Inventor
TSAI CHUN SEI
US37 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
26 patentsUS8004785B1Aug 23, 2011
Disk drive write verifying unformatted data sectors
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC138 citations98
US7982993B1Jul 19, 2011
Disk drive employing different servo TPI to data TPI ratios across the disk surface
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC142 citations98
US7945727B2May 17, 2011
Disk drive refreshing zones in segments to sustain target throughput of host commands
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC140 citations98
US7933087B1Apr 26, 2011
Disk drive storing parameters of a write operation in a plurality of data sectors
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC135 citations98
US7929234B1Apr 19, 2011
Disk drive prioritizing in-the-field defect scanning based on number of write operations in each of a plurality of defect zones
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC157 citations98
US7852596B2Dec 14, 2010
Disk drive returning dummy data to a host when reading an unwritten data sector
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC134 citations98
US7212374B1May 1, 2007
Disk drive to characterize misaligned servo wedges
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC118 citations98
US7974029B2Jul 5, 2011
Disk drive biasing refresh zone counters based on write commands
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC147 citations96
US8780478B1Jul 15, 2014
Grease wear leveling for a disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC60 citations95
US8031423B1Oct 4, 2011
Disk drive generating actual data TPI profile by combining segments of predetermined data TPI profiles
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC121 citations95
US8797667B1Aug 5, 2014
Disk drive calibrating bias signal for touchdown sensor
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC52 citations94
US7209310B1Apr 24, 2007
Disk drive identifying starting track by performing multiple load operations
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC29 citations89
US9418699B1Aug 16, 2016
Management of sequentially written data
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC23 citations88
US10878844B1Dec 29, 2020
Data storage device controlling head fly height based on temperature
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC7 citations83
US9269393B1Feb 23, 2016
Electronic system with data refresh mechanism and method of operation thereof
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC7 citations83
US9075714B1Jul 7, 2015
Electronic system with data management mechanism and method of operation thereof
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC12 citations83
US9036283B1May 19, 2015
Data storage device with selective write to a first storage media or a second storage media
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC7 citations83
US9437242B1Sep 6, 2016
Data storage device employing different frequency preambles in adjacent data tracks
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC7 citations80
US9053747B1Jun 9, 2015
Disk drive calibrating failure threshold based on noise power effect on failure detection metric
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations72
US9202517B1Dec 1, 2015
Disk drive calibrating defect threshold based on statistical quality metric measured for reference tracks
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC6 citations69
US9298380B1Mar 29, 2016
Data storage device with selective write to a first storage media or a second storage media
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations61
US9251823B1Feb 2, 2016
Data storage device delaying seek operation to avoid thermal asperities
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations61
US9117489B1Aug 25, 2015
Data storage device screening heads by verifying defects after defect scan
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC3 citations59
US8902533B1Dec 2, 2014
Disk drive detecting different asperities on a disk using different sensor bias settings
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations48
US11657847B1May 23, 2023
Dynamic track interference write counting for magnetic disks
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations47
US12475365B2Nov 18, 2025
Embedded multi-attribute machine learning for storage devices
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations44
TSAI CHUN SEI
7 patentsUS8174780B1May 8, 2012
Disk drive biasing a refresh monitor with write parameter of a write operation
TSAI CHUN SEI146 citations99
US8612798B1Dec 17, 2013
Hybrid drive storing write data in non-volatile semiconductor memory if write verify of disk fails
TSAI CHUN SEI143 citations98
US8427771B1Apr 23, 2013
Hybrid drive storing copy of data in non-volatile semiconductor memory for suspect disk data sectors
TSAI CHUN SEI135 citations98
US8429343B1Apr 23, 2013
Hybrid drive employing non-volatile semiconductor memory to facilitate refreshing disk
TSAI CHUN SEI136 citations98
US8320067B1Nov 27, 2012
Refresh operations using write/read commands
TSAI CHUN SEI146 citations98
US8793532B1Jul 29, 2014
Hard-disk drive work load profiling and capturing systems and methods
TSAI CHUN SEI67 citations96
US8751699B1Jun 10, 2014
Systems and methods for indication of activity status of a storage device
TSAI CHUN SEI73 citations92