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Shawn M. Tanner
Also filed as: TANNER SHAWN · TANNER SHAWN M
12 granted patents·966 citations·filing 2011–2023
93Inventor score
Files withTANNER SHAWN M4WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC4WANG ZHONGYAN2HU YUFENG1WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC1
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12 records- 0198US8749790B1Structure and method to measure waveguide power absorption by surface plasmon elementTANNER SHAWN M·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 10, 2014·141 cites·14 claims
- 0298US8721902B1Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording writer having a heat sink and NFTWANG ZHONGYAN·Filed 2011·Granted May 13, 2014·163 cites·20 claims
- 0398US8565049B1Method and system for reducing thermal protrusion of an NFTTANNER SHAWN M·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 22, 2013·166 cites·14 claims
- 0498US8491801B1Method and system for providing an NFT using a sacrificial NFT structureTANNER SHAWN M·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 23, 2013·160 cites·13 claims
- 0597US8753903B1Methods and apparatuses for performing wafer level characterization of a plasmon elementTANNER SHAWN M·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 17, 2014·136 cites·28 claims
- 0697US8625233B1System and method for fabricating a magnetic recording poleWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 7, 2014·150 cites·17 claims
- 0795US8773956B1Bi-layer NFT-core spacer for EAMR system and method of making the sameWANG ZHONGYAN·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 8, 2014·34 cites·35 claims
- 0888US8834728B1Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording writer having a self aligned heat sink and NFTHU YUFENG·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 16, 2014·10 cites·18 claims
- 0973US9786304B1Method for providing heat assisted magnetic recording write apparatus having a near-field transducer with a sloped noseWESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT) LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 10, 2017·3 cites·13 claims
- 1069US10106885B2Heat assisted magnetic recording head having near-field transducer with a sloped noseWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 23, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 1162US9087542B1Method for providing a structure having reduced voids in a magnetic recording transducerWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 21, 2015·1 cites·23 claims
- 1250US12315539B2Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head with enhanced stability and methods for making the sameWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2023·Granted May 27, 2025·0 cites·18 claims
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