Eric W. Singleton
81Patents
12h-index
78Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Feb 19, 1986 → Jan 7, 2021
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6700753B2 | Spin valve structures with specular reflection layers | Physics | 51 | Expired |
| US7177122B2 | Biasing for tri-layer magnetoresistive sensors | Physics | 44 | Expired |
| US8582249B2 | Magnetic element with reduced shield-to-shield spacing | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Active |
| US6490140B1 | Giant magnetoresistive sensor with a PtMnX pinning layer and a NiFeCr seed layer | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US6818330B2 | Perpendicular recording medium with antiferromagnetic exchange coupling in soft magnetic underlayers | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 28 | Expired |
| US7061731B2 | High magnetic anisotropy hard magnetic bias element | Physics | 22 | Expired |
| US9536549B1 | Multiple sensor magnetic reproducing device with reduced inter-sensor spacing | Physics | 19 | Active |
| US9305578B1 | Magnetic element with reduced shield-to-shield spacing | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US9396745B2 | Multi-sensor reader with different readback sensitivities | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US8472147B2 | Magnetoresistive shield with lateral sub-magnets | Electricity | 13 | Active |
| US8760820B1 | Magnetic element with coupled side shield | Electricity | 13 | Active |
| US7369360B2 | Perpendicular recording head having controlled permeability and saturation moment | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US8248737B2 | Magnetic sensor including an element for generating signals related to resistance changes | Physics | 11 | Active |
| US6795279B2 | Spin valve structures with specular reflection layers | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US7035061B2 | Magnetoresistive transducer with low magnetic moment, high coercivity stabilizing magnets | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US9171559B1 | Sensor structure with pinned stabilization layer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Active |
| US9401163B2 | Multi-stack reader with split middle shield | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US7719802B2 | Magnetic sensor with electrically defined active area dimensions | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US9685178B1 | Lateral spin valve reader with large-area tunneling spin-injector | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US9437224B2 | Stack with wide seed layer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
| US9552834B1 | Stabilization of one or more upper sensors in multi-sensor readers | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US9001472B2 | Shield stabilization configuration with applied bias | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US9121886B2 | Magnetoresistive sensor including an amorphous insertion layer excluding glass former elements | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US9870791B1 | Stabilization of one or more upper sensors in multi-sensor readers | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US8711525B2 | Magnetoresistive shield with coupled lateral magnet bias | Electricity | 5 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.