Brian Tremaine
21Patents
11h-index
26Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 17, 1975 → Jun 7, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6243350A | Optical storage systems with flying optical heads for near-field recording and reading | Physics | 102 | Expired |
| US5668680A | Time optimal control of a disc drive actuator with vibro-acoustic constraints | Physics | 47 | Expired |
| US7346234B2 | Reduction of MEMS mirror edge diffraction in a wavelength selective switch using servo-based multi-axes rotation | Physics | 27 | Expired |
| US6449221B1 | Storage media for optical storage systems | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US7263253B2 | Optimized reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer architecture with MEMS-based attenuation or power management | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US6067204A | Disc drive servo pattern insensitive to read head | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US7362930B2 | Reduction of MEMS mirror edge diffraction in a wavelength selective switch using servo-based rotation about multiple non-orthogonal axes | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US5182685A | Stepper motor torque variance compensation using varied applied voltage | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US6396783B1 | Mechanism for controlling spacing between optical head and storage medium in optical storage systems | Physics | 14 | Expired |
| US4739239A | Bipolar motor control | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US4096426A | Non-linear error signal attenuator for servo system | Physics | 12 | Expired |
| US6724694B2 | Disk mastering based on near-field optical systems | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US5079653A | Information storage disc transducer position control system using last step damping | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US4075667A | Method and apparatus for aligning read/write heads in a disc recorder | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US6420692B1 | Zig-zag-patterned position sensor system | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US9052521B2 | Optical component calibration system for laser-based display device | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US7574079B1 | Exogenous tone dither rejection in optical switching | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US6909819B1 | System and method for canceling disturbance MEMS devices | Physics | 0 | Expired |
| US6975787B2 | Non-linear method for micro-mirror control | Physics | 0 | Expired |
| US6961506B2 | Variable attenuation of free-space light beams | Physics | 0 | Expired |
| US7567756B2 | Method of automatic adjustment of dither amplitude of MEMS mirror arrays | Electricity | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.