Michael Alex — 19 Patents at Western Digital Technologies

Michael Alex has been granted 19 US patents while listed as an inventor at Western Digital Technologies. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in May 2022. Michael Alex ranks #229,345 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 5.5%). Patent records list Michael Alex in Milpitas, CA, US.

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Patent #	Title	Co-Inventors	Date	Approx Value ⓘ
11348037	Machine learning-based read channel data detection	Xinzhi Xing	2022-05-31	$20,381,000
11080621	Machine learning-based read channel data detection	Xinzhi Xing	2021-08-03	$19,776,000
9183859	HAMR writer pole length characterization	Bogdan Florin Valcu, David Wachenschwanz, Andreas Moser	2015-11-10	$10,694,000
9183867	Systems and methods for forming implanted capping layers in magnetic media for magnetic recording	Gerardo A. Bertero	2015-11-10	$10,694,000
9171575	Data storage device detecting media defects by writing opposite polarity test pattern	Gerardo A. Bertero, Mazin Almaqablah	2015-10-27	$9,813,000
9001630	Energy assisted magnetic recording medium capable of suppressing high DC readback noise	Gerardo A. Bertero, Christopher B. Wolf, Eric J. Champion	2015-04-07	$8,172,000
8897103	Disk drive calibrating a laser write power for heat assisted magnetic recording	—	2014-11-25	$9,453,000
8773957	Disk drive destabilizing magnetization of test pattern using head laser to enhance defect detection	Eric J. Champion, Kroum S. Stoev	2014-07-08	$12,758,000
8743666	Energy assisted magnetic recording medium capable of suppressing high DC readback noise	Gerardo A. Bertero, Christopher B. Wolf, Eric J. Champion	2014-06-03	$21,070,000
8446690	Perpendicular magnetic recording write head with spin torque oscillator for fast switching of write pole magnetization	John Contreras, Manfred Ernst Schabes, Xinzhi Xing	2013-05-21
8189281	Magnetic recording disk drive with write driver to write head transmission line having non-uniform sections for optimal write current pulse overshoot	John Contreras, Nobumasa Nishiyama	2012-05-29
8116021	Synchronized rewriting of data	Xiaodong Che, Zhen Jin, Michael Paul Salo	2012-02-14	$116,000
8116031	Perpendicular magnetic recording system with helical write coil and auxiliary coil for fast switching of write pole magnetization	John Contreras, Manfred Ernst Schabes, Xinzhi Xing	2012-02-14	$116,000
7787201	Method and apparatus for controlling fly-height of a perpendicular-magnetic-recording head in a hard disk drive	—	2010-08-31	$87,000
7633694	Method and apparatus for quantifying stress and damage in magnetic heads	Li Tang	2009-12-15	$89,000
7196860	Circuit and method for refreshing data recorded at a density sufficiently high to undergo thermal degradation	—	2007-03-27	$9,260,000
6628466	Circuit and method for refreshing data recorded at a density sufficiently high to undergo thermal degradation	—	2003-09-30	$4,964,000
6429984	Circuit and method for refreshing data recorded at a density sufficiently high to undergo thermal degradation	—	2002-08-06
5616218	Modification and selection of the magnetic properties of magnetic recording media through selective control of the crystal texture of the recording layer	—	1997-04-01	$185,000

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