Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Christopher B. Wolf

12Patents
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12Co-inventors
55Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 4, 2010 → Dec 23, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8351307B1 Trailing edge optimized near field transducer having non-rectangular pin cross section Physics 170 Active
US8320219B1 Trailing edge optimized near field transducer Physics 166 Active
US8472288B1 Recording head with near field transducer having non-rectangular pin cross section Physics 153 Active
US8462592B1 Energy-assisted magnetic recording head having waveguide capable of providing small beam spots Physics 150 Active
US8743666B1 Energy assisted magnetic recording medium capable of suppressing high DC readback noise Physics 64 Active
US8854929B1 Disk drive calibrating laser power and write current for heat assisted magnetic recording Physics 27 Active
US9484051B1 Method and system for reducing undesirable reflections in a HAMR write apparatus Physics 14 Active
US9111558B1 System and method of diffractive focusing of light in a waveguide Physics 4 Active
US9064528B1 Interferometric waveguide usable in shingled heat assisted magnetic recording in the absence of a near-field transducer Physics 3 Active
US10360939B2 Metal-insulator-metal near-field transducer for heat-assisted magnetic recording Physics 3 Active
US10249336B1 Architecture for metal-insulator-metal near-field transducer for heat-assisted magnetic recording Physics 2 Active
US9001630B1 Energy assisted magnetic recording medium capable of suppressing high DC readback noise Physics 2 Active

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