Inventor
PHAN DUC T
US36 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
19 patentsUS7961422B1Jun 14, 2011
Disk drive computing data center off-track from repeatable runout of write servo track and read servo track
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC116 citations98
US7688538B1Mar 30, 2010
Disk drive comprising a disk surface having track addresses of varying width
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC113 citations98
US7616399B1Nov 10, 2009
Disk drive servo control techniques to preserve PES continuity
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC119 citations98
US8717696B1May 6, 2014
Disk drive adjusting noise spectrum to reduce resonance excitation of shock detector
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC97 citations97
US7864482B1Jan 4, 2011
Disk drive calibrating VCM notch filter by increasing the width and/or the depth of the notch
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC115 citations97
US7839600B1Nov 23, 2010
Disk drive employing data-based basis function expansion for tuning seek servo loop
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC109 citations97
US7660067B1Feb 9, 2010
Disk drive initializing a coil temperature estimation algorithm using a resistance of the coil estimated during a load operation
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC112 citations97
US8797664B1Aug 5, 2014
Polarity detection of piezoelectric actuator in disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC77 citations96
US8804267B2Aug 12, 2014
Disk drive predicting spindle motor failure by evaluating current draw relative to temperature
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC77 citations95
US8605384B1Dec 10, 2013
Disk drive performing lifetime logging of microactuator sensitivity
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC110 citations95
US7679854B1Mar 16, 2010
Head switch operation for a disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC109 citations95
US7558016B1Jul 7, 2009
Disk drive servo control techniques for predicting an off-track condition utilizing an estimation filter
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC111 citations93
US9142225B1Sep 22, 2015
Electronic system with actuator control mechanism and method of operation thereof
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC5 citations73
US9076473B1Jul 7, 2015
Data storage device detecting fly height instability of head during load operation based on microactuator response
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC4 citations73
US9355666B1May 31, 2016
Disk drive measuring stroke difference between heads by detecting a difference between ramp contact
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations63
US8922931B1Dec 30, 2014
Disk drive releasing variable amount of buffered write data based on sliding window of predicted servo quality
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations63
US8929022B1Jan 6, 2015
Disk drive detecting microactuator degradation by evaluating frequency component of servo signal
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC2 citations62
US9286927B1Mar 15, 2016
Data storage device demodulating servo burst by computing slope of intermediate integration points
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1 citations52
US9349401B1May 24, 2016
Electronic system with media scan mechanism and method of operation thereof
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC0 citations48
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
6 patentsUS5369345ANov 29, 1994
Method and apparatus for adaptive control
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY213 citations97
US5760992AJun 2, 1998
Method for carrying out seeks in a hard disc drive to limit the generation of acoustic noise
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY60 citations95
US5751513AMay 12, 1998
Method for carrying out seeks in a hard disc drive to limit the generation of acoustic noise
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY42 citations95
US5696647ADec 9, 1997
Method for carrying out seeks in a hard disc drive to limit the generation of acoustic noise including using a slew rate limit
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY60 citations95
US5473550ADec 5, 1995
Fast calibration using microsteps
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY24 citations92
US5566095AOct 15, 1996
Fast calibration using microsteps
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY13 citations73
CHEN MIN
2 patentsBABINSKI ALEXANDER
2 patentsUS8508881B1Aug 13, 2013
Disk drive employing system inversion for tuning seek to settle servo loop
BABINSKI ALEXANDER109 citations96
US9142235B1Sep 22, 2015
Disk drive characterizing microactuator by injecting sinusoidal disturbance and evaluating feed-forward compensation values
BABINSKI ALEXANDER4 citations67