Kevin A. Gomez
73Patents
16h-index
78Co-inventors
87Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 29, 1994 → Mar 11, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6765744B2 | Track pitch control using head offset measurement for self-servowriting tracks in a disc drive | Physics | 55 | Expired |
| US6563663B1 | Repeatable runout compensation using iterative learning control in a disc storage system | Physics | 46 | Expired |
| US9076530B2 | Non-volatile write buffer data retention pending scheduled verification | Physics | 37 | Active |
| US10521287B2 | Background reads to condition programmed semiconductor memory cells | Physics | 36 | Active |
| US10739996B1 | Enhanced garbage collection | Physics | 33 | Active |
| US6751042B2 | Track pitch correction method and apparatus | Physics | 32 | Expired |
| US6317285A | Method for calibrating MR head geometry in selfservo writing disc drives | Physics | 31 | Expired |
| US6476995B1 | Method and apparatus for reducing track misregistration from servo track writing | Physics | 28 | Expired |
| US7570451B2 | Servo architecture for high areal density data storage | Physics | 24 | Active |
| US6765737B1 | Variable track densities on a recording medium to compensate for non-repeatable runout (NRRO) error | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US8799747B2 | Data hardening to compensate for loss of data retention characteristics in a non-volatile memory | Physics | 21 | Active |
| US9946462B1 | Address mapping table compression | Physics | 21 | Active |
| US7345840B2 | Light delivery technique for heat assisted magnetic recording head | Physics | 20 | Expired |
| US6487035B1 | Method and apparatus for adaptive feedforward cancellation | Physics | 18 | Expired |
| US8339905B2 | Alignment features for heat assisted magnetic recording transducers | Physics | 17 | Active |
| US7054094B2 | Real-time automatic loop-shaping for a disc drive servo control system | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US8248856B2 | Predictive read channel configuration | Physics | 16 | Active |
| US6606214B1 | System and method to minimize bearing pivot effect in disc drive actuator | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US8458417B2 | Garbage collection in a storage device | Physics | 14 | Active |
| US5600219A | Sensorless closed-loop actuator unlatch | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 13 | Expired |
| US6453722B1 | Integrated test system for a disc drive pivot bearing and actuator | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US6693763B2 | Method for linearizing microactuator hysteresis for a disc drive | Physics | 10 | Expired |
| US7885025B2 | Generating PES using readback signal distortion | Physics | 10 | Active |
| US8438361B2 | Logical block storage in a storage device | Physics | 9 | Active |
| US7804656B2 | Light delivery technique for heat assisted magnetic recording head | Physics | 9 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.