Inventor
MCNEIL MICHAEL
US29 patents
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MAXTOR CORP
17 patentsUS7019924B2Mar 28, 2006
Patterned medium and recording head
MAXTOR CORP100 citations96
US5940250AAug 17, 1999
Disk drive head having a read wide/write narrow architecture
MAXTOR CORP39 citations92
US5495379AFeb 27, 1996
Erase bands for vertical recording
MAXTOR CORP24 citations92
US6940679B1Sep 6, 2005
Method and apparatus for increasing track density by adapting write fault gate to position error signal as it varies from ID to OD
MAXTOR CORP34 citations91
US5943177AAug 24, 1999
MR head read signal preconditioning circuitry for reducing pulse -to-pulse baseline distortion
MAXTOR CORP19 citations91
US5850321ADec 15, 1998
Self-cleaning proximity recording interface
MAXTOR CORP30 citations90
US6404570B1Jun 11, 2002
Disk drive with adaptive channel optimization
MAXTOR CORP25 citations89
US5995305ANov 30, 1999
Disk drive using off-track margin to obtain optimal performance parameters
MAXTOR CORP37 citations89
US6975468B1Dec 13, 2005
Method to accurately predict hard error rates resulting from encroachment
MAXTOR CORP44 citations87
US5555482ASep 10, 1996
Etched erase band feature for thin film recording heads
MAXTOR CORP10 citations74
US6094806AAug 1, 2000
Method for fabricating a dual element head
MAXTOR CORP15 citations73
US6366417B1Apr 2, 2002
Mr head read signal preconditioning circuitry
MAXTOR CORP13 citations72
US5671098ASep 23, 1997
Adaptive preamplifier for resonance tuning useful in a disk drive
MAXTOR CORP10 citations72
US7262938B1Aug 28, 2007
Flying-type disk drive slider with self-blending contact pad
MAXTOR CORP6 citations70
US7038884B1May 2, 2006
Flying-type disk drive slider with self-blending contact pad
MAXTOR CORP6 citations70
US5327638AJul 12, 1994
Method of making a vertical recording head for contact and near contact magnetic recording
MAXTOR CORP7 citations66
US7170719B1Jan 30, 2007
Magnetic storage device with flux-guided magnetoresistive head using a perpendicular recording media
MAXTOR CORP5 citations60
APPLIED MAGNETICS CORP
4 patentsUS5079657AJan 7, 1992
Textured air bearing surface
APPLIED MAGNETICS CORP69 citations94
US5479696AJan 2, 1996
Method of making combination read/write magnetic head
APPLIED MAGNETICS CORP33 citations92
US5315469AMay 24, 1994
Magnetic recording head which produces variable erase bands
APPLIED MAGNETICS CORP33 citations92
US5162073ANov 10, 1992
Textured air bearing surface
APPLIED MAGNETICS CORP41 citations91