Inventor
REN SHEN
SG17 patents
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HGST Netherlands BV
13 patentsUS9047926B2Jun 2, 2015
Dual thermal sensor for HAMR waveguide power monitor and integration with the contact sensor
HGST Netherlands BV24 citations92
US8854930B1Oct 7, 2014
Slider embedded photodetector for optical power monitoring in heat assisted magnetic recording
HGST Netherlands BV22 citations92
US8842506B1Sep 23, 2014
Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) disk drive with fly-height sensing
HGST Netherlands BV28 citations92
US8810947B1Aug 19, 2014
Recessing a near field transducer in a heat-assisted magnetic recording head
HGST Netherlands BV26 citations92
US8908483B1Dec 9, 2014
Implementing contact sensing with near field transducer (NFT) and in-drive NFT characterization diagnostics in heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) HDD
HGST Netherlands BV24 citations89
US9087546B1Jul 21, 2015
Combined micro heater and waveguide power sensor for heat-assisted magnetic recording
HGST Netherlands BV11 citations84
US9053716B1Jun 9, 2015
Spot size converter with a plurality of branches for HAMR heads
HGST Netherlands BV18 citations84
US9053717B1Jun 9, 2015
Photodiode integrated edge emitting laser for heat assisted magnetic recording
HGST Netherlands BV14 citations84
US9558769B1Jan 31, 2017
Anti-reflection waveguide for heat-assisted magnetic recording
HGST Netherlands BV9 citations83
US9245553B2Jan 26, 2016
Submount-integrated photodetector for monitoring a laser for a heat-assisted magnetic recording head
HGST Netherlands BV4 citations73
US10175122B2Jan 8, 2019
HAMR thermal sensor with fast response time
HGST Netherlands BV2 citations72
US9424865B2Aug 23, 2016
Near field transducer anneal for heat assisted magnetic recording
HGST Netherlands BV0 citations52
US9202492B2Dec 1, 2015
Waveguide power sensor structures free of optical coherence effects in a HAMR drive
HGST Netherlands BV1 citations51