G11B 5/6017
Using capacitive measurement
Official title: {using capacitive measurement}
G11B5/6017 (Using capacitive measurement) appears on 60 US grants and 43 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for disk drive fly height measurement17 Feb 2026US 12,555,600 B2STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Head gimbal assembly height determination with charge-to-voltage converter21 Oct 2025US 12,451,158 B2Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
- System and method for disk drive fly height measurement17 Dec 2024US 12,170,103 B2
- System and method for disk drive fly height measurement10 Dec 2024US 12,165,680 B1STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- System and method for disk drive fly height measurement12 Sep 2023US 11,756,582 B1STMicroelectronics S.r. l.
- Capacitive height sensing electronics for hard disk drive application18 Jun 2026US 2026/0171117 A1Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
- Capacitive Height Sensing with Variable Step Charge-to-Voltage Converter12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043645 A1Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
- Interface voltage control for slider in data storage device25 Dec 2025US 2025/0391435 A1Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- System and method for disk drive fly height measurement19 Jun 2025US 2025/0201271 A1STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Head Gimbal Assembly Height Determination with Charge-to-Voltage Converter1 May 2025US 2025/0140287 A1Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Capacitance sensor for determining a distance between a head and a magnetic storage medium154US 8,611,035 B1Western Digital (Fremont), LLC · 2013
- Disk drive evaluating ratio of fly height setting for first and second heads to verify operability68US 8,730,612 B1Western Digital Technologies, Inc. · 2014
- Electrostatic fly-height control44US 7,450,333 B2Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B. V. · 2008
- Disk drive with AC exciter for head/disk interface38US 7,199,960 B1Maxtor Corporation · 2007
- Slider for disc storage system37US 6,160,683 ASeagate Technology LLC · 2000