Inventor · Dublin, CA, US

Min Li

203Patents
24h-index
102Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 30, 1989 → Oct 30, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7449345B2 Capping structure for enhancing dR/R of the MTJ device Electricity 133 Expired
US6773515B2 FeTa nano-oxide layer as a capping layer for enhancement of giant magnetoresistance in bottom spin valve structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 111 Expired
US7262941B2 FeTa nano-oxide layer as a capping layer for enhancement of giant magnetoresistance in bottom spin valve structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 104 Expired
US8064244B2 Thin seeded Co/Ni multilayer film with perpendicular anisotropy for spintronic device applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Active
US6466418B1 Bottom spin valves with continuous spacer exchange (or hard) bias Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 90 Expired
US6998150B2 Method of adjusting CoFe free layer magnetostriction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 Expired
US7602033B2 Low resistance tunneling magnetoresistive sensor with composite inner pinned layer Electricity 71 Active
US8274811B2 Assisting FGL oscillations with perpendicular anisotropy for MAMR Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Active
US7978442B2 CPP device with a plurality of metal oxide templates in a confining current path (CCP) spacer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Active
US7390529B2 Free layer for CPP GMR having iron rich NiFe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US8184411B2 MTJ incorporating CoFe/Ni multilayer film with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy for MRAM application Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Active
US8208219B2 Modified field generation layer for microwave assisted magnetic recording Physics 39 Active
US7331100B2 Process of manufacturing a seed/AFM combination for a CPP GMR device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US8305711B2 Process of octagonal pole for microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) writer Physics 32 Active
US8824106B1 Two sensor reader for hard disk drive (HDD) Physics 31 Active
US7382589B2 CPP with elongated pinned layer Physics 31 Expired
US7477491B2 GMR device having an improved free layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US7528457B2 Method to form a nonmagnetic cap for the NiFe(free) MTJ stack to enhance dR/R Electricity 30 Active
US8059374B2 TMR device with novel free layer structure Electricity 30 Active
US6729014B2 Magnetic assist read track-width definition for a lead overlay top spin-valve GMR head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US7476954B2 TMR device with Hf based seed layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Active
US7180712B1 Shield structure design to improve the stability of an MR head Electricity 26 Expired
US6522507B1 Single top spin valve heads for ultra-high recording density Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US7333306B2 Magnetoresistive spin valve sensor with tri-layer free layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active
US8300356B2 CoFe/Ni Multilayer film with perpendicular anistropy for microwave assisted magnetic recording Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Active

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