Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Stuart Stephen Papworth Parkin

114Patents
41h-index
71Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 8, 1988 → May 12, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5640343A Magnetic memory array using magnetic tunnel junction devices in the memory cells Physics 770 Expired
US5206590A Magnetoresistive sensor based on the spin valve effect Physics 377 Expired
US5650958A Magnetic tunnel junctions with controlled magnetic response Physics 325 Expired
US5465185A Magnetoresistive spin valve sensor with improved pinned ferromagnetic layer and magnetic recording system using the sensor Physics 253 Expired
US6166948A Magnetic memory array with magnetic tunnel junction memory cells having flux-closed free layers Electricity 253 Expired
US6834005B1 Shiftable magnetic shift register and method of using the same Electricity 213 Expired
US5159513A Magnetoresistive sensor based on the spin valve effect Physics 203 Expired
US5408377A Magnetoresistive sensor with improved ferromagnetic sensing layer and magnetic recording system using the sensor Electricity 202 Expired
US5729410A Magnetic tunnel junction device with longitudinal biasing Physics 181 Expired
US5841692A Magnetic tunnel junction device with antiferromagnetically coupled pinned layer Physics 173 Expired
US5764567A Magnetic tunnel junction device with nonferromagnetic interface layer for improved magnetic field response Electricity 156 Expired
US6023395A Magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive sensor with in-stack biasing Physics 140 Expired
US5898548A Shielded magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive read head Physics 139 Expired
US7230265B2 Spin-polarization devices using rare earth-transition metal alloys Electricity 122 Expired
US6114719A Magnetic tunnel junction memory cell with in-stack biasing of the free ferromagnetic layer and memory array using the cell Electricity 120 Expired
US5898547A Magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive read head with sensing layer as flux guide Physics 118 Expired
US5801984A Magnetic tunnel junction device with ferromagnetic multilayer having fixed magnetic moment Physics 108 Expired
US5966012A Magnetic tunnel junction device with improved fixed and free ferromagnetic layers Electricity 105 Expired
US6331944A Magnetic random access memory using a series tunnel element select mechanism Physics 94 Expired
US6269018A Magnetic random access memory using current through MTJ write mechanism Physics 91 Expired
US5901018A Magnetic tunnel junction magnetoresistive read head with sensing layer as rear flux guide Physics 80 Expired
US7274080B1 MgO-based tunnel spin injectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 79 Expired
US7031178B2 Magnetic shift register with shiftable magnetic domains between two regions, and method of using the same Electricity 73 Expired
US5585986A Digital magnetoresistive sensor based on the giant magnetoresistance effect Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 69 Expired
US6518588B1 Magnetic random access memory with thermally stable magnetic tunnel junction cells Electricity 67 Expired

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