Inventor · Monte Sereno, CA, US

Tu Chen

37Patents
20h-index
31Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 16, 1978 → Oct 31, 2000

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6150015A Ultra-thin nucleation layer for magnetic thin film media and the method for manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 120 Expired
US6086730A Method of sputtering a carbon protective film on a magnetic disk with high sp.sup.3 content Physics 119 Expired
US6068891A Method for laser texturing a glass ceramic substrate and the resulting substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 99 Expired
US6156404A Method of making high performance, low noise isotropic magnetic media including a chromium underlayer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 85 Expired
US6500567B1 Ultra-thin nucleation layer for magnetic thin film media and the method for manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 80 Expired
US6482505B1 Multi-layer texture layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 75 Expired
US6013161A Thin film magnetic alloy having low noise, high coercivity and high squareness Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 74 Expired
US6730420B1 Magnetic thin film recording media having extremely low noise and high thermal stability Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Expired
US4786564A Method for manufacturing a magnetic disk having reduced bit shift, minimized noise, increased resolution and uniform magnetic characteristics, and the resulting disk Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 64 Expired
US5673156A Hard disk drive system having virtual contact recording Physics 52 Expired
US4735540A Robotic disk handler system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US5846648A Magnetic alloy having a structured nucleation layer and method for manufacturing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US5087481A Method for texturing a magnetic disk silicate glass substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US4202932A Magnetic recording medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US4556291A Magneto-optic storage media Electricity 32 Expired
US5180640A Magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic alloy layer of cobalt nickel, platinum and chromium formed directly on a nickel alloy amorphous underlayer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Expired
US4595481A Disk carrier Physics 28 Expired
US5658659A Magnetic alloy and method for manufacturing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US4898774A Corrosion and wear resistant magnetic disk Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US4749459A Method for manufacturing a thin film magnetic recording medium Physics 20 Expired
US5851688A Thin film magnetic alloy having low noise, high coercivity, and high squareness Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US4988578A Method for manufacturing a thin film magnetic recording medium Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US5153044A Magnetic disk for longitudinal recording comprising an amorphous intermediate layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US4634512A Disk and plug Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US5631094A Magnetic alloy for improved corrosion resistance and magnetic performance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired

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