Patents by Inventor Steve Kuo-Hsing Hwang

Steve Kuo-Hsing Hwang 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).

  • High density granular perpendicular recording media for mechanical reliability and corrosion resistance
    Patent number: 9418693
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising (1) a substrate, (2) an interlayer comprising hexagonal columns and (3) a magnetic layer, wherein the magnetic layer is deposited applying a bias voltage to the substrate such that the magnetic layer comprises magnetic grains having substantially no sub-grains within the magnetic layer, and the magnetic layer has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Weilu Xu, Miaogen Lu, Mariana Rodica Munteanu, Michael Z. Wu, Shanghsien A. Rou, Steve Kuo-Hsing Hwang, Edward T. Yen
  • High Density Granular Perpendicular Recording Media for Mechanical Reliability and Corrosion Resistance
    Publication number: 20150279400
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising (1) a substrate, (2) an interlayer comprising hexagonal columns and (3) a magnetic layer, wherein the magnetic layer is deposited applying a bias voltage to the substrate such that the magnetic layer comprises magnetic grains having substantially no sub-grains within the magnetic layer, and the magnetic layer has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Weilu Xu, Miaogen Lu, Mariana Rodica Munteanu, Michael Z. Wu, Shanghsien A. Rou, Steve Kuo-Hsing Hwang, Edward T. Yen
  • Applying bias voltage during formation of granular recording media
    Patent number: 8993073
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising (1) a substrate, (2) an interlayer comprising hexagonal columns and (3) a magnetic layer, wherein the magnetic layer is deposited applying a bias voltage to the substrate such that the magnetic layer comprises magnetic grains having substantially no sub-grains within the magnetic layer, and the magnetic layer has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Weilu Xu, Miaogen Lu, Mariana R. Munteanu, Michael Z. Wu, Shanghsien Alex Rou, Steve Kuo-Hsing Hwang, Ed Yen
  • HIGH DENSITY GRANULAR PERPENDICULAR RECORDING MEDIA FOR MECHANICAL RELIABILITY AND CORROSION RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20100007989
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising (1) a substrate, (2) an interlayer comprising hexagonal columns and (3) a magnetic layer, wherein the magnetic layer is deposited applying a bias voltage to the substrate such that the magnetic layer comprises magnetic grains having substantially no sub-grains within the magnetic layer, and the magnetic layer has perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Weilu Xu, Miaogen Lu, Mariana R. Munteanu, Michael Z. Wu, Shanghsien Alex Rou, Steve Kuo-Hsing Hwang, Ed Yen
  • MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA HAVING FIVE ELEMENT ALLOY DEPOSITED USING PULSED DIRECT CURRENT SPUTTERING
    Publication number: 20090211898
    Abstract: CoCrPtB is a conventional material used in some of the layers of a thin film magnetic media structure used for recording data in data storage devices such as hard drives. Typically the CoCrPtB layers used for magnetic media have high Cr and low B in bottom magnetic layers and low Cr and high B in top magnetic layers. In accordance with one embodiment of this invention and to improve media electrical performance, fifth elements, such as Ta, Nb and Hf, etc. were added to the CoCrPtB materials, resulting in CoCrPtB-X, to enhance the grain segregation. The five element CoCrPtB-X layers were deposited using a pulsed direct current sputter technique instead of conventional direct current sputtering techniques. The resulting magnetic media structure having CoCrPtB-X alloy layers exhibits an increase in coercivity Hc and improvement in recording performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Charles Changqing Chen, Thanh Thien Ha, Abebe Hailu, Taesun Ernest Kim, Mariana Rodica Munteanu, Steve Kuo-Hsing Hwang
  • Magnetic recording media having five element alloy deposited using pulsed direct current sputtering
    Patent number: 7504166
    Abstract: CoCrPtB is a conventional material used in some of the layers of a thin film magnetic media structure used for recording data in data storage devices such as hard drives. Typically the CoCrPtB layers used for magnetic media have high Cr and low B in bottom magnetic layers and low Cr and high B in top magnetic layers. In accordance with one embodiment of this invention and to improve media electrical performance, fifth elements, such as Ta, Nb and Hf, etc. were added to the CoCrPtB materials, resulting in CoCrPtB—X, to enhance the grain segregation. The five element CoCrPtB—X layers were deposited using a pulsed direct current sputter technique instead of conventional direct current sputtering techniques. The resulting magnetic media structure having CoCrPtB—X alloy layers exhibits an increase in coercivity Hc and improvement in recording performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Charles Changqing Chen, Thanh Thien Ha, Abebe Hailu, Taesun Ernest Kim, Mariana Rodica Munteanu, Steve Kuo-Hsing Hwang
  • Magnetic recording media having five element alloy deposited using pulsed direct current sputtering utility
    Publication number: 20040253486
    Abstract: CoCrPtB is a conventional material used in some of the layers of a thin film magnetic media structure used for recording data in data storage devices such as hard drives. Typically the CoCrPtB layers used for magnetic media have high Cr and low B in bottom magnetic layers and low Cr and high B in top magnetic layers. In accordance with one embodiment of this invention and to improve media electrical performance, fifth elements, such as Ta, Nb and Hf, etc. were added to the CoCrPtB materials, resulting in CoCrPtB—X, to enhance the grain segregation. The five element CoCrPtB—X layers were deposited using a pulsed direct current sputter technique instead of conventional direct current sputtering techniques. The resulting magnetic media structure having CoCrPtB—X alloy layers exhibits an increase in coercivity Hc and improvement in recording performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Charles Changqing Chen, Thanh Thien Ha, Abebe Hailu, Taesun Ernest Kim, Mariana Rodica Munteanu, Steve Kuo-Hsing Hwang