Inventor
HU YUFENG
US32 patents
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HU YUFENG
9 patentsUS8670295B1Mar 11, 2014
Method and system for optically coupling a laser with a transducer in an energy assisted magnetic recording disk drive
HU YUFENG164 citations99
US8495813B1Jul 30, 2013
Method of making an energy-assisted magnetic recording apparatus
HU YUFENG152 citations99
US8279719B1Oct 2, 2012
Method and system for coupling a laser with a slider in an energy assisted magnetic recording disk drive
HU YUFENG156 citations99
US8259539B1Sep 4, 2012
Integration of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) on an energy-assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) head
HU YUFENG156 citations99
US8077557B1Dec 13, 2011
Multiple aperture VCSEL EAMR heads
HU YUFENG160 citations99
US8456963B1Jun 4, 2013
Method and system for an energy assisted magnetic recording head having a suspension-mounted laser
HU YUFENG148 citations98
US8208350B1Jun 26, 2012
Energy assisted magnetic recording head having a near field transducer with reduced thermal protrusion
HU YUFENG153 citations98
US8077418B1Dec 13, 2011
Reducing thermal protrusion of a near field transducer in an energy assisted magnetic recording head
HU YUFENG171 citations98
US8834728B1Sep 16, 2014
Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording writer having a self aligned heat sink and NFT
HU YUFENG10 citations84
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC
8 patentsUS8385158B1Feb 26, 2013
Method and system for providing a magnetic recording transducer having a planarized near-field transducer and a sloped pole
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC174 citations99
US8375565B2Feb 19, 2013
Method for providing an electronic lapping guide corresponding to a near-field transducer of an energy assisted magnetic recording transducer
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC170 citations99
US8343364B1Jan 1, 2013
Double hard-mask mill back method of fabricating a near field transducer for energy assisted magnetic recording
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC178 citations99
US9286920B1Mar 15, 2016
Method for compensating for phase variations in an interferometric tapered waveguide in a heat assisted magnetic recording head
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC9 citations84
US8964333B1Feb 24, 2015
Energy assisted magnetic recording transducer having an electronic lapping guide corresponding to a near-field transducer
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC6 citations84
US9087542B1Jul 21, 2015
Method for providing a structure having reduced voids in a magnetic recording transducer
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC1 citations51
US9087537B1Jul 21, 2015
System for adjusting lapping of a transducer using a disk windage
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC0 citations51
US10553241B2Feb 4, 2020
Near-field transducer (NFT) for a heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) device
WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC0 citations47
TANNER SHAWN M
4 patentsUS8565049B1Oct 22, 2013
Method and system for reducing thermal protrusion of an NFT
TANNER SHAWN M166 citations98
US8491801B1Jul 23, 2013
Method and system for providing an NFT using a sacrificial NFT structure
TANNER SHAWN M160 citations98
US8753903B1Jun 17, 2014
Methods and apparatuses for performing wafer level characterization of a plasmon element
TANNER SHAWN M136 citations97
US8749790B1Jun 10, 2014
Structure and method to measure waveguide power absorption by surface plasmon element
TANNER SHAWN M141 citations97
WANG ZHONGYAN
3 patentsUS8721902B1May 13, 2014
Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording writer having a heat sink and NFT
WANG ZHONGYAN163 citations98
US8634280B1Jan 21, 2014
Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording writer having a ring shaped NFT
WANG ZHONGYAN188 citations98
US8773956B1Jul 8, 2014
Bi-layer NFT-core spacer for EAMR system and method of making the same
WANG ZHONGYAN34 citations93
LI RUOLIN
2 patentsWESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT) LLC
2 patentsUS9449625B1Sep 20, 2016
Heat assisted magnetic recording head having a plurality of diffusion barrier layers
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT) LLC26 citations93
US9881638B1Jan 30, 2018
Method for providing a near-field transducer (NFT) for a heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) device
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT) LLC1 citations47