Terence Lam
47Patents
10h-index
46Co-inventors
75Inventor score
Filing activity: May 24, 1999 → Aug 1, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.