Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Long-Sheng Fan

26Patents
12h-index
23Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 21, 1994 → Mar 25, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5959808A Shielded electrostatic microactuators for magnetic-head positioning such devices Physics 70 Expired
US5920441A Method and apparatus for controlling a multiple-stage actuator for a disk drive Physics 66 Expired
US6262868A Method and structures used for connecting recording head signal wires in a microactuator Physics 64 Expired
US6055132A Integrated lead suspension flexure for attaching a micro-actuator with a transducer slider Physics 63 Expired
US6195227A Integrated 3D limiters for microactuators Physics 47 Expired
US6005742A Method and apparatus for controlling a multiple-stage actuator for a disk drive Physics 44 Expired
US6784771B1 MEMS optical mirror array Performing Operations; Transporting 38 Expired
US5805375A Wobble motor microactuator for fine positioning and disk drive incorporating the microactuator Electricity 35 Expired
US5982585A Rotary electrostatic microactuator with optimum flexure arrangement Physics 25 Expired
US5995334A Rotary electrostatic microactuator with area-efficient comb electrode arrangement Physics 25 Expired
US6239947A Milliactuator with integrated sensor and drivers and method of manufacturing the same Physics 22 Expired
US5539267A Microfabricated rotary motion wobble motor and disk drive incorporating it Physics 14 Expired
US6798200B2 Batch-fabricated gradient and RF coils for submicrometer resolution magnetic resonance imaging and manipulation Physics 8 Expired
US9737710B2 Methods and apparatuses for configuring artificial retina devices Electricity 6 Active
US9114004B2 Flexible artificial retina devices Human Necessities 5 Active
US8530265B2 Method of fabricating flexible artificial retina devices Electricity 2 Active
US9155881B2 Non-planar chip assembly Electricity 2 Active
US9641060B2 Switching mode power supply Electricity 2 Active
US9224716B2 Method for non-planar chip assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US12415065B2 Artificial retinal prosthesis for providing color visual perception Human Necessities 0 Active
US8954156B2 Methods and apparatuses for configuring artificial retina devices Human Necessities 0 Active
US8552464B2 CMOS-compatible movable microstructure based devices Electricity 0 Active
US10760961B2 Method for testing retinal implant Physics 0 Active
US9731130B2 Flexible artificial retina device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11464975B2 Methods and apparatuses for configuring artificial retina devices Electricity 0 Active

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