Inventor · Bloomington, MN, US

Ning Shi

39Patents
6h-index
79Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 20, 2001 → May 4, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US10062682B1 Low capacitance bidirectional transient voltage suppressor Electricity 11 Active
US8861137B1 Perpendicular magnetic recording write head with main pole formed on a metallic amorphous underlayer Physics 10 Active
US6569295B2 Method for grading surface topography for improved step coverage and planarization Physics 9 Expired
US8988824B1 Method for manufacturing a magnetic write pole with a consistent bevel angle Physics 8 Active
US9583586B1 Transient voltage suppressor (TVS) with reduced breakdown voltage Electricity 8 Active
US7799138B2 In-situ method to reduce particle contamination in a vacuum plasma processing tool Electricity 7 Active
US8670218B1 Current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) magnetoresistive (MR) sensor with hard magnet biasing structure having a MgO insulating layer Physics 6 Active
US8296930B2 Method for manufacturing a magnetoresistive sensor having a flat shield Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8760804B2 Substrate nitrogen plasma treatment for softer CoFe main pole writer formation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US10373947B2 Low capacitance bidirectional transient voltage suppressor Electricity 4 Active
US6793778B2 Method of fabricating slider pads for a transducer operating with moving magnetic media Physics 3 Expired
US8108985B2 Method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic write head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9412398B2 Shield with uniform magnetic properties for a perpendicular magnetic recording head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8815060B2 Method for minimizing magnetically dead interfacial layer during COC process Physics 2 Active
US9558775B2 Laser diode submount/slider interface with reduced thermal resistance Physics 2 Active
US7300556B2 Method for depositing a thin film adhesion layer Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US9754617B2 Laser diode unit with enhanced thermal conduction to slider Physics 2 Active
US9639571B2 Methods and systems for increasing capacity and performing data rebalancing without downtime to a distributed shared-nothing database with serializable isolation Physics 2 Active
US10636439B2 MAMR write head with thermal dissipation conductive guide Physics 2 Active
US10157904B2 High surge bi-directional transient voltage suppressor Electricity 1 Active
US11691119B2 Low temperature plasma reaction device and hydrogen sulfide decomposition method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US10692851B2 High surge bi-directional transient voltage suppressor Electricity 1 Active
US9947358B1 Laser diode unit with enhanced thermal conduction to slider Physics 1 Active
US11990163B2 Multilayer structures for magnetic recording devices to facilitate targeted magnetic switching and low coercivity Physics 1 Active
US10937780B2 Low capacitance bidirectional transient voltage suppressor Electricity 1 Active

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