Inventor · Zürich, CH

Mark A. Lantz

179Patents
13h-index
71Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 26, 1999 → Mar 20, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9564161B1 Method for controlling the lateral position of a tape head of a magnetic tape drive Physics 112 Active
US7928565B2 Semiconductor device with a high thermal dissipation efficiency Electricity 68 Active
US7522029B1 Phase change actuator Electricity 47 Active
US8687324B2 Tape drive head with jointly optimized shield-to-shield gap and sensor width Physics 27 Active
US7876521B2 Servo control in tape drives Physics 26 Active
US8976482B2 Servo control Physics 24 Active
US9030779B2 Tape head with tape-bearing surface exhibiting an array of protruding topographic features Physics 18 Active
US6297502A Method and apparatus for force control of a scanning probe Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US8902537B1 High density timing based servo format Physics 17 Active
US7864487B2 Head design for writing servo patterns on magnetic tape Physics 16 Active
US9997184B1 Hybrid servo pattern configurations for magnetic tape Physics 15 Active
US9058828B1 Servo pattern of a tape storage medium Physics 14 Active
US9251827B2 Servo pattern of a tape storage medium Physics 14 Active
US9324350B2 High density timing based servo format for use with tilted transducer arrays Physics 12 Active
US8760795B2 Linear recording tape with a reduced servo band width, and system and method for using the same Physics 12 Active
US7463572B2 High density data storage medium Physics 11 Active
US7271034B2 Semiconductor device with a high thermal dissipation efficiency Electricity 11 Expired
US7268348B2 Scanning probe for data storage and microscopy Physics 11 Expired
US9183878B2 Reading method for linear tape open Physics 10 Active
US8988817B1 Tape storage medium Physics 10 Active
US9852747B1 Segmented magnetic recording write head for writing timing-based servo patterns Physics 8 Active
US8941949B1 Write head Physics 8 Active
US8310778B2 Dual actuator for a read-write data storage device Physics 7 Active
US8054568B2 Synchronization of symmetric timing based servo bursts Physics 7 Active
US10332554B1 Tape drive temperature control for media dimensional stability Physics 7 Active

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