Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Matthew R. Gibbons

37Patents
25h-index
65Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 21, 1999 → Jan 30, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6697294B1 Designs of reference cells for magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) MRAM Physics 187 Expired
US8164855B1 Method and system for providing a write pole in an energy assisted magnetic recording disk drive Physics 180 Active
US7872824B1 Setting an operating bias current for a magnetoresistive head by computing a target operating voltage Physics 177 Active
US6421212B1 Thin film read head structure with improved bias magnet-to-magnetoresistive element interface and method of fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 174 Expired
US6721138B1 Inductive transducer with stitched pole tip and pedestal defining zero throat height Physics 174 Expired
US6317297A Current pinned dual spin valve with synthetic pinned layers Physics 171 Expired
US8151441B1 Method for providing and utilizing an electronic lapping guide in a magnetic recording transducer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 166 Active
US8310901B1 Method and system for providing separate write and optical modules in an energy assisted magnetic recording disk drive Physics 162 Active
US8526275B1 Systems and methods for dissipating heat from a near-field transducer in an energy assisted magnetic recording assembly Physics 161 Active
US6707083B1 Magnetic tunneling junction with improved power consumption Electricity 161 Expired
US8179636B1 Method and system for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording writer Physics 160 Active
US6487056B1 Thin film read head structure with improved bias magnet-to-magnetoresistive element interface and method of fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 160 Expired
US6801411B1 Dual stripe spin valve sensor without antiferromagnetic pinning layer Physics 158 Expired
US6735850B1 Thin film read head structure with improved bias magnet-to-magnetoresistive element interface and method of fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 158 Expired
US7012832B1 Magnetic memory cell with plural read transistors Physics 157 Expired
US8619512B1 Stress buffer for near-field transducer in energy assisted magnetic recording and methods for fabricating the same Physics 157 Active
US6888184B1 Shielded magnetic ram cells Electricity 154 Expired
US6721203B1 Designs of reference cells for magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) MRAM Physics 154 Expired
US6418000B1 Dual, synthetic spin valve sensor using current pinning Physics 153 Expired
US7110289B1 Method and system for controlling MRAM write current to reduce power consumption Physics 153 Expired
US6829160B1 Magnetic ram cell with amplification circuitry and MRAM memory array formed using the MRAM cells Physics 152 Expired
US8462592B1 Energy-assisted magnetic recording head having waveguide capable of providing small beam spots Physics 150 Active
US8259410B1 Method and system for providing a magnetic head using a composite magnetic material in the recording transducer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 150 Active
US8247095B2 Energy assisted discrete track media with heat sink Physics 75 Active
US8441909B1 Disk drive increasing laser power at beginning of write in heat assisted magnetic recording Physics 75 Active

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