Inventor
CLINTON THOMAS WILLIAM
US19 patents
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SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
9 patentsUS6665136B2Dec 16, 2003
Recording heads using magnetic fields generated locally from high current densities in a thin film wire
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC83 citations98
US7212367B2May 1, 2007
Ampere wire write head with confined magnetic fields
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC56 citations96
US7500255B2Mar 3, 2009
Data writing with plasmon resonator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC37 citations92
US7149055B2Dec 12, 2006
Inductive write head driven only by an ampere wire
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC28 citations91
US7898849B2Mar 1, 2011
Compound cell spin-torque magnetic random access memory
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC8 citations84
US7818760B2Oct 19, 2010
Data writing with plasmon resonator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC11 citations84
US7593184B2Sep 22, 2009
Rotating write field generated by circulating domain walls in a magnetic ring: a DC-driven high-frequency oscillator
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC15 citations84
US8526224B2Sep 3, 2013
Compound cell spin-torque magnetic random access memory
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC2 citations63
US6903891B1Jun 7, 2005
Photoconductive optical write driver for magnetic recording
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC1 citations51
HGST Netherlands BV
4 patentsUS8854930B1Oct 7, 2014
Slider embedded photodetector for optical power monitoring in heat assisted magnetic recording
HGST Netherlands BV22 citations92
US9147415B2Sep 29, 2015
HAMR head spot-size converters with secondary index confinement
HGST Netherlands BV7 citations84
US8908482B1Dec 9, 2014
Sacrificial protection layer for preventing ion mill damage to HAMR optical components
HGST Netherlands BV6 citations73
US9311935B2Apr 12, 2016
Method and apparatus for magnetic recording head having a waveguide
HGST Netherlands BV5 citations71