Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Hua-Ching Tong

33Patents
25h-index
48Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 10, 1992 → Dec 8, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6317297A Current pinned dual spin valve with synthetic pinned layers Physics 171 Expired
US6351355B1 Spin valve device with improved thermal stability Physics 166 Expired
US6185077A Spin valve sensor with antiferromagnetic and magnetostatically coupled pinning structure Physics 165 Expired
US6639291B1 Spin dependent tunneling barriers doped with magnetic particles Electricity 160 Expired
US6618223B1 High speed, high areal density inductive writer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 157 Expired
US6661625B1 Spin-dependent tunneling sensor with low resistance metal oxide tunnel barrier Physics 157 Expired
US6073338A Thin film read head with coplanar pole tips Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 156 Expired
US6430806B1 Method for manufacturing an inductive write element employing bi-layer photoresist to define a thin high moment pole pedestal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 155 Expired
US6747301B1 Spin dependent tunneling barriers formed with a magnetic alloy Electricity 154 Expired
US6888184B1 Shielded magnetic ram cells Electricity 154 Expired
US7110289B1 Method and system for controlling MRAM write current to reduce power consumption Physics 153 Expired
US6166891A Magnetoresistive sensor for high temperature environment using iridium manganese Physics 152 Expired
US6650503B1 Inductive write head including a thin high moment pedestal having a tapered edge Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 152 Expired
US6459552B1 Thin film read head with coplanar pole tips Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 151 Expired
US7007372B1 Method for making high speed, high areal density inductive write structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 151 Expired
US6424507B1 Spin valve magnetoresistive sensor for high temperature environment using iridium manganese Physics 151 Expired
US6392850B1 Magnetoresistive transducer having a common magnetic bias using assertive and complementary signals Physics 150 Expired
US6137661A System for providing a magnetoresistive head having higher efficiency Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 148 Expired
US6633464B2 Synthetic antiferromagnetic pinned layer with Fe/FeSi/Fe system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 147 Expired
US6873547B1 High capacity MRAM memory array architecture Physics 147 Expired
US6468436B1 Method and system for providing a magnetoresistive head having higher efficiency Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 147 Expired
US5726841A Thin film magnetic head with trimmed pole tips etched by focused ion beam for undershoot reduction Physics 70 Expired
US5986978A Read/write head and method for magnetic reading and magneto-optical writing on a data storage medium Physics 64 Expired
US5705973A Bias-free symmetric dual spin valve giant magnetoresistance transducer Physics 48 Expired
US5612098A Method of forming a thin film magnetic structure having ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired

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