Inventor
CHLIWNYJ ALEX
US42 patents
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IBM
39 patentsUS6540528B2Apr 1, 2003
Releasable, repeatable electrical connections employing compression
IBM35 citations96
US5872672AFeb 16, 1999
System and method for monitoring and analyzing tape servo performance
IBM59 citations94
US6674603B2Jan 6, 2004
Decreased load time by storing cassette initialization information
IBM21 citations93
US6661596B2Dec 9, 2003
Apparatus and method for adapting a data recording device to ambient environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity in order to reduce the risk of damage to the storage media
IBM45 citations93
US5629813AMay 13, 1997
Initialization and calibration of magnetic tape having multiple servo areas
IBM95 citations93
US6854982B2Feb 15, 2005
Releasable, repeatable electrical connection employing compression
IBM22 citations92
US6837718B2Jan 4, 2005
Releasable, repeatable electrical connection employing compression
IBM23 citations92
US6831805B2Dec 14, 2004
Apparatus and method to read and/or write information to a magnetic tape medium
IBM28 citations92
US6798608B2Sep 28, 2004
Active detection and acquisition of a servo track subject to lateral motion
IBM25 citations92
US6722895B1Apr 20, 2004
Releasable, repeatable electrical connection employing compression
IBM40 citations92
US5828514AOct 27, 1998
Servo error detection in a noisy environment
IBM49 citations92
US5613082AMar 18, 1997
Control of record media using device only accessible control areas and directory of media control marks and error history
IBM64 citations92
US6574679B1Jun 3, 2003
Method and apparatus for identifying hardware
IBM30 citations91
US6525898B1Feb 25, 2003
Detection of indexed servo positions displaced from servo track edges
IBM38 citations91
US6462899B1Oct 8, 2002
Initialization and calibration of a recording system track following servo
IBM36 citations91
US6305629B1Oct 23, 2001
Servo error detection of bi-directional reel-to-reel tape drives using fine line tachometers
IBM54 citations91
US5394280AFeb 28, 1995
Detecting a servo error on a magnetic tape and identifying extent and location of the detected servo error by linked control marks
IBM34 citations91
US5946159AAug 31, 1999
Servo edge correction using edge samples taken by independently positioned servo elements
IBM43 citations88
US5844814ADec 1, 1998
Optical position sensing device and method for sub-micron measurement
IBM49 citations88
US6903895B2Jun 7, 2005
Tape drive servo operation by use of servo pattern width measurements
IBM18 citations84
US6067211AMay 23, 2000
Oscillating magnetic head and stationary brush cleaning apparatus
IBM29 citations84
US7623318B1Nov 24, 2009
Noise reduction in same-gap servo in frequency-based servo tape systems
IBM8 citations83
US6839197B2Jan 4, 2005
Apparatus and method to calibrate one or more transducers in a noisy environment
IBM12 citations83
US6661600B1Dec 9, 2003
Calibration of servo index positions of a magnetic tape employing second order curve fitting
IBM18 citations83
US7299146B2Nov 20, 2007
Apparatus and method to calibrate a system having an input signal and an output signal
IBM9 citations74
US6813112B2Nov 2, 2004
Method, apparatus and software for tape drive mechanical fault detection
IBM8 citations74
US6191542B1Feb 20, 2001
Method and apparatus for cleaning a DC motor commutator-brush interface
IBM9 citations74
US6865052B2Mar 8, 2005
Apparatus and method to calibrate servo sensors in a noisy environment
IBM11 citations73
US5475542ADec 12, 1995
Method and apparatus for improving inter-block gap length tolerance and locate accuracy for write appends
IBM11 citations72
US6842304B2Jan 11, 2005
Measurement of write track width for magnetic tape head
IBM8 citations69
US6833973B2Dec 21, 2004
Apparatus and method to calibrate a servo sensor
IBM10 citations69
US6216970B1Apr 17, 2001
Method for reducing mechanical distortion on magnetic tape
IBM6 citations66
US6906881B2Jun 14, 2005
Apparatus and method to erase a magnetic tape
IBM2 citations63
US6831801B2Dec 14, 2004
Eccentricity compensation in a web handling system
IBM5 citations63
US6426846B1Jul 30, 2002
Decoding digitally sampled servo tracks
IBM6 citations63
US6831806B2Dec 14, 2004
Apparatus and method to calibrate a servo sensor
IBM6 citations62
US6798607B2Sep 28, 2004
Defined signal injection to calibrate servo index positions employing an independent position sensor
IBM6 citations61
US6850381B2Feb 1, 2005
Apparatus and method for reducing data loss in tape media due to media edge damage on thrown wraps
IBM0 citations52
US7099101B2Aug 29, 2006
Apparatus, system, and method for determining contact with a magnetic head in a tape drive
IBM0 citations42