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Noureddine Kermiche
Also filed as: KERMICHE NOUREDDINE
18 granted patents·608 citations·filing 2000–2023
94Inventor score
Technology areasG11B
Files withWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC7KERMICHE NOUREDDINE4BRUNER CURTIS H2ANDERSON KENT D1CHIA GALVIN T1
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18 records- 0198US7724461B1Determining head non-linearity in a disk driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 25, 2010·142 cites·25 claims
- 0296US8773802B1Disk drive resetting fly height reference generated from a degrading calibration trackANDERSON KENT D·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 8, 2014·120 cites·20 claims
- 0395US7583466B2Disk drive determining operating fly height by detecting head disk contact from disk rotation timeWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 1, 2009·165 cites·23 claims
- 0493US8681445B1Disk drive detecting head touchdown by computing anti-correlation in sensor signalKERMICHE NOUREDDINE·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 25, 2014·70 cites·18 claims
- 0593US8582231B1Disk drive determining head touchdown threshold based on curve fitting prediction errorKERMICHE NOUREDDINE·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 12, 2013·70 cites·20 claims
- 0685US8970978B1Disk drive detecting head touchdown by applying DC+AC control signal to fly height actuatorWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 3, 2015·8 cites·30 claims
- 0784US12176015B1Pole tip recession compensation by dual heater ratio optimization in a hard disk driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2023·Granted Dec 24, 2024·1 cites·24 claims
- 0882US11869546B1Adaptive dual heater mode for hard disk driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 9, 2024·1 cites·19 claims
- 0979US6611396B1Disk level servo writeMOBILE STORAGE TECHNOLOGY·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 26, 2003·18 cites·6 claims
- 1078US8879188B1Disk drive employing fly height calibration tracks to account for magnetic entropy and thermal decayCHIA GALVIN T·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 4, 2014·5 cites·20 claims
- 1175US7738204B2Disk drive with multi-protocol channel to controller interface and methodBRUNER CURTIS H·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 15, 2010·2 cites·19 claims
- 1268US9786309B1Data storage device detecting minimum stable fly height of a head over a diskWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 10, 2017·2 cites·22 claims
- 1365US8934192B1Disk drive determining operating fly height by detecting head disk contact from read signal amplitude varianceKERMICHE NOUREDDINE·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 13, 2015·1 cites·24 claims
- 1462US8891193B1Disk drive calibrating threshold and gain of touchdown sensorWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 18, 2014·1 cites·20 claims
- 1561US9053740B1Disk drive determining touchdown thresholdSHARMA ABHIMANYU·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 9, 2015·2 cites·20 claims
- 1655US12266386B2Data storage device with rapid in-field repeatable runout noise removal calibrationWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2023·Granted Apr 1, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1749US8508877B2Disk drive with multi-protocol channel to controller interface and methodBRUNER CURTIS H·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 13, 2013·0 cites·24 claims
- 1844US8885279B1Disk drive detecting head/disk contact by evaluating a subset of touchdown metrics during a servo sector interruptKERMICHE NOUREDDINE·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 11, 2014·0 cites·20 claims
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