G11B 2005/001
Controlling recording characteristics of record carriers or transducing characteristics of transducers by
Official title: {Controlling recording characteristics of record carriers or transducing characteristics of transducers by means not being part of their structure}
G11B2005/001 (Controlling recording characteristics of record carriers or transducing characteristics of transducers by) appears on 1,713 US grants and 1,018 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Increased VCM current resolution during track follow to decrease NRRO11 Aug 2026US 12,706,116 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Selectable current booster circuit10 Mar 2026US 12,573,419 B1
- Programmable writer overdrive3 Feb 2026US 12,542,151 B2Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
- BiSb topological insulator with seed layer or interlayer to prevent Sb diffusion and promote BiSb (012) orientation13 Jan 2026US 12,527,232 B2Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Reader with linearizing bias current30 Dec 2025US 12,512,119 B1Seagate Technology LLC
- Adaptive Bias Control for Magnetic Recording Head30 Apr 2026US 2026/0120716 A1Headway Technologies, Inc.
- Differential Voltage-Mode Driver for Microwave-Assisted Magnetic Recording25 Dec 2025US 2025/0391434 A1Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
- Differential Current-Mode Driver for Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording25 Dec 2025US 2025/0391438 A1Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
- Programmable writer overdrive6 Nov 2025US 2025/0342855 A1Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
- Increased vcm current resolution during track follow to decrease nrro17 Apr 2025US 2025/0124950 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magnetoresistive sensor based on the spin valve effect373US 5,206,590 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1993
- Disk drive employing a sync mark detector comprising a matched filter and a dual polarity correlator217US 6,603,622 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · 2003
- Method and apparatus for in-situ measurement of head/recording medium clearance214US 4,777,544 AInternational Business Machine Corporation · 1988
- Disk drive including N-current preamplifier for generating N-independently controlled write currents186US 6,310,740 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · 2001
- Setting an operating bias current for a magnetoresistive head by computing a target operating voltage177US 7,872,824 B1Western Digital (Fremont), LLC · 2011