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Inventor: Charles W. Miller


Address: San Jose, CA
No. of patents: 7
Last patent issue date: 09/15/2009

NumberTitleIssue Date
7589925Method of accessing variable density data tracks in a disk drive
A disk drive has multiple disk surfaces and corresponding heads, each disk surface includes multiple regions, and each head is for recording on and playback of information from a corresponding disk surface. The data track density in a first region on a first disk su...
09/15/2009
7428124Magnetic recording head with resistive heating element and thermal barrier layer
A thin film magnetic head includes a slider body having a trailing surface meeting an air-bearing surface at a trailing edge. A magnetic read and write elements are disposed along the trailing surface near the trailing edge. The magnetic write element includes write...
09/23/2008
7362529Disk drive with variable density data tracks
A disk drive has multiple disk surfaces and corresponding heads, each disk surface includes multiple regions, and each head is for recording on and playback of information from a corresponding disk surface. The data track density in a first region on a first disk su...
04/22/2008
7283316Vertical track zoning for disk drives
A data storage device has multiple storage media surfaces and corresponding heads, each storage media surface includes multiple regions, and each head is for recording on and playback of information from a corresponding storage media surface. A method of defining a ...
10/16/2007
7065111Method for testing laser using side mode suppression ratio
Systems, methods and computer software are provided for testing a laser. Initially, the laser is operated at a first bias setting and a data rate of about 10 Gb/s, and a first side mode suppression ratio of the laser output is measured that is based on a first ratio...
06/20/2006
6778566System and method for testing a laser module by measuring its side mode suppression ratio
A key requirement of a fiber optic communication system is its ability to transmit data from one location to another relatively free of errors in the data stream. The data stream error rate is a function of the error rate of the laser module utilized to transmit the...
08/17/2004
6633464Synthetic antiferromagnetic pinned layer with Fe/FeSi/Fe system
A magnetoresistive (MR) device includes a synthetic antiferromagnetic (AFM) layer having an Fe/FeSi/Fe construction. A first Fe layer of the synthetic AFM layer has a magnetization substantially in a first direction, while a second Fe layer of the synthet...
10/14/2003
 
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