Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Michael L. Workman

20Patents
14h-index
30Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 22, 1982 → Jun 26, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4679103A Digital servo control system for a data recording disk file Physics 123 Expired
US4616276A Disk file servo control system with fast reduction of repeatable head position error Physics 82 Expired
US5544138A Adaptive system for optimizing disk drive power consumption Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US7023342B2 Continuous wave (CW)—fixed multiple frequency triggered, radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and system and method employing same Physics 42 Expired
US4835633A Disk file digital servo control system with compensation for variation in actuator acceleration factor Physics 41 Expired
US4575776A Magnetic recording disk file servo control system including an actuator model for generating a simulated head position error signal Physics 39 Expired
US5233487A Functional measurement of data head misregistration Physics 35 Expired
US5521896A Adaptive system for optimizing disk drive power consumption Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US5204789A Low noise voltage-biasing amplifier for magnetoresistive element Physics 27 Expired
US5422767A Vibration damper for a multiple disk drive unit Physics 23 Expired
USD511777S1 Front cover of a 4U host General 21 Expired
US4486797A Sliding mask variable resolution velocity trajectory for track following servo Physics 20 Expired
US5985163A Partially etched protective overcoat for a disk drive slider Physics 18 Expired
USD511521S1 Front cover of a 2U data storage subsystem General 14 Expired
US6014288A Partially etched protective overcoat for a disk drive slider Physics 12 Expired
US7721022B2 Storage device with instructions for performing methods of processing I/O requests Physics 12 Active
US7216192B2 Guided configuration of data storage systems Physics 11 Expired
US7594044B2 Systems and methods of processing I/O requests in data storage systems Physics 4 Active
US7418531B2 Quality of service for data storage volumes Physics 3 Expired
US7483671B2 Processor based frequency selective jamming and communications system Electricity 0 Active

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