Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Dayu Zhou

10Patents
5h-index
27Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 18, 2010 → Jun 30, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8599656B2 Planar plasmon generator with a scalable feature for TAMR Physics 36 Active
US8248898B2 Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head having main waveguide and sub-waveguides Physics 14 Active
US9460740B1 Thermal assisted magnetic recording spot-size converter with finite ridge width Physics 11 Active
US8630153B1 TAMR writer with a concave leading shield for enhanced field magnitude Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8773803B2 Reduced plasmon shield-generator gap structure and process Physics 6 Active
US8755256B2 Plasmon resonator with dual waveguide excitation for TAMR Physics 5 Active
US10566013B1 Semiconductor laser for thermally-assisted magnetic recording head Physics 3 Active
US10943613B1 Thermally assisted magnetic head, head gimbal assembly, hard disk drive and method of manufacturing the thermally assisted magnetic head Physics 3 Active
US9330690B2 Method of forming a TAMR writer with a concave leading shield for enhanced field magnitude Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11604313B2 Waveguide and manufacturing method thereof Physics 0 Active

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