Inventor · Campbell, CA, US

Michael Grobis

58Patents
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56Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 16, 2009 → Mar 27, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8699162B1 Shingled magnetic recording disk drive with multiple data zones containing different numbers of error-correction-code sectors Physics 51 Active
US9530445B1 Perpendicular heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium with a perovskite oxide intermediate layer Physics 18 Active
US8081542B1 Thermally-assisted recording (TAR) disk drive with patterned multilevel media and laser with power modulation Physics 17 Active
US8514672B2 Near-field transducer with thermal sensor and system for clocking write data in a patterned-media magnetic recording disk drive Physics 17 Active
US8432633B2 System, method and apparatus for storage architecture for bit patterned media using both erase band and shingled magnetic recording Physics 10 Active
US8355300B2 Thermally-assisted recording (TAR) patterned-media disk drive with optical detection of write synchronization and servo fields Physics 9 Active
US8786972B2 Magnetic recording disk drive with method for recovery of data from failed data sectors Physics 8 Active
US8048546B2 Perpendicular magnetic recording disk with ordered nucleation layer and method for making the disk Physics 8 Active
US9087546B1 Combined micro heater and waveguide power sensor for heat-assisted magnetic recording Physics 7 Active
US9818440B1 Heat assisted magnetic recording system having at least three possible magnetic configurations per physical bit Physics 6 Active
US9601145B1 Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) disk with multiple continuous magnetic recording layers Physics 5 Active
US8755142B2 Magnetic recording disk drive with method for data preservation during high track misregistration (TMR) environment Physics 5 Active
US8475670B2 Method for manufacturing a patterned magnetic media with offset data and servo regions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US10839897B1 Set/reset methods for crystallization improvement in phase change memories Physics 4 Active
US10388646B1 Electrostatic discharge protection devices including a field-induced switching element Electricity 4 Active
US11031435B2 Memory device containing ovonic threshold switch material thermal isolation and method of making the same Electricity 3 Active
US8625229B2 Servo control in a patterned-media magnetic recording disk drive using a reference table Physics 3 Active
US8213103B2 Write synchronization in patterned magnetic media Physics 3 Active
US10553647B2 Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional non-volatile memory Electricity 3 Active
US10355049B1 Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional non-volatile memory Electricity 3 Active
US8737002B1 Magnetic recording disk with patterned nondata islands with different sizes and opposite polarity and method for making the disk Physics 3 Active
US11488662B2 Concurrent multi-bit access in cross-point array Electricity 2 Active
US10777248B1 Heat assisted perpendicular spin transfer torque MRAM memory cell Electricity 2 Active
US11398262B1 Forced current access with voltage clamping in cross-point array Electricity 2 Active
US10622063B2 Phase change memory device with reduced read disturb and method of making the same Electricity 1 Active

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