Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110007431 | SPIN TORQUE OSCILLATOR SENSOR ENHANCED BY MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY - A spin torque oscillator device having a magnetic free layer with a magnetic anisotropy that has a component that is oriented perpendicular to a direction of an applied magnetic field. The spin torque oscillator device includes a magnetic reference layer, a magnetic free layer and a non-magnetic layer sandwiched there-between. A component of the magnetic anisotropy of the free layer can be oriented perpendicular to a magnetization of the reference layer, and this orientation relative to the magnetization of the reference layer can be either in lieu of or in addition to its orientation relative to the applied magnetic field. The magnetic anisotropy cants the magnetization of the free layer which would otherwise be oriented antiparallel with the magnetization of the reference layer. The magnetic anisotropy in the free layer improves performance of the spin torque sensor by reducing noise. | 01-13-2011 |
20110141629 | SPIN TORQUE OSCILLATOR SENSOR EMPLOYING ANTIPARALLEL COUPLED OSCILATION LAYERS - A spin torque magnetoresistive sensor having a very small gap thickness. The sensor operates by measuring the change in frequency of a spin torque induced magnetic oscillation in magnetic layers of the sensor to detect the presence of a magnetic field. The sensor includes a pair of free magnetic layers that are antiparallel coupled by a thin non-magnetic coupling layer there-between. The sensor does not include a pinned layer structure nor an associated AFM pinning layer, which allows the sensor to be constructed much thinner than prior art sensors. | 06-16-2011 |
20140168812 | SPIN TORQUE OSCILLATOR (STO) READER WITH SOFT MAGNETIC SIDE SHIELDS - In one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a first shield; a spin torque oscillator (STO) sensor positioned above the first shield, the STO sensor comprising a reference layer and a free layer positioned above the reference layer; and at least one shield positioned in a plane that is parallel with a media-facing surface of the STO sensor, the plane also intersecting the STO sensor, wherein one or more of the at least one shield comprises a highly magnetically permeable material that is exchange decoupled and electrically decoupled from the STO sensor. Other magnetic heads, systems, and methods for producing the magnetic heads are described according to more embodiments. | 06-19-2014 |
20150131179 | MAGNETIC SENSOR WITH DOPED FERROMAGNETIC CAP AND/OR UNDERLAYER - A magnetic head according to one embodiment includes an underlayer, a first nonmagnetic spacer layer above the underlayer, a free layer above the first nonmagnetic spacer layer, a second nonmagnetic spacer layer above the free layer, and a cap layer above the second nonmagnetic spacer layer. At least one of the cap layer and the underlayer comprises a soft ferromagnetic material and a high spin orbit coupling material. Other embodiments are also described. | 05-14-2015 |
20150199177 | RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR BY SUPERPARAMAGNETISM - In one general embodiment, a system includes at least one magnetic nanoparticle; a heating device for heating the at least one magnetic nanoparticle to induce a paramagnetic thermal instability in the at least one magnetic nanoparticle whereby a magnetization of the magnetic nanoparticle randomly switches between different detectable magnetic states upon heating thereof; and a magnetoresistance reading device for detecting an instantaneous magnetic state of the magnetic nanoparticle. | 07-16-2015 |
20150199985 | FABRICATION OF SIDE-BY-SIDE FOR MIMO RECORDING - The embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for forming a magnetic read head having side by side sensors. The method includes depositing a pinned layer, a barrier layer and a free layer over a shield, and removing portions of the pinned layer, barrier layer and free layer to expose portions of the shield. A bias material is deposited over the exposed shield. An opening is formed in the free layer to expose the barrier layer, and an insulative material is deposited into the opening. The resulting side by side sensors each has its own free layer separated by the insulative nonmagnetic material. The side by side sensors share the pinned layer. | 07-16-2015 |
20150199990 | FABRICATION OF MULTIPLE SENSOR LAYERS WITH SELF-ALIGNED BACK EDGE - The embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for forming a magnetic read head having one or more sensors disposed over one or more sensors. The method includes forming one or more first sensors on a shield, forming a spacer layer over the one or more first sensors and forming one or more second sensors over the spacer layer. A single photolithography process is performed on a resist that is disposed over a portion of the one or more second sensors, the spacer layer and the one or more first sensors, and portions of the one or more second sensors, the spacer layer and the one or more first sensors not covered by the resist are removed by multiple removal processes. The stripe heights of the free layers and the pinned layers of the one or more first sensors and the one or more second sensors are defined as a result of the multiple removal processes. | 07-16-2015 |