G11B 2005/0018
By current biasing control or regulation
Official title: {by current biasing control or regulation}
G11B2005/0018 (By current biasing control or regulation) appears on 370 US grants and 137 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 370
- Published applications
- 137
- Assignees
- 79
- Inventors
- 627
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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
- 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
- Data storage device with embedded mode hop predictor patterns15 Apr 2025US 12,277,957 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- 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
- Increased vcm current resolution during track follow to decrease nrro17 Apr 2025US 2025/0124950 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Magnetic disk device with recording current arrangement12 Sep 2024US 2024/0304211 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magnetoresistive sensor based on the spin valve effect373US 5,206,590 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1993
- Setting an operating bias current for a magnetoresistive head by computing a target operating voltage177US 7,872,824 B1Western Digital (Fremont), LLC · 2011
- Disk drive comprising a programmable preamplifier including a multiplexer for selecting between internal digital signals for output to a terminal160US 6,111,717 AWestern Digital Corporation · 2000
- Magnetoresistive head with minimal electromigration155US 6,163,426 ARead-Rite Corporation · 2000
- Current-pinned spin valve sensor152US 6,108,166 ARead-Rite Corporation · 2000