Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Olav Hellwig

34Patents
9h-index
39Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 3, 2003 → Jan 21, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6947235B2 Patterned multilevel perpendicular magnetic recording media Physics 46 Expired
US8031561B2 Joint design of thermally-assisted magnetic recording head and patterned media for high optical efficiency Physics 45 Active
US6865044B1 Method for magnetic recording on patterned multilevel perpendicular media using thermal assistance and fixed write current Physics 31 Expired
US6882488B1 Method for magnetic recording on patterned multilevel perpendicular media using variable write current Physics 26 Expired
US6906879B1 Magnetic recording system with patterned multilevel perpendicular magnetic recording Physics 23 Expired
US9530445B1 Perpendicular heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium with a perovskite oxide intermediate layer Physics 18 Active
US9558777B2 Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) media having a highly ordered crystalline structure Physics 14 Active
US7670696B2 Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with patterned magnetic islands and nonmagnetic trenches and manufacturing method for suppressing surface diffusion of trench material Physics 12 Active
US7862912B2 Perpendicular magnetic recording medium and system with low-curie-temperature multilayer for heat-assisted writing and/or reading Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US9324353B2 Dual segregant heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) media Physics 9 Active
US8399051B1 Method for making a patterned perpendicular magnetic recording disk having a FePt or CoPt chemically ordered recording layer Physics 9 Active
US7776388B2 Fabricating magnetic recording media on patterned seed layers Physics 8 Active
US8268461B1 Patterned perpendicular magnetic recording medium with ultrathin oxide film and reduced switching field distribution Physics 7 Active
US7846565B2 Perpendicular magnetic recording disk drive with patterned disk having capping layer for suppression of surface diffusion of trench material Physics 7 Active
US7732071B2 Perpendicular magnetic recording system with patterned medium and manufacturing process for the medium Physics 6 Active
US7514162B2 Perpendicular magnetic recording medium with metamagnetic antiferromagnetically-coupled layer between the soft underlayer and recording layer Physics 5 Active
US8130468B2 System and apparatus for patterned media with reduced magnetic trench material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US10347281B2 Structures and methods for templated growth of high areal density heat assisted magnetic recording media Physics 4 Active
US8163405B2 System, method and apparatus for multiple anisotropy layered magnetic structures for controlling reversal mechanism and tightening of switching field distribution in bit patterned media Physics 3 Active
US8021769B2 Patterned perpendicular magnetic recording medium with exchange coupled recording layer structure and magnetic recording system using the medium Physics 3 Active
US8252153B2 Patterned-media perpendicular magnetic recording disk with servo regions having magnetized servo pillars and oppositely-magnetized servo trenches Physics 3 Active
US9280996B2 All-optical magnetic recording system using FeMnPt media Physics 2 Active
US8492010B2 Silicon/gold seed structure for crystalline alignment in a film stack Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7960044B2 Patterned-media perpendicular magnetic recording disk with servo regions having magnetized servo pillars and oppositely-magnetized servo trenches Physics 2 Active
US8129043B2 System, method and apparatus for strain-assisted magnetic recording for controlling switching field and tightening switching field distribution in bit patterned media Physics 2 Active

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