Inventor · Le Pont-de-Claix, FR

Bernard Dieny

74Patents
21h-index
81Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 11, 1990 → Feb 11, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5206590A Magnetoresistive sensor based on the spin valve effect Physics 377 Expired
US6532164B2 Magnetic spin polarization and magnetization rotation device with memory and writing process, using such a device Electricity 243 Expired
US6603677B2 Three-layered stacked magnetic spin polarization device with memory Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 228 Expired
US5159513A Magnetoresistive sensor based on the spin valve effect Physics 203 Expired
US5287238A Dual spin valve magnetoresistive sensor Physics 184 Expired
US8279666B2 Spin polarised magnetic device Electricity 124 Active
US6950335B2 Magnetic tunnel junction magnetic device, memory and writing and reading methods using said device Electricity 96 Expired
US5301079A Current biased magnetoresistive spin valve sensor Physics 74 Expired
US5341261A Magnetoresistive sensor having multilayer thin film structure Physics 53 Expired
US6770382B1 GMR configuration with enhanced spin filtering Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5574605A Antiferromagnetic exchange coupling in magnetoresistive spin valve sensors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US7821818B2 Magnetoresistive tunnel junction magnetic device and its application to MRAM Electricity 40 Active
US6462641B1 Magnetoresistor with tunnel effect and magnetic sensor using same Physics 38 Expired
US6013365A Multi-layer structure and sensor and manufacturing process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US7411817B2 Magnetic memory with a magnetic tunnel junction written in a thermally assisted manner, and method for writing the same Physics 36 Active
US5598308A Magnetoresistive sensor having multilayer thin film structure Physics 32 Expired
US7453672B2 Spin valve magnetoresistive device with conductive-magnetic material bridges in a dielectric or semiconducting layer alternatively of magnetic material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US7813202B2 Thin-film magnetic device with strong spin polarization perpendicular to the plane of the layers, magnetic tunnel junction and spin valve using such a device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US7772659B2 Magnetic device having perpendicular magnetization and interaction compensating interlayer Physics 27 Active
US5677625A Giant magnetoresistance, production process and application to a magnetic sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US8208295B2 Heat assisted magnetic write element Electricity 23 Active
US6882509B2 GMR configuration with enhanced spin filtering Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5635835A Self biased multilayer magnetoresistance sensor Electricity 19 Expired
US6888703B2 Multilayered structures comprising magnetic nano-oxide layers for current perpindicular to plane GMR heads Physics 18 Expired
US8513944B2 Three-layer magnetic element, magnetic field sensor, magnetic memory and magnetic logic gate using such an element Electricity 15 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.