Patents by Inventor Mariko Shimizu

Mariko Shimizu 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).

  • Patent number: 10109332
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a conductive layer, a first magnetic layer, a first nonmagnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a first conductive region, a first insulating region, and a controller. The conductive layer includes a first element. The conductive layer includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion between the first portion and the second portion, and a fourth portion between the second portion and the third portion. The first conductive region includes a second element different from the first element. The first conductive region is provided between the second magnetic layer and the third portion. The first insulating region includes a first insulating substance. The first insulating substance is an insulating compound of the second element. The controller is electrically connected to the first portion and the second portion. The controller implements a first operation and a second operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mariko Shimizu, Yuichi Ohsawa, Hideyuki Sugiyama, Satoshi Shirotori, Altansargai Buyandalai, Yushi Kato
  • Patent number: 10096770
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a metal-containing layer, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a first intermediate layer, a third magnetic layer, a fourth magnetic layer, a second intermediate layer, and a controller. The metal-containing layer includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth portions. The first magnetic layer is separated from the third portion. The second magnetic layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and a portion of the third portion. The first intermediate layer includes a portion provided between the first and second magnetic layers. The third magnetic layer is separated from the fourth portion. The fourth magnetic layer is provided between the third magnetic layer and a portion of the fourth portion. The second intermediate layer includes a portion provided between the third and fourth magnetic layers. The controller is electrically connected with the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mariko Shimizu, Yuichi Ohsawa, Hiroaki Yoda, Hideyuki Sugiyama, Satoshi Shirotori, Altansargai Buyandalai
  • Publication number: 20180277185
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a conductive layer, a first magnetic layer, a first nonmagnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a first conductive region, a first insulating region, and a controller. The conductive layer includes a first element. The conductive layer includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion between the first portion and the second portion, and a fourth portion between the second portion and the third portion. The first conductive region includes a second element different from the first element. The first conductive region is provided between the second magnetic layer and the third portion. The first insulating region includes a first insulating substance. The first insulating substance is an insulating compound of the second element. The controller is electrically connected to the first portion and the second portion. The controller implements a first operation and a second operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mariko SHIMIZU, Yuichi OHSAWA, Hideyuki SUGIYAMA, Satoshi SHIROTORI, Altansargai BUYANDALAI, Yushi KATO
  • Publication number: 20180268888
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a conductive layer, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a first nonmagnetic layer, and a controller. The conductive layer includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first magnetic layer is separated from the third portion. The first nonmagnetic layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer that is electrically connected with the third portion. The first nonmagnetic layer is curved. The controller is electrically connected to the first portion and the second portion. The controller implements a first operation and a second operation. The controller in the first operation supplies a first current to the conductive layer from the first portion toward the second portion. The controller in the second operation supplies a second current to the conductive layer from the second portion toward the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuichi OHSAWA, Hiroaki Yoda, Altansargai Buyandalai, Satoshi Shirotori, Mariko Shimizu, Hideyuki Sugiyama, Yushi Kato
  • Publication number: 20180261241
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a magnetic pole, and a first shield, and a stacked body provided between the magnetic pole and the first shield. The stacked body includes a first layer, a second layer and a third layer. The first layer includes at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni. The second layer is provided between the magnetic pole and the first layer, and includes at least one second element selected from the group consisting of Cr, V, Mn, Ti, and Sc. The third layer is provided between the first layer and the first shield, and includes at least one third element selected from the group consisting of Cr, V, Mn, Ti, and Sc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Naoyuki NARITA, Hitoshi IWASAKI, Mariko SHIMIZU, Katsuhiko KOUI, Kenichiro YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20180190336
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a metal-containing layer including a metallic element, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first intermediate layer. The second magnetic layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and a portion of the metal-containing layer. The first intermediate layer includes a portion provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The first intermediate layer is nonmagnetic. The first intermediate layer is convex toward the metal-containing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIROTORI, Hiroaki YODA, Yuichi OHSAWA, Hideyuki SUGIYAMA, Mariko SHIMIZU, Altansargai BUYANDALAI, Naoharu SHIMOMURA
  • Publication number: 20180159024
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a conductive layer, first to fourth magnetic layers, first and second intermediate layers, and a controller. The conductive layer includes first, to fifth portions. The first magnetic layer is separated from the third portion. The second magnetic layer is provided between the third portion and the first magnetic layer. The first intermediate layer is provided between the first and second magnetic layers. The third magnetic layer is separated from the fourth portion. The fourth magnetic layer is provided between the fourth portion and the third magnetic layer. The second intermediate layer is provided between the third and fourth magnetic layers. The controller is electrically connected to the first and second portions. The controller implements a first operation of supplying a first current to the conductive layer, and a second operation of supplying a second current to the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Altansargai Buyandalai, Satoshi Shirotori, Yuichi Ohsawa, Hideyuki Sugiyama, Mariko Shimizu, Hiroaki Yoda, Tomoaki Inokuchi
  • Patent number: 9966122
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a metal-containing layer including a metallic element, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first intermediate layer. The second magnetic layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and a portion of the metal-containing layer. The first intermediate layer includes a portion provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The first intermediate layer is nonmagnetic. The first intermediate layer is convex toward the metal-containing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoshi Shirotori, Hiroaki Yoda, Yuichi Ohsawa, Hideyuki Sugiyama, Mariko Shimizu, Altansargai Buyandalai, Naoharu Shimomura
  • Publication number: 20180114539
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a magnetic pole, a stacked body, and a first non-magnetic layer. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, and a non-magnetic intermediate layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The first non-magnetic layer is provided between the second magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, and contacts the magnetic pole and the second magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer has a first thickness and a first saturation magnetic flux density. The second magnetic layer has a second thickness and a second saturation magnetic flux density. A second product of the second thickness and the second saturation magnetic flux density is larger than a first product of the first thickness and the first saturation magnetic flux density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yamada, Shuichi Murakami, Naoyuki Narita, Katsuhiko Koui, Akihiko Takeo, Mariko Shimizu, Hitoshi Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20180040812
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a metal-containing layer, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, a first intermediate layer, a third magnetic layer, a fourth magnetic layer, a second intermediate layer, and a controller. The metal-containing layer includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth portions. The first magnetic layer is separated from the third portion. The second magnetic layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and a portion of the third portion. The first intermediate layer includes a portion provided between the first and second magnetic layers. The third magnetic layer is separated from the fourth portion. The fourth magnetic layer is provided between the third magnetic layer and a portion of the fourth portion. The second intermediate layer includes a portion provided between the third and fourth magnetic layers. The controller is electrically connected with the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mariko SHIMIZU, Yuichi OHSAWA, Hiroaki YODA, Hideyuki SUGIYAMA, Satoshi SHIROTORI, Altansargai BUYANDALAI
  • Publication number: 20180040357
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a metal-containing layer including a metallic element, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer, and a first intermediate layer. The second magnetic layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and a portion of the metal-containing layer. The first intermediate layer includes a portion provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The first intermediate layer is nonmagnetic. The first intermediate layer is convex toward the metal-containing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIROTORI, Hiroaki YODA, Yuichi OHSAWA, Hideyuki SUGIYAMA, Mariko SHIMIZU, Altansargai BUYANDALAI, Naoharu SHIMOMURA
  • Patent number: 9886971
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a magnetic pole, a stacked body, and a first non-magnetic layer. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, and a non-magnetic intermediate layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The first non-magnetic layer is provided between the second magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, and contacts the magnetic pole and the second magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer has a first thickness and a first saturation magnetic flux density. The second magnetic layer has a second thickness and a second saturation magnetic flux density. A second product of the second thickness and the second saturation magnetic flux density is larger than a first product of the first thickness and the first saturation magnetic flux density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yamada, Shuichi Murakami, Naoyuki Narita, Katsuhiko Koui, Akihiko Takeo, Mariko Shimizu, Hitoshi Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 9799354
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a magnetic pole, a stacked body, and a first nonmagnetic layer. The stacked body includes first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, and an intermediate layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer and being nonmagnetic. The first nonmagnetic layer is provided between the second magnetic layer and the magnetic pole. A product of a thickness and a saturation magnetic flux density of the second magnetic layer is larger than a product of a thickness and a saturation magnetic flux density of the first magnetic layer. The length of the first magnetic layer is shorter than a length of the second magnetic layer. A current flows from the second magnetic layer toward the first magnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shuichi Murakami, Kenichiro Yamada, Katsuhiko Koui, Mariko Shimizu, Akihiko Takeo, Naoyuki Narita, Hitoshi Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 9792930
    Abstract: A microwave-assisted magnetic recording head includes a main magnetic pole, an auxiliary magnetic pole facing the main magnetic pole with a gap therebetween, and a stacked-layer element disposed in the gap. The stacked-layer element includes, in the order from the main magnetic pole to the auxiliary magnetic pole, a thermal spin injection layer that is formed on the main magnetic pole, exchange-coupled with the main magnetic pole, and formed of a magnetic material of which spin-dependent Seebeck coefficient is negative, a first non-magnetic layer formed on the thermal spin injection layer, an oscillation layer formed on the first non-magnetic layer, a second non-magnetic layer formed on the oscillation layer, and a spin injection layer formed on the second non-magnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mariko Shimizu, Katsuhiko Koui, Shuichi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20170236537
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a magnetic pole, a stacked body, and a first nonmagnetic layer. The stacked body includes first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, and an intermediate layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer and being nonmagnetic. The first nonmagnetic layer is provided between the second magnetic layer and the magnetic pole. A product of a thickness and a saturation magnetic flux density of the second magnetic layer is larger than a product of a thickness and a saturation magnetic flux density of the first magnetic layer. The length of the first magnetic layer is shorter than a length of the second magnetic layer. A current flows from the second magnetic layer toward the first magnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Shuichi MURAKAMI, Kenichiro YAMADA, Katsuhiko KOUI, Mariko SHIMIZU, Akihiko TAKEO, Naoyuki NARITA, Hitoshi IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20170186450
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a magnetic pole, a stacked body, and a first non-magnetic layer. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, and a non-magnetic intermediate layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The first non-magnetic layer is provided between the second magnetic layer and the magnetic pole, and contacts the magnetic pole and the second magnetic layer. The first magnetic layer has a first thickness and a first saturation magnetic flux density. The second magnetic layer has a second thickness and a second saturation magnetic flux density. A second product of the second thickness and the second saturation magnetic flux density is larger than a first product of the first thickness and the first saturation magnetic flux density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichiro YAMADA, Shuichi MURAKAMI, Naoyuki NARITA, Katsuhiko KOUI, Akihiko TAKEO, Mariko SHIMIZU, Hitoshi IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 9355659
    Abstract: A magnetic recording head includes a main magnetic pole in which a recording magnetic field is generated, a write shield magnetic pole disposed alongside the main magnetic pole with a gap therebetween, a spin torque oscillator disposed within the gap and configured to generate a microwave, an anti-ferromagnetic layer disposed within the gap between the write shield magnetic pole and the spin torque oscillator, and a non-magnetic metal layer disposed within the gap between the spin torque oscillator and the anti-ferromagnetic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Koui, Mariko Shimizu, Shuichi Murakami, Kenichiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 9337331
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, and a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type provided on part of the first semiconductor layer in each of a first region and a second region separated from each other. A first distance is a distance between both ends of the first insulating film in a direction connecting the fourth semiconductor layer and the sixth semiconductor layer. The first distance in the first region is longer than the first distance in the second region. A second distance is a distance between the third semiconductor layer and the seventh semiconductor layer. The second distance in the first region is longer than the second distance in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kanako Komatsu, Mariko Shimizu, Jun Morioka, Keita Takahashi, Masahito Nishigoori
  • Patent number: 9230567
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a microwave-assisted magnetic recording head includes a SIL formed either in an area outside a FGL in a track width direction or in an area outside a FGL in a depth direction perpendicular to an air bearing surface of the FGL. An area between the SIL and the FGL can be enlarged, and an intermediate layer can be formed therebetween such that an area in which the intermediate layer contacts the FGL can be enlarged as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Norihito Fujita, Katsuhiko Koui, Satoshi Shirotori, Mariko Shimizu, Shuichi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20150380022
    Abstract: A magnetic recording head includes a main magnetic pole in which a recording magnetic field is generated, a write shield magnetic pole disposed alongside the main magnetic pole with a gap therebetween, a spin torque oscillator disposed within the gap and configured to generate a microwave, an anti-ferromagnetic layer disposed within the gap between the write shield magnetic pole and the spin torque oscillator, and a non-magnetic metal layer disposed within the gap between the spin torque oscillator and the anti-ferromagnetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Katsuhiko KOUI, Mariko SHIMIZU, Shuichi MURAKAMI, Kenichiro YAMADA