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MAXTOR CORP
US715 patents
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US6381726B1Apr 30, 2002
Architecture for soft decision decoding of linear block error correcting codes
MAXTOR CORP208 citations99
US6374383B1Apr 16, 2002
Determining error locations using error correction codes
MAXTOR CORP143 citations99
US7403357B1Jul 22, 2008
Disk drive flexure assembly with a plurality of support bond pad apertures with a bond pad disposed over a bond pad support and part of each support bond pad aperture
MAXTOR CORP77 citations98
US7308057B1Dec 11, 2007
Baseline wander compensation for perpendicular recording
MAXTOR CORP100 citations98
US7278085B1Oct 2, 2007
Simple error-correction codes for data buffers
MAXTOR CORP74 citations98
US7253984B1Aug 7, 2007
Disk drive that generates a position error signal and a fly height signal from a servo burst pattern
MAXTOR CORP95 citations98
US7230789B1Jun 12, 2007
Method and apparatus for performing a self-servo write operation in a disk drive using spiral servo information
MAXTOR CORP91 citations98
US7158325B1Jan 2, 2007
Disk drive head touchdown detection with improved discrimination
MAXTOR CORP71 citations98
US6842313B1Jan 11, 2005
Floating down stream perpendicular write head shield
MAXTOR CORP77 citations98
US6560747B1May 6, 2003
Error counting mechanism
MAXTOR CORP114 citations98
US7266750B1Sep 4, 2007
Error recovery strategies for iterative decoders
MAXTOR CORP87 citations97
US7154689B1Dec 26, 2006
Apparatus for writing servo bursts on a disk with servo track pitch based on read element width and methods of manufacturing same
MAXTOR CORP75 citations97
US6950967B1Sep 27, 2005
Method and apparatus for manufacture test processing a disk drive installed in a computer system
MAXTOR CORP69 citations97
US6874097B1Mar 29, 2005
Timing skew compensation technique for parallel data channels
MAXTOR CORP81 citations97
US6637002B1Oct 21, 2003
Decoder for error correcting block codes
MAXTOR CORP114 citations97
US6519107B1Feb 11, 2003
Hard disk drive having self-written servo burst patterns
MAXTOR CORP241 citations97
US6446236B1Sep 3, 2002
Reading encoded information subject to random and transient errors
MAXTOR CORP129 citations97
US6336174B1Jan 1, 2002
Hardware assisted memory backup system and method
MAXTOR CORP391 citations97
US6157510ADec 5, 2000
Magnetic storage device with multiple read elements which are offset laterally and longitudinally
MAXTOR CORP93 citations97
US5454157AOct 3, 1995
Method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed disk drive
MAXTOR CORP188 citations97
US7684146B1Mar 23, 2010
Hermetic seal for a spindle motor of a disk drive
MAXTOR CORP54 citations96
US7573683B1Aug 11, 2009
Write heads with floating side shields and manufacturing methods
MAXTOR CORP44 citations96
US7369345B1May 6, 2008
Mobile hard disk drive free fall detection and protection
MAXTOR CORP82 citations96
US7334144B1Feb 19, 2008
Host-based power savings method and apparatus
MAXTOR CORP91 citations96
US7324304B1Jan 29, 2008
Tapered write pole for reduced skew effect
MAXTOR CORP48 citations96
US7075756B1Jul 11, 2006
Shielded pole writer
MAXTOR CORP62 citations96
US7019924B2Mar 28, 2006
Patterned medium and recording head
MAXTOR CORP100 citations96
US6957379B1Oct 18, 2005
Method and apparatus for selecting storage capacity of data storage media
MAXTOR CORP59 citations96
US6950277B1Sep 27, 2005
Concave trailing edge write pole for perpendicular recording
MAXTOR CORP98 citations96
US6883079B1Apr 19, 2005
Method and apparatus for using data compression as a means of increasing buffer bandwidth
MAXTOR CORP190 citations96
US6704156B1Mar 9, 2004
Self-writing of servo patterns in a disk drive using a printed reference pattern
MAXTOR CORP147 citations96
US6452735B1Sep 17, 2002
Disk drive that monitors the flying height of a dual element transducer using a thermally induced signal during write operations
MAXTOR CORP90 citations96
US6392838B1May 21, 2002
Hermetically sealed data storage device
MAXTOR CORP95 citations96
US6381659B2Apr 30, 2002
Method and circuit for controlling a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer using a bank of FIFO address registers capturing and saving beginning and ending write-pointer addresses
MAXTOR CORP155 citations96
US6307719B1Oct 23, 2001
Suspension assembly with adjustable gramload
MAXTOR CORP66 citations96
US6275358B1Aug 14, 2001
Conductor trace array having passive stub conductors
MAXTOR CORP83 citations96
US6266205B1Jul 24, 2001
Parallel servo with ultra high bandwidth off-track detection
MAXTOR CORP71 citations96
US5546250AAug 13, 1996
Elastomer gasket that extends around the outer edge of a hard drive
MAXTOR CORP147 citations96
US4953041AAug 28, 1990
Read channel detector for use in digital magnetic recording systems
MAXTOR CORP61 citations96
US4754351AJun 28, 1988
Method and apparatus for controlling radial disk displacement in Winchester disk drives
MAXTOR CORP70 citations96
US7375918B1May 20, 2008
Method of self-servo writing in a disk drive using multiple timing windows
MAXTOR CORP84 citations95
US7362536B1Apr 22, 2008
Disk drive that compensates for phase incoherence between radially adjacent servo tracks and methods thereof
MAXTOR CORP83 citations95
US7088533B1Aug 8, 2006
Method of self-servo writing in a disk drive using a spiral pattern
MAXTOR CORP98 citations95
US7019937B1Mar 28, 2006
Method and apparatus for determining a transducer's reference position in a disk drive having a disk surface with spiral servo information written thereon
MAXTOR CORP60 citations95
US6975123B1Dec 13, 2005
Method and apparatus for calibrating piezoelectric driver in dual actuator disk drive
MAXTOR CORP118 citations95
US6961203B1Nov 1, 2005
Hybrid printed servo patterns for magnetic media and hard disk systems implementing same
MAXTOR CORP78 citations95
US6894854B1May 17, 2005
Disk drive which detects head flying height using first and second non-overlapping data patterns with different frequencies
MAXTOR CORP61 citations95
US6890667B1May 10, 2005
Soft underlayer structure for magnetic recording
MAXTOR CORP55 citations95
US6882489B1Apr 19, 2005
Dynamic off-track detector
MAXTOR CORP52 citations95
US6738205B1May 18, 2004
Self-writing of servo patterns in disk drives
MAXTOR CORP264 citations95
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