Inventor · Suwon-si, KR

Won-choul Yang

20Patents
7h-index
11Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 12, 2002 → Aug 2, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9153272B1 Characterizing laser output in a HAMR device Physics 30 Active
US7355803B2 Method and apparatus for optimizing hard disc drive and/or recording medium for the same Physics 28 Expired
US7062698B2 Method and apparatus to control head instability in a data storage system Physics 14 Expired
US6954320B2 Method and apparatus for determining disk drive parameter in accordance with ambient temperature Physics 13 Expired
US9607642B1 Head-medium contact detection using a thermal sensor and surface charge control of a slider Physics 9 Active
US7009800B2 Method to control flying height between a head and a disk and apparatus thereof Physics 9 Expired
US9437234B1 Head-medium contact detection using high frequency heater oscillation Physics 7 Active
US9355671B2 Controlling laser output in a HAMR device Physics 7 Active
US9245561B1 Apparatus and method for measuring surface charge of a slider Physics 6 Active
US8730602B2 Method and apparatus for detecting touch-down and contact between a head and a storage medium using a sensor, and a disk drive and storage medium using the method Physics 6 Active
US7602573B2 Device and method for adjusting distance between magnetic head and data storage medium Physics 6 Active
US10043540B1 Health monitoring for head of a heat-magnetic recording device using a writer-reader offset Physics 5 Active
US9741378B1 Health monitoring for head of a heat-assisted magnetic recording device using a writer-reader offset Physics 4 Active
US7649706B2 Apparatus, medium, and method controlling flying height of a magnetic head of a disk drive Physics 3 Active
US7450328B2 Method for recording bursts on a disk and related apparatus Physics 3 Active
US8934185B2 Storage device head instability recovery by heating from head heater Physics 3 Active
US9472229B1 Adaptive laser output control in a HAMR device Physics 2 Active
US8934188B1 Adaptive write pole tip protrusion compensation Physics 2 Active
US9195533B1 Addressing variations in bit error rates amongst data storage segments Physics 1 Active
US7466505B2 Dummy write method for improving performance of data storage system and apparatus therefor Physics 0 Expired

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