Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Virgil S. Speriosu

22Patents
19h-index
31Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 31, 1989 → Mar 30, 1999

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5206590A Magnetoresistive sensor based on the spin valve effect Physics 377 Expired
US5583725A Spin valve magnetoresistive sensor with self-pinned laminated layer and magnetic recording system using the sensor Physics 214 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
US5287238A Dual spin valve magnetoresistive sensor Physics 184 Expired
US5701223A Spin valve magnetoresistive sensor with antiparallel pinned layer and improved exchange bias layer, and magnetic recording system using the sensor Physics 162 Expired
US5561368A Bridge circuit magnetic field sensor having spin valve magnetoresistive elements formed on common substrate Performing Operations; Transporting 138 Expired
US5422571A Magnetoresistive spin valve sensor having a nonmagnetic back layer Electricity 116 Expired
US5650887A System for resetting sensor magnetization in a spin valve magnetoresistive sensor Physics 93 Expired
US5301079A Current biased magnetoresistive spin valve sensor Physics 74 Expired
US5341261A Magnetoresistive sensor having multilayer thin film structure Physics 53 Expired
US5014147A Magnetoresistive sensor with improved antiferromagnetic film Physics 47 Expired
US5574605A Antiferromagnetic exchange coupling in magnetoresistive spin valve sensors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5696656A Highly sensitive orthogonal spin valve read head Physics 42 Expired
US5828530A Orthogonal spin valve sensor with reduced net field Physics 33 Expired
US5598308A Magnetoresistive sensor having multilayer thin film structure Physics 32 Expired
US5974657A Two step resetting of magnetization of spin valve read head at the row level Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US5856617A Atomic force microscope system with cantilever having unbiased spin valve magnetoresistive strain gauge Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US5893981A Method of making stabilized MR sensor and flux guide joined by contiguous junction Physics 21 Expired
US5930084A Stabilized MR sensor and flux guide joined by contiguous junction Physics 19 Expired
US6239955A Stabilized MR sensor and heat guide joined by contiguous junction Physics 11 Expired
US6181532A Stabilized MR sensor and flux/heat guide joined by contiguous junction Physics 9 Expired

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