Inventor · Irvine, CA, US

Michael R. Spaur

22Patents
10h-index
23Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 5, 1987 → Nov 1, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
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.