Patents by Inventor Arthur L. Thayer

Arthur L. Thayer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Microelectronic device with closely spaced contact studs
    Patent number: 7102855
    Abstract: A microelectronic device includes a transducer. An overcoat layer is disposed on a transducer surface. A plurality of electrical contact pads are disposed on the overcoat layer. First and second studs that pass through the overcoat layer to connect the transducer to the electrical contact pads. The first and second studs are separated from one another by a reduced spacing distance that is free of trenching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ibro Tabakovic, Ladislav L. Pust, Arthur L. Thayer, Thu Van Nguyen
  • Magnetoresistive read transducer with insulator defined trackwidth
    Patent number: RE34099
    Abstract: A magnetoresistive (MR) read head in which an insulator layer defines the effective track width over which the read head is sensitive. The insulator layer is deposited or patterned to extend a predetermined distance over the MR element, and the predetermined distance is chosen equal to the desired track width. Conductor leads are deposited in contact with the regions of the MR element not covered by the insulator layer with the conductor leads extending up to, and possibly overlapping, the edges of the insulator layer so that the read signal is sensed over the length of the MR element covered by the insulator layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mohamad T. Krounbi, Gerald G. Lopatin, Arthur L. Thayer, Jr.