Inventor · Westminster, CO, US

David E. Reed

43Patents
22h-index
35Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 14, 1994 → Nov 10, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5802118A Sub-sampled discrete time read channel for computer storage systems Physics 169 Expired
US5796535A Sampled amplitude read channel employing a user data frequency synthesizer and a servo data frequency synthesizer Physics 93 Expired
US6646822B1 Sampled amplitude read channel employing pipelined reads to reduce the gap between sectors Physics 74 Expired
US5726818A Magnetic disk sampled amplitude read channel employing interpolated timing recovery for synchronous detection of embedded servo data Electricity 64 Expired
US6023386A Fault tolerant sync mark detector for synchronizing a time varying sequence detector in a sampled amplitude read channel Physics 63 Expired
US6490110B2 Servo data detection with improved phase shift tolerance Physics 55 Expired
US6052248A Parity channel code for enhancing the operation of a remod/demod sequence detector in a d=1 sampled amplitude read channel Physics 55 Expired
US5961658A PR4 equalization and an EPR4 remod/demod sequence detector in a sampled amplitude read channel Physics 53 Expired
US7884681B1 Radio frequency power amplifier improvements using pre-distortion of an amplitude modulation power supply Electricity 49 Active
US6005727A Servo decoder for decoding an error correcting servo code recorded on a disc storage medium Physics 45 Expired
US5771127A Sampled amplitude read channel employing interpolated timing recovery and a remod/demod sequence detector Physics 44 Expired
US5966415A Adaptive equalization in a sub-sampled read channel for a disk storage system Electricity 42 Expired
US7181205B1 I/Q calibration Electricity 41 Expired
US6246723A Sampled amplitude read channel employing early-decisions from a trellis sequence detector for sampling value estimation Electricity 39 Expired
US5668678A Detecting servo data and servo bursts from discrete time samples of an analog read signal in a sampled amplitude read channel Physics 39 Expired
US6028728A Sampled amplitude read/write channel employing a sub-baud rate write clock Physics 36 Expired
US6819514B1 Adaptive equalization and interpolated timing recovery in a sampled amplitude read channel for magnetic recording Physics 35 Expired
US6115198A PR4 sampled amplitude read channel for detecting user data and embedded servo data Physics 32 Expired
US5926490A Sampled amplitude read channel employing a remod/demod sequence detector guided by an error syndrome Physics 29 Expired
US8159309B1 Windowing to narrow a bandwidth of an amplitude modulation power supply input signal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US6038091A Magnetic disk drive read channel with digital thermal asperity detector Physics 28 Expired
US6680807B1 Servo mark detection for a disk drive system Physics 23 Expired
US5854714A Digital servo demodulation for sampled amplitude magnetic recording Physics 22 Expired
US6144513A Detecting servo data and servo bursts from discrete time samples of an analog read signal in a sampled amplitude read channel Physics 21 Expired
US6108151A Sampled amplitude read channel for reading user data and embedded servo data from a magnetic medium Physics 21 Expired

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