Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Jei-Wei Chang

67Patents
19h-index
53Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 23, 1990 → Jan 1, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6292336A Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensor element with enhanced magnetoresistive (MR) coefficient Physics 96 Expired
US5719730A Low fringe-field and narrow write-track magneto-resistive (MR) magnetic read-write head Physics 56 Expired
US5763108A High saturtion magnetization material and magnetic head fabricated therefrom Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US5471092A Metallurgical joint including a stress release layer Electricity 48 Expired
US6770382B1 GMR configuration with enhanced spin filtering Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US6322640A Multiple thermal annealing method for forming antiferromagnetic exchange biased magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5132859A Thin film structures for magnetic recording heads Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US7285836B2 Magnetic random access memory with stacked memory cells having oppositely-directed hard-axis biasing Electricity 41 Expired
US5684658A High track density dual stripe magnetoresistive (DSMR) head Physics 40 Expired
US6243939A High ion beam etch selectivity for partial pole trim application Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US7453720B2 Magnetic random access memory with stacked toggle memory cells having oppositely-directed easy-axis biasing Electricity 28 Expired
US6524491B1 Double plate-up process for fabrication of composite magnetoresistive shared poles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US9118192B2 Series/parallel connection scheme for energy storage devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US5858182A Bilayer carbon overcoating for magnetic data storage disks and magnetic head/slider constructions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US5582927A High magnetic moment materials and process for fabrication of thin film heads Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US6430015B2 Method of fabrication of striped magnetoresistive (SMR) and dual stripe magnetoresistive (DSMR) heads with anti-parallel exchange configuration Physics 22 Expired
US6415500B1 Method to prevent electrostatic discharge for MR/GMR wafer fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6204071A Method of fabrication of striped magnetoresistive (SMR) and dual stripe magnetoresistive (DSMR) heads with anti-parallel exchange configuration Physics 20 Expired
US6882509B2 GMR configuration with enhanced spin filtering Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6393692B1 Method of manufacture of a composite shared pole design for magnetoresistive merged heads Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6291087A Magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element with enhanced resistivity sensitivity and enhanced magnetic exchange bias Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US6239948A Non-magnetic nickel containing conductor alloys for magnetic transducer element fabrication Physics 12 Expired
US7134184B2 Process of manufacturing a narrow track CCP head with bias cancellation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US6228276A Method of manufacturing magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element with sunken lead structure Physics 11 Expired
US6776891B2 Method of manufacturing an ultra high saturation moment soft magnetic thin film Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired

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