Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Weihao Xu

19Patents
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51Co-inventors
61Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 12, 2015 → Apr 16, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9852752B1 Plasmon generator with metallic waveguide blocker for TAMR Physics 42 Active
US9466320B1 Thermal assisted magnetic recording light delivery waveguide circuit for reduced stray light induced writer protrusion Physics 15 Active
US9460740B1 Thermal assisted magnetic recording spot-size converter with finite ridge width Physics 11 Active
US10068596B2 Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head having symmetric optical side shields Physics 11 Active
US10262683B2 Self-aligned hybrid Au—Rh near field transducer for enhanced reliability Physics 9 Active
US10586560B1 Rhodium film with thin template layer and its application to a thermally assisted magnetic recording (TAMR) writer Physics 7 Active
US10872628B1 Near-field transducer with Au nano rod Physics 4 Active
US11011192B1 Method of building self-aligned optical side shield structure Physics 1 Active
US10186288B1 Method of fabricating single Rh layer optical field enhancer with pre-focusing structures Physics 1 Active
US12354628B1 Hybrid plasmonic bottom layer for increased near field transducer reliability Physics 0 Active
US11410688B1 Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head having plasmon generator of multiple metal layers Physics 0 Active
US12088857B2 Method and system for controlling interactive live streaming co-hosting, device, and medium Electricity 0 Active
US11699461B1 Thermally-assisted magnetic recording (TAMR) head with magnetic assist current Physics 0 Active
US11315597B1 Near-field transducer with separated bottom Au layer Physics 0 Active
US12014758B1 Tapered bi-layer near field transducer for heat-assisted magnetic recording write heads Physics 0 Active
US10152991B2 Method for manufacturing thermally-assisted magnetic recording head with waveguide blocker Physics 0 Active
US12073857B1 Perpendicular magnetic recording head equipping a spin torque oscillator element with an electric current in side gaps Physics 0 Active
US11978488B1 Electroplating of high damping material for trailing shield in a perpendicular magnetic recording writer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US12288568B1 Near field transducer with template layer for improved reliability Physics 0 Active

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