Erhard Schreck
36Patents
11h-index
62Co-inventors
74Inventor score
Filing activity: Aug 30, 2007 → Aug 9, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8995088B1 | Heat sink for a spin torque oscillator (STO) in microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 49 | Active |
| US8902720B1 | Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) write head with protective film for near-field transducer | Physics | 32 | Active |
| US8705323B2 | TAR temperature sensor having faster response time | Physics | 28 | Active |
| US8842506B1 | Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) disk drive with fly-height sensing | Physics | 26 | Active |
| US9047926B2 | Dual thermal sensor for HAMR waveguide power monitor and integration with the contact sensor | Physics | 25 | Active |
| US8908483B1 | Implementing contact sensing with near field transducer (NFT) and in-drive NFT characterization diagnostics in heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) HDD | Physics | 24 | Active |
| US8810947B1 | Recessing a near field transducer in a heat-assisted magnetic recording head | Physics | 22 | Active |
| US8854930B1 | Slider embedded photodetector for optical power monitoring in heat assisted magnetic recording | Physics | 19 | Active |
| US9099112B1 | Near field transducer having notch diffusion barrier | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US10468071B1 | Magnetic storage device with heat-assisted magnetic storage head and associated method of manufacture | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US8570842B1 | Tar with write-synchronized laser modulation | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US9042209B2 | E-antenna near field transducer with thermal shunt to return pole | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US7542228B2 | Frictional heat assisted recording | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US9070397B1 | Write current and media heater control for heat or microwave assisted magnetic recording | Physics | 8 | Active |
| US9087546B1 | Combined micro heater and waveguide power sensor for heat-assisted magnetic recording | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US8743667B1 | Method for controlling writing in a thermally-assisted recording (TAR) disk drive with thermal fly-height control | Physics | 7 | Active |
| US9153290B1 | Intra-zone wear leveling for heat-assisted magnetic recording—shingled magnetic recording (HAMR-SMR) type storage devices | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US11735210B2 | Preamplifier with read/write power channels | Physics | 6 | Active |
| US9311943B2 | Compensation of laser diode introduced flying height changes | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US9595281B2 | Tunable contact detection sensitivity to directly measure clearance of protrusions in magnetic recording heads | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US8941944B1 | System and method for evenly distributing thermal exposure to disk in heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US8553506B2 | Preheat feature for thermally assisted recording | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US9401169B1 | Implementing enhanced ultrafast touchdown measurement scheme using thermal and voltage actuation for hard disk drives | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US11170814B1 | Heat treatment of NFT on heat-assisted magnetic recording device | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US9460739B1 | Monitoring and controlling the electrochemical wear at the head-disk interface | Physics | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.