| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7554767 |
Electrical lapping guide disposed laterally relative to a shield pedestal |
June 30, 2009 |
| Methods are provided for fabricating an electrical lapping guide, and for using the electrical lapping guide to fabricate a transducer of a magnetic recording head. Additionally, transducers comprising an electrical lapping guide are also provided. Methods of fabricating the electric |
| 7552523 |
Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording transducer |
June 30, 2009 |
| A method and system for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording transducer by a process that includes plating is described. The method and system include forming a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) uniformity structure around a perpendicular magnetic recording pole. The |
| 7522379 |
Write element with recessed pole and heat sink layer for ultra-high density writing |
April 21, 2009 |
| A head including a write element for writing data to a magnetic media, and methods for its production are provided. A write element of the invention includes one or more of a recessed first pole, a heat sink layer, and a shortened yoke length. A method of the invention provides forming a |
| 7389577 |
Method to fabricate an ESD resistant tunneling magnetoresistive read transducer |
June 24, 2008 |
| A method to fabricate a tunneling magnetoresistive (TMR) read transducer is disclosed. An insulative layer is deposited on a wafer substrate, and a bottom lead is deposited over the insulative layer. A laminated TMR layer, having a plurality of laminates, is deposited over the bottom |
| 7386933 |
Method of fabricating thin film write heads with a shortened yoke and improved dimension control |
June 17, 2008 |
| A method for fabricating a magnetic recording head writer. The writer includes a bottom magnetic pole and a write gap formed over the bottom pole and a coil trench formed in the bottom pole. A top magnetic pole is provided as two layers with the first layer including front and back tips |
| 7379269 |
Write element with reduced yoke length for ultra-high density writing |
May 27, 2008 |
| A head including a write element for writing data to a magnetic media, and methods for its production are provided. A write element of the invention includes one or more of a recessed first pole, a heat sink layer, and a shortened yoke length. A method of the invention provides forming a |
| 7238292 |
Method of fabricating a write element with a reduced yoke length |
July 3, 2007 |
| A head including a write element for writing data to a magnetic media, and methods for its production are provided. A write element of the invention includes one or more of a recessed first pole, a heat sink layer, and a shortened yoke length. A method of the invention provides forming a |
| 7006327 |
Thin film recording head with a buried coil providing a shortened yoke and improved dimension co |
February 28, 2006 |
| A writer for magnetic recording heads. The writer includes a bottom magnetic pole and a write gap formed over the bottom pole and a coil trench formed in the bottom pole. A top magnetic pole is provided as two layers with the first layer including front and back tips with spaced apar |
| 6627390 |
Masking frame plating method for forming masking frame plated layer |
September 30, 2003 |
| A method for forming a plated layer. There is first provided a substrate. There is then formed over the substrate a masking frame employed for masking frame plating a masking frame plated layer within the masking frame, where the masking frame is fabricated to provide an overhang of an |
| 6291138 |
Masking frame plating method for forming masking frame plated layer |
September 18, 2001 |
| A method for forming a plated layer. There is first provided a substrate. There is then formed over the substrate a masking frame employed for masking frame plating a masking frame plated layer within the masking frame, where the masking frame is fabricated to provide an overhang of an |
