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Yufeng Hu
Also filed as: HU YUFENG
32 granted patents·6 pending applications·3,380 citations·filing 2005–2024
98Inventor score
Files withHU YUFENG10WESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC10TANNER SHAWN M4WANG ZHONGYAN3CHINA ENERGY SCIENCE AND TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO LTD2
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38 records- 0199US8495813B1Method of making an energy-assisted magnetic recording apparatusHU YUFENG·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 30, 2013·152 cites·11 claims
- 0299US8385158B1Method and system for providing a magnetic recording transducer having a planarized near-field transducer and a sloped poleWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 26, 2013·174 cites·13 claims
- 0399US8375565B2Method for providing an electronic lapping guide corresponding to a near-field transducer of an energy assisted magnetic recording transducerWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 19, 2013·170 cites·13 claims
- 0499US8307540B1Method for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) transducerTRAN UT·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 13, 2012·166 cites·15 claims
- 0599US8259539B1Integration of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) on an energy-assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) headHU YUFENG·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 4, 2012·156 cites·12 claims
- 0698US8749790B1Structure and method to measure waveguide power absorption by surface plasmon elementTANNER SHAWN M·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 10, 2014·141 cites·14 claims
- 0798US8721902B1Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording writer having a heat sink and NFTWANG ZHONGYAN·Filed 2011·Granted May 13, 2014·163 cites·20 claims
- 0898US8670295B1Method and system for optically coupling a laser with a transducer in an energy assisted magnetic recording disk driveHU YUFENG·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 11, 2014·164 cites·12 claims
- 0998US8634280B1Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording writer having a ring shaped NFTWANG ZHONGYAN·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 21, 2014·188 cites·19 claims
- 1098US8565049B1Method and system for reducing thermal protrusion of an NFTTANNER SHAWN M·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 22, 2013·166 cites·14 claims
- 1198US8491801B1Method and system for providing an NFT using a sacrificial NFT structureTANNER SHAWN M·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 23, 2013·160 cites·13 claims
- 1298US8456963B1Method and system for an energy assisted magnetic recording head having a suspension-mounted laserHU YUFENG·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 4, 2013·148 cites·23 claims
- 1398US8343364B1Double hard-mask mill back method of fabricating a near field transducer for energy assisted magnetic recordingWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 1, 2013·178 cites·27 claims
- 1498US8279719B1Method and system for coupling a laser with a slider in an energy assisted magnetic recording disk driveHU YUFENG·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 2, 2012·156 cites·19 claims
- 1598US8208350B1Energy assisted magnetic recording head having a near field transducer with reduced thermal protrusionHU YUFENG·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 26, 2012·153 cites·10 claims
- 1698US8200054B1High efficiency grating coupling for light delivery in EAMRLI RUOLIN·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 12, 2012·177 cites·24 claims
- 1798US8125856B1Method and system for optically coupling a laser with a transducer in an energy assisted magnetic recording disk driveLI RUOLIN·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 28, 2012·166 cites·24 claims
- 1898US8077557B1Multiple aperture VCSEL EAMR headsHU YUFENG·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 13, 2011·160 cites·21 claims
- 1998US8077418B1Reducing thermal protrusion of a near field transducer in an energy assisted magnetic recording headHU YUFENG·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 13, 2011·171 cites·12 claims
- 2097US8753903B1Methods and apparatuses for performing wafer level characterization of a plasmon elementTANNER SHAWN M·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 17, 2014·136 cites·28 claims
- 2196US8758083B1Method and system for adjusting lapping of a transducer using a disk windageRUDY STEVEN C·Filed 2010·Granted Jun 24, 2014·38 cites·11 claims
- 2295US8773956B1Bi-layer NFT-core spacer for EAMR system and method of making the sameWANG ZHONGYAN·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 8, 2014·34 cites·35 claims
- 2393US9449625B1Heat assisted magnetic recording head having a plurality of diffusion barrier layersWESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT) LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 20, 2016·26 cites·20 claims
- 2490US8964333B1Energy assisted magnetic recording transducer having an electronic lapping guide corresponding to a near-field transducerWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 24, 2015·6 cites·8 claims
- 2588US9286920B1Method for compensating for phase variations in an interferometric tapered waveguide in a heat assisted magnetic recording headWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 15, 2016·9 cites·18 claims
- 2688US8834728B1Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recording writer having a self aligned heat sink and NFTHU YUFENG·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 16, 2014·10 cites·18 claims
- 2777US7593278B2Memory element with thermoelectric pulseSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 22, 2009·10 cites·24 claims
- 2864US9881638B1Method for providing a near-field transducer (NFT) for a heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) deviceWESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT) LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 30, 2018·1 cites·9 claims
- 2962US9087542B1Method for providing a structure having reduced voids in a magnetic recording transducerWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 21, 2015·1 cites·23 claims
- 3062US2025094877A1Large model-based method of generating text and method of training text generation modelBEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCI & TECH CO LTD·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3156US2025355036A1Method, apparatus and system for monitoring ultra-high frequency partial discharge of hydro-generatorCHINA ENERGY SCIENCE AND TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO LTD·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3255US9087537B1System for adjusting lapping of a transducer using a disk windageWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 21, 2015·0 cites·9 claims
- 3349US2025109730A1Method and system for monitoring operation of hydraulic turbine under extremely low water headCHINA ENERGY SCIENCE AND TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO LTD·Filed 2024·Application pending·0 cites
- 3447US10553241B2Near-field transducer (NFT) for a heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) deviceWESTERN DIGITAL FREMONT LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 4, 2020·0 cites·19 claims
- 3547US2022101314A1Coin-mixing service analysis method based on heuristic transaction analysisUNIV ZHEJIANG·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
- 3643US2007039641A1Cobalt oxide thermoelectric compositions and uses thereofHU YUFENG·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 3742US12302232B2Interference processing method and deviceHUAWEI TECH CO LTD·Filed 2020·Granted May 13, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3842US2023217294A1Method for automatically enabling access point function and relay function, and electronic deviceHUAWEI TECH CO LTD·Filed 2021·Application pending·0 cites
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