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Bruce David Terris
Also filed as: TERRIS BRUCE · TERRIS BRUCE D · TERRIS BRUCE DAVID
54 granted patents·3 pending applications·1,716 citations·filing 1994–2022
99Inventor score
Files withIBM18HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH14WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC7HGST Netherlands BV4HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL3
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57 records- 0198US11217289B1Spinel containing magnetic tunnel junction and method of making the sameWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 4, 2022·7 cites·20 claims
- 0298US11176981B1Spinel containing magnetic tunnel junction and method of making the sameWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2020·Granted Nov 16, 2021·7 cites·20 claims
- 0398US6391430B1Patterned magnetic recording media with discrete magnetic regions separated by regions of antiferromagnetically coupled filmsIBM·Filed 2000·Granted May 21, 2002·91 cites·14 claims
- 0498US6168845B1Patterned magnetic media and method of making the same using selective oxidationIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 2, 2001·194 cites·40 claims
- 0597US6947235B2Patterned multilevel perpendicular magnetic recording mediaHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 20, 2005·87 cites·36 claims
- 0697US6754017B2Patterned media magnetic recording disk drive with timing of write pulses by sensing the patterned mediaHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 22, 2004·94 cites·16 claims
- 0797US5497359AOptical disk data storage system with radiation-transparent air-bearing sliderNAT BUSINESS MACHINES CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Mar 5, 1996·197 cites·39 claims
- 0896US11005034B1Magnetoresistive memory device including a high dielectric constant capping layer and methods of making the sameWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted May 11, 2021·16 cites·12 claims
- 0996US10991407B1Magnetoresistive memory device including a high dielectric constant capping layer and methods of making the sameWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Apr 27, 2021·13 cites·19 claims
- 1096US6331364B1Patterned magnetic recording media containing chemically-ordered FePt of CoPtIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 18, 2001·152 cites·12 claims
- 1195US11056640B2Magnetoresistive memory device including a high dielectric constant capping layer and methods of making the sameWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 6, 2021·11 cites·20 claims
- 1295US9530445B1Perpendicular heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium with a perovskite oxide intermediate layerHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 27, 2016·24 cites·20 claims
- 1395US7068453B2Thermally-assisted perpendicular magnetic recording system and headHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 27, 2006·49 cites·18 claims
- 1494US6865044B1Method for magnetic recording on patterned multilevel perpendicular media using thermal assistance and fixed write currentHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 8, 2005·52 cites·6 claims
- 1594US6440520B1Patterned magnetic recording disk with substrate patterned by ion implantationIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Aug 27, 2002·100 cites·23 claims
- 1693US7602000B2Spin-current switched magnetic memory element suitable for circuit integration and method of fabricating the memory elementIBM·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 13, 2009·58 cites·38 claims
- 1793US6882488B1Method for magnetic recording on patterned multilevel perpendicular media using variable write currentHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 19, 2005·46 cites·5 claims
- 1891US10290804B2Nanoparticle-based resistive memory device and methods for manufacturing the sameSANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2017·Granted May 14, 2019·7 cites·25 claims
- 1991US6421195B1Magnetic disk media with patterned sectionsIBM·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 16, 2002·77 cites·38 claims
- 2091US6055220AOptical disk data storage system with improved solid immersion lensIBM·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 25, 2000·72 cites·22 claims
- 2189US8379495B2System, method and apparatus for internal polarization rotation for horizontal cavity, surface emitting laser beam for thermally assisted recording in disk driveHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 19, 2013·7 cites·20 claims
- 2289US7862912B2Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and system with low-curie-temperature multilayer for heat-assisted writing and/or readingHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 4, 2011·19 cites·21 claims
- 2389US7379321B2Memory cell and programmable logic having ferromagnetic structures exhibiting the extraordinary hall effectHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted May 27, 2008·33 cites·23 claims
- 2486US6906879B1Magnetic recording system with patterned multilevel perpendicular magnetic recordingHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 14, 2005·44 cites·38 claims
- 2585US6741429B1Ion beam definition of magnetoresistive field sensorsIBM·Filed 2000·Granted May 25, 2004·17 cites·12 claims
- 2684US7872905B2Method and apparatus for write enable and inhibit for high density spin torque three dimensional (3D) memory arraysHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH NL·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 18, 2011·18 cites·15 claims
- 2783US5804710AAtomic force microscope system with multi-directional voice coil actuator for controlling the stylusIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 8, 1998·45 cites·15 claims
- 2882US10553647B2Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional non-volatile memorySANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 4, 2020·5 cites·21 claims
- 2982US10355049B1Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional non-volatile memorySANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jul 16, 2019·5 cites·21 claims
- 3082US9601145B1Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) disk with multiple continuous magnetic recording layersHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 21, 2017·6 cites·20 claims
- 3182US8213271B2System, method and apparatus for internal polarization rotation for horizontal cavity, surface emitting laser beam for thermally assisted recording in disk driveBOONE JR THOMAS DUDLEY·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 3, 2012·4 cites·8 claims
- 3281US8860105B2Spin-current switched magnetic memory element suitable for circuit integration and method of fabricating the memory elementIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 14, 2014·2 cites·17 claims
- 3381US7652915B2High density spin torque three dimensional (3D) memory arrays addressed with microwave currentHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Jan 26, 2010·11 cites·7 claims
- 3481US7606065B2Three-dimensional magnetic memory having bits transferrable between storage layersHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 20, 2009·9 cites·30 claims
- 3580US8199553B2Multilevel frequency addressable field driven MRAMCHEN WENYU·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 12, 2012·14 cites·6 claims
- 3680US7943399B2Spin-current switched magnetic memory element suitable for circuit integration and method of fabricating the memory elementIBM·Filed 2009·Granted May 17, 2011·4 cites·14 claims
- 3778US8558332B2Spin-current switched magnetic memory element suitable for circuit integration and method of fabricating the memory elementSUN JONATHAN ZANHONG·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 15, 2013·2 cites·11 claims
- 3878US7388776B1Three-dimensional magnetic memoryHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 17, 2008·8 cites·54 claims
- 3977US6937421B2Patterned media having offset tracksIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 30, 2005·27 cites·24 claims
- 4075US9552837B2Vertically and horizontally weakly coupled perpendicular small grain mediaHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2013·Granted Jan 24, 2017·3 cites·21 claims
- 4174US5822285AAtomic force microscopy disk data storage system with nonradial tracking linesIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Oct 13, 1998·28 cites·24 claims
- 4268US8920948B2Substrate patterning in perpendicular storage mediaFOLKS LIESL·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 30, 2014·2 cites·9 claims
- 4368US8164940B2Read/write structures for a three dimensional memoryOZATAY OZHAN·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 24, 2012·9 cites·25 claims
- 4468US7713591B2Longitudinal patterned media with circumferential anisotropy for ultra-high density magnetic recordingHITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2005·Granted May 11, 2010·1 cites·15 claims
- 4564US5729026AAtomic force microscope system with angled cantilever having integral in-plane tipIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 17, 1998·32 cites·25 claims
- 4660US2008292906A1Enhancement of Magnetic Media Recording Performance Using Ion Irradiation to Tailor Exchange CouplingIBM·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4758US2015001655A1Spin-current switched magnetic memory element suitable for circuit integration and method of fabricating the memory elementIBM·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 4856US7425353B2Enhancement of magnetic media recording performance using ion irradiation to tailor exchange couplingIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Sep 16, 2008·2 cites·17 claims
- 4956US6884632B2Ion beam definition of magnetoresistive field sensorsIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 26, 2005·2 cites·9 claims
- 5053US2009258186A1Wafer-level method for fabricating an optical channel and aperture structure in magnetic recording head sliders for use in thermally-assisted recording (tar)HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECH·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
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