Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Terence Lam

47Patents
10h-index
46Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: May 24, 1999 → Aug 1, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7180692B1 System and method for calibrating and controlling a fly-height actuator in a magnetic recording disk drive Physics 88 Expired
US7215495B1 System and method for determining head-disk contact in a magnetic recording disk drive Physics 31 Expired
US6788481B2 Process for measuring nonlinear transition shift (NLTS) at high recording densities with a giant magetoresistive (GMR) head Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US6680609B1 Method and apparatus for determining the magnetic track width of a magnetic head Physics 23 Expired
US6477008B1 Magnetic recording transducer with electronic shield Physics 15 Expired
US7119537B2 Full track profile derivative method for read and write width measurements of magnetic recording head Physics 14 Expired
US10679650B2 Current-assisted magnetic recording write head with improved write gap structure Physics 13 Active
US10891974B1 Magnetic head with current assisted magnetic recording and method of making thereof Physics 13 Active
US10777219B1 Write heads configured to redirect current Physics 11 Active
US11557314B1 Write heads having conducting side gap for directing current Physics 10 Active
US10891975B1 Magnetic head with assisted magnetic recording and method of making thereof Physics 9 Active
US6407891B1 Magnetic read/write head having electromagnetic field cancellation element Physics 9 Expired
US10957348B2 Magnetic recording write head with selected write gap current direction for minimization of cross-track interference Physics 9 Active
US10789977B1 Spin orbital torque via spin hall effect based energy assisted magnetic recording Physics 8 Active
US10896690B1 Magnetic head with current assisted magnetic recording and method of making thereof Physics 7 Active
US10861485B1 Write heads configured to redirect current Physics 7 Active
US6542331B1 Magnetic head having write head with double split yoke Physics 7 Expired
US6777929B2 Cross talk bit error rate testing of a magnetic head Physics 6 Expired
US10832710B1 Magnetic recording devices using virtual side shields for improved areal density capability Physics 6 Active
US10872626B2 MAMR stack shape optimization for magnetic recording Physics 4 Active
US6330122A Magnetic tester for disk surface scan Physics 4 Expired
US11017801B1 Magnetic head with assisted magnetic recording and method of making thereof Physics 4 Active
US11017802B2 Magnetic head with assisted magnetic recording and method of making thereof Physics 3 Active
US7933096B2 Layered return poles for magnetic write heads Physics 3 Active
US7889458B2 Write head with self-cross biased pole for high speed magnetic recording Physics 3 Active

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