layer. Accordingly, the distance between the lower shield layer and a slider can be reduced. Also, a second metal layer is formed from above a gap layer covering an electrode extra... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270896 | High performance magnetic tunnel barriers with amorphous materials A magnetic tunneling element is constructed from a MgO or Mg—ZnO tunnel barrier and an amorphous magnetic layer in proximity with the tunnel baffler. The amorphous magnetic layer includes Co and at least one additional element selected to make the layer amorphous.... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7241515 | Electrode layer for thin-film magnetic heads An electrode layer for thin-film magnetic heads includes a Ta base sub-layer, an Au sub-layer functioning as a main conductive sub-layer, and a protective sub-layer, those sub-layers being disposed in that order. An Au electrode seed sub-layer containing any one of ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220499 | CPP giant magnetoresistive head having antiferromagnetic film disposed in rear of element A CPP giant magnetoresistive head includes lower and upper shield layers with a predetermined distance therebetween, and a giant magnetoresistive element (GMR) including pinned and free magnetic layers disposed between the upper and lower shield layers with a nonmag... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220482 | Aligned fine particles, method for producing the same and device using the same The present invention provides aligned fine particles that are aligned on a substrate. An organic coating film is bonded to surfaces of the fine particles is formed on the surfaces of the fine particles. An organic coating film bonded to a surface of the substrate i... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211339 | Highly conductive lead adjoining MR stripe and extending beyond stripe height at junction Magnetoresistive (MR) sensors are disclosed that have leads with reduced resistance, improving the signal-to-noise ratio of the sensors. The leads have broad layers of highly conductive material for connection to MR structures, as opposed to thin wires of highly con... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7186470 | Use of greater than about 15 angstrom thick coupling layer in AP-tab magnetic head A magnetic head that uses a thick AP coupling layer in an AP-tab structure. The head includes a free layer having an active area and tab regions on opposite sides of the active area. An antiparallel (AP) coupling layer is formed above the free layer. In one embodime... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7163755 | Magneto-resistive element The present invention provides a vertical current-type magneto-resistive element. The element includes an intermediate layer and a pair of magnetic layers sandwiching the intermediate layer, and at least one of a free magnetic layer and a pinned magnetic layer is a ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7157160 | Magnetic thin film and method of manufacturing the same The magnetic thin film has high saturation magnetic flux density and superior soft magnetic characteristics. The magnetic thin film of the present invention comprises: a base layer being made of FeCo/NiFe; and a plated layer being formed on the base layer, the plate... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7132175 | GMR magnetic detecting element comprising current limiting layer provided in free magnetic layer and method of manufacturing the detecting element The present invention provides a CPP-type spin-valve magnetic detecting element permitting a decrease in an effective element area even with a large optical element area. A current limiting layer having an insulating portion and a conductive portion is formed in a f... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7101633 | Electroplated magnetic thin film, method of manufacturing the same, electroplating bath and thin film magnetic head An electroplated magnetic thin film consisting of an electroplated film of Fe—Co alloy containing Fe by an amount of 52–86 wt % and having a highly packed fine crystal grain structure, a flat and glossy surface, a high saturation magnetic flux density not less t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097923 | Method for forming thin film heads using a tri-layer anti-reflection coating for photolithographic applications and a structure thereof A tri-layer anti-reflective coating for use in photolithographic applications, and specifically, for use in ultraviolet photolithographic processes. The tri-layered anti-reflective coating is used to minimize pattern distortion due to reflections from neighboring fe... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087324 | Magnetoresistive spin-valve sensor and magnetic storage apparatus A magnetoresistive spin-valve sensor is constructed to include a magnetic layer, a specular layer made of a metal oxide, a back layer made of Au, Cu, AuCu, AgCu, AuAgCu or an alloy thereof and interposed between the magnetic layer and the specular layer, and a metal... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7045224 | Magnetic detecting element having antiferromagnetic film having predetermined space in track width direction and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a magnetic detecting element including a pinned magnetic layer and a first antiferromagnetic layer which constitutes an exchange coupling film and the structures of which are optimized for properly pinning magnetization of the pinned m... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037604 | Magnetic sensing device A magnetic sensing device is disclosed. The magnetic sensing device may have an integrated circuit and a magnetic sensor. A magnetic buffer layer of material may be deposited between the integrated circuit and the magnetic sensor to shield the magnetic sensor from s... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7029771 | Magnetic sensor having free layer additionally provided with magnetic anisotropy by shape anisotropy An intermediate region is formed at a central portion of an element in a track width direction, and an antiferromagnetic layer is not provided at the intermediate region. Accordingly, a sense current can be prevented from being shunted to the intermediate region, an... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7005201 | Magnetic detecting element In a magnetic detecting element, second ferromagnetic layers are deposited on respective second antiferromagnetic layers. The magnetization direction of the second ferromagnetic layers is antiparallel to that of first ferromagnetic layers. A static magnetic field ge... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6667850 | Bilayer liftoff process for high moment laminate The magnetic tape recording head of the present invention is formed with magnetic poles that are comprised of a laminated NiFeN/FeN structure. The method for fabricating the magnetic poles utilizes an additive photolithographic technique including a bilay... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6635366 | Spin valve thin film magnetic element and thin film magnetic head A spin valve thin film magnetic element is provided composed of an antiferromagnetic layer; a pinned magnetic layer, formed in contact with the antiferromagnetic layer, in which the direction of magnetization is pinned by an exchange coupling magnetic fie... | 10/21/2003 |
| 5519556 | Magnetic head having separate fusion glass and laminating glass with a track adjustment groove in a magnetic core block A magnetic head capable of preventing erosion of the magnetic metal film despite the absence of a protective film and preventing a decrease in the playback output due to decrease of the track width while preventing cracking from being initiated and develo... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5204290 | Crystallized glass The invention relates to crystallized glass that can be used with various electronic components such as magnetic heads and the like as bonding or sealing glass. This crystallized glass comprises, in % by weight, at least 11-17% of SiO2, 7-10% o... | 04/20/1993 |
| 4857418 | Resistive overlayer for magnetic films A magnetic, solid state memory cell or sensor includes a magnetoresistive, ferromagnetic layer and a resistive layer overlying the magnetoresistive layer. The resistivity and dimensions of the resistive layer are such that, preferably, only a small fracti... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4824731 | Thin film magnetic head A thin film magnetic head of which the insulation layer is made of a polyimide resin obtained by heat-curing a polyimide precursor represented by the following general formula (I) or (II) or a mixture thereof not only has excellent characteristics with re... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4816949 | Magnetic head containing amorphous alloy and crystallizable glass The present invention relates to a magnetic head in which a magnetic metal film comprising a Co-containing amorphous alloy and a crystallizable glass of the PbO-B2 O3 -ZnO system as a solder glass are used. The magnetic head of the p... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4713297 | Lamellar magnetic core utilizing low viscosity epoxy adhesive Magnetic core, suitable for use in a magnetic head or in a transformer. The magnetic core is composed of lamellar core parts of amorphous, ferromagnetic material coated with a thin film of an oxidic material chosen from the group comprising SiO2 | 12/15/1987 |
| 4686147 | Magnetic head and method of producing the same A highly reliable magnetic head which exhibits excellent magnetic characteristics and is free from film defects can be produced by using a silicone-containing polyimide resin as a material for insulation layers to thereby form homogeneous and flat insulat... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4593333 | Magnetic head A magnetic head comprises a magnetic head element constituted of a core composed of a material of high permeability, a case for the magnetic head element, the magnetic head element being fixed into said case with a fixing material which comprises a plural... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4504540 | Thin film element The invention provides a thin film element which includes a thin film of an organic material, which has a multilayered structure of thin films, and which has a protective film of multilayered structure having films of at least two nonmagnetic materials, o... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4378410 | Compliant glass for solid state devices A solid state device including glass containing SiO2, consisting essentially of the composition, in percent by weight, in the range of:... | 03/29/1983 |
