Inventor · Phoenix, AZ, US

David E. Call

17Patents
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26Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 20, 1990 → May 2, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5216659A Laser power calibration by measuring laser drive current at out of focus and in focus conditions Physics 42 Expired
US5268893A Write power calibration utilizing least squares fit of read-back signals for moving media memory Physics 35 Expired
US5309461A Compensated laser drive circuit Electricity 28 Expired
US5450383A Monitoring and adjusting laser write power in an optical disk recorder using pulse-width modulated power level checking signals Physics 27 Expired
US5640381A Laser power-drive circuit having a scaling DAC supplying a scaled reference signal to a plurality of scaled DAC's that supply a plurality of scaled output signals Physics 26 Expired
US5185734A Calibrating and power-protecting laser drive circuits Electricity 25 Expired
US5526329A Calibration of readback threshold in an optical storage device to determine a blank sector Physics 15 Expired
US5172365A System for predicting laser end-of life from the power vs. current curve of the diode Electricity 8 Expired
US5383175A Laser power control with defocusing offset during data recording Physics 6 Expired
US7564236B1 Thermal fly height induced shield instability screening for magnetoresistive heads Physics 5 Active
US5602806A Magneto-optical recording device capable of reducing thermal interference between recording pits Physics 4 Expired
US8040131B2 Method for testing the acceptability of a magnetic read sensor Physics 4 Active
US5430702A Calibration of readback threshold in an optical storage device Physics 3 Expired
US9454981B1 Structures and methods for parallel testing of multiple read heads in two dimensional magnetic recording sliders Physics 1 Active
US10643669B2 Parallel testing of magnetic recording sliders Physics 0 Active
US11998953B2 Recovery of higher volume and higher quality recyclables from a mixed stream Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US12377443B2 Recovery of higher volume and higher quality recyclables from a mixed stream Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.