Inventor · Pleasanton, CA, US

Ge Yi

43Patents
14h-index
72Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 29, 2003 → Aug 6, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8343364B1 Double hard-mask mill back method of fabricating a near field transducer for energy assisted magnetic recording Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 175 Active
US8400731B1 Write head with variable side shield gaps Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 168 Active
US8248896B1 Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording disk drive having improved heat dissipation Physics 160 Active
US8404128B1 Method and system for providing a perpendicular magnetic recording head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 160 Active
US8413317B1 Method for fabricating a structure for a microelectric device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 154 Active
US8191237B1 Method for providing a structure in a magnetic transducer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 151 Active
US8322022B1 Method for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording head in a wafer packaging configuration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 150 Active
US8625941B1 Broadband reflective waveguide metal gratings and their formation Physics 149 Active
US8171618B1 Tunable pole trim processes for fabricating trapezoidal perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write poles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 148 Active
US9218864B1 Magnetoresistive random access memory cell and 3D memory cell array Electricity 65 Active
US8891207B1 Connection schemes for a multiple sensor array usable in two-dimensional magnetic recording Physics 43 Active
US9278696B2 Vehicle onboard safety system Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Active
US9449625B1 Heat assisted magnetic recording head having a plurality of diffusion barrier layers Physics 20 Active
US10935722B1 CMOS compatible material platform for photonic integrated circuits Physics 18 Active
US8970988B1 Electric gaps and method for making electric gaps for multiple sensor arrays Physics 12 Active
US7099122B2 Spin polarization enhancement artificial magnet Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US9153114B2 Fall detection method and system Physics 9 Active
US9299925B2 Multi-purpose sensor Physics 8 Active
US9646639B2 Heat assisted magnetic recording writer having integrated polarization rotation waveguides Physics 7 Active
US9142233B1 Heat assisted magnetic recording writer having a recessed pole Physics 6 Active
US9431039B1 Multiple sensor array usable in two-dimensional magnetic recording Physics 4 Active
US9786301B1 Apparatuses and methods for providing thin shields in a multiple sensor array Physics 4 Active
US9202493B1 Method of making an ultra-sharp tip mode converter for a HAMR head Physics 3 Active
US11040123B2 Air purification system Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US9012265B2 Magnet assisted alignment method for wafer bonding and wafer level chip scale packaging Electricity 2 Active

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