Inventor · Pleasanton, CA, US

Hui-Chuan Wang

73Patents
14h-index
36Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 5, 1997 → Jan 5, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7602033B2 Low resistance tunneling magnetoresistive sensor with composite inner pinned layer Electricity 71 Active
US6322640A Multiple thermal annealing method for forming antiferromagnetic exchange biased magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US8059374B2 TMR device with novel free layer structure Electricity 30 Active
US7528457B2 Method to form a nonmagnetic cap for the NiFe(free) MTJ stack to enhance dR/R Electricity 30 Active
US6449131B2 Canted longitudinal patterned exchange biased dual-stripe magnetoresistive (DSMR) sensor element and method for fabrication thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US7476954B2 TMR device with Hf based seed layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US6129957A Method of forming a second antiferromagnetic exchange-coupling layer for magnetoresistive (MR) and giant MR (GMR) applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US6024886A Planarizing method for fabricating an inductive magnetic write head for high density magnetic recording Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US7333306B2 Magnetoresistive spin valve sensor with tri-layer free layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US8164862B2 Seed layer for TMR or CPP-GMR sensor Electricity 22 Active
US7780820B2 Low resistance tunneling magnetoresistive sensor with natural oxidized double MgO barrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US7672088B2 Heusler alloy with insertion layer to reduce the ordering temperature for CPP, TMR, MRAM, and other spintronics applications Electricity 16 Active
US8259420B2 TMR device with novel free layer structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US8202572B2 TMR device with improved MgO barrier Electricity 14 Active
US6785954B2 Method for fabricating lead overlay (LOL) on the bottom spin valve GMR read sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US7564658B2 CoFe insertion for exchange bias and sensor improvement Physics 13 Expired
US8472151B2 TMR device with low magnetorestriction free layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US9040178B2 TMR device with novel free layer structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US7978439B2 TMR or CPP structure with improved exchange properties Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8557407B2 Low resistance tunneling magnetoresistive sensor with natural oxidized double MgO barrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US6310751A Anti-parallel longitudinal patterned exchange biased dual stripe magnetoresistive (DSMR) sensor element and method for fabrication thereof Physics 10 Expired
US6870711B1 Double layer spacer for antiparallel pinned layer in CIP/CPP GMR and MTJ devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7829963B2 TMR device with Hf based seed layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US7646568B2 Ultra thin seed layer for CPP or TMR structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8008740B2 Low resistance tunneling magnetoresistive sensor with composite inner pinned layer Electricity 9 Active

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