Michael R. Spaur
22Patents
10h-index
23Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: Oct 5, 1987 → Nov 1, 2010
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6111717A | Disk drive comprising a programmable preamplifier including a multiplexer for selecting between internal digital signals for output to a terminal | Physics | 160 | Expired |
| US6590733B1 | Digital processing of pilot-tone amplitudes | Physics | 151 | Expired |
| US6191909A | Polling a preamplifier within a disk drive to remotely determine pre-established parametric values | Physics | 132 | Expired |
| US7975110B1 | Method and system for supporting multiple external serial port devices using a serial port controller in embedded disk controllers | Physics | 57 | Active |
| US5726821A | Programmable preamplifier unit with serial interface for disk data storage device using MR heads | Physics | 45 | Expired |
| US4868482A | CMOS integrated circuit having precision resistor elements | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US5311376A | Information detecting system | Electricity | 22 | Expired |
| US5600499A | Tri-bit encoding for disk drive servo track ID information | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US6329938A | Programmable analog-to-digital converter with bit conversion optimization | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US7080188B2 | Method and system for embedded disk controllers | Physics | 11 | Expired |
| US7064915B1 | Method and system for collecting servo field data from programmable devices in embedded disk controllers | Physics | 9 | Expired |
| US7039771B1 | Method and system for supporting multiple external serial port devices using a serial port controller in embedded disk controllers | Physics | 7 | Expired |
| US8090932B1 | Communication bus with hidden pre-fetch registers | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US6529973B1 | Programmable generic read channel control device | Physics | 4 | Expired |
| US7870346B2 | Servo controller interface module for embedded disk controllers | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US7139150B2 | Method and system for head position control in embedded disk drive controllers | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7471485B2 | Method and system for head position control in embedded disk drive controllers | Physics | 3 | Active |
| US7492545B1 | Method and system for automatic time base adjustment for disk drive servo controllers | Physics | 2 | Expired |
| US8189285B1 | Method and system for automatic time base adjustment for disk drive servo controllers | Physics | 2 | Active |
| US7827387B1 | Communication bus with hidden pre-fetch registers | Physics | 1 | Active |
| US7336435B1 | Method and system for collecting servo field data from programmable devices in embedded disk controllers | Physics | 1 | Expired |
| US8116026B2 | Method and system for head position control in embedded disk drive controllers | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.