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Michael Allen Seigler
Also filed as: SEIGLER MICHAEL · SEIGLER MICHAEL A · SEIGLER MICHAEL ALLEN
147 granted patents·20 pending applications·2,045 citations·filing 1999–2024
99Inventor score
Files withSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC131SEIGLER MICHAEL ALLEN10GAGE EDWARD CHARLES3GAO KAIZHONG3PENG CHUBING3
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167 records- 0198US9502070B2Materials for near field transducers, near field tranducers containing same, and methods of formingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 22, 2016·22 cites·18 claims
- 0298US8514673B1Layered near-field transducerZHAO TONG·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 20, 2013·95 cites·20 claims
- 0398US8427925B2HAMR NFT materials with improved thermal stabilityZHAO TONG·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 23, 2013·91 cites·10 claims
- 0498US7440660B1Transducer for heat assisted magnetic recordingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 21, 2008·61 cites·20 claims
- 0597US10482914B2Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 19, 2019·5 cites·19 claims
- 0697US10036851B1Waveguide system with polarization rotator and polarization splitterSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 31, 2018·21 cites·20 claims
- 0797US9129620B2Devices including at least one adhesion layer and methods of forming adhesion layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 8, 2015·30 cites·20 claims
- 0897US8451555B2Recording head for heat assisted magnetic recordingSEIGLER MICHAEL ALLEN·Filed 2009·Granted May 28, 2013·54 cites·20 claims
- 0997US8400902B2Optical waveguide clad materialHUANG XIAOYUE·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 19, 2013·74 cites·20 claims
- 1097US8331205B2Sloped pole for recording head with waveguideSEIGLER MICHAEL ALLEN·Filed 2008·Granted Dec 11, 2012·29 cites·20 claims
- 1197US6665136B2Recording heads using magnetic fields generated locally from high current densities in a thin film wireSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 16, 2003·83 cites·26 claims
- 1296US10061082B1Splitter waveguide used to perform active alignment of light source on sliderSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 28, 2018·10 cites·22 claims
- 1396US9916851B1Preheat strategy during sequential writingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 13, 2018·25 cites·20 claims
- 1496US9058824B2Devices including a gas barrier layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Jun 16, 2015·32 cites·20 claims
- 1596US8971161B2Devices including at least one adhesion layer and methods of forming adhesion layersSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 3, 2015·32 cites·19 claims
- 1696US8451705B2Plasmonic transducer having two metal elements with a gap disposed therebetweenPENG CHUBING·Filed 2011·Granted May 28, 2013·48 cites·23 claims
- 1796US8289650B2HAMR recording head having a sloped wall poleSEIGLER MICHAEL ALLEN·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 16, 2012·34 cites·19 claims
- 1896US7518815B2Heat assisted magnetic recording head with multilayer electromagnetic radiation emission structureSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 14, 2009·27 cites·26 claims
- 1995US10964340B1Heat-assisted recording head having sub wavelength mirror formed of first and second materialsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Mar 30, 2021·5 cites·20 claims
- 2095US8976634B2Devices including at least one intermixing layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 10, 2015·29 cites·20 claims
- 2195US8804468B2Layered near-field transducerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 12, 2014·25 cites·20 claims
- 2295US8405932B2HAMR recording head having a sloped wall poleSEIGLER MICHAEL ALLEN·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 26, 2013·28 cites·20 claims
- 2395US8149657B2Optical waveguide clad materialHUANG XIAOYUE·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 3, 2012·39 cites·16 claims
- 2495US7961417B2Heat assisted magnetic recording apparatus having a plurality of near-field transducers in a recording mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2009·Granted Jun 14, 2011·36 cites·20 claims
- 2595US7212367B2Ampere wire write head with confined magnetic fieldsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted May 1, 2007·56 cites·30 claims
- 2694US10964347B2Materials for near field transducers, near field tranducers containing same, and methods of formingSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 30, 2021·3 cites·7 claims
- 2794US9152568B1Environmental-based device operationSEIGLER MICHAEL ALLEN·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 6, 2015·29 cites·20 claims
- 2894US8391108B2Hybrid near-field transducer for heat assisted magnetic recordingPENG CHUBING·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 5, 2013·29 cites·9 claims
- 2994US8391107B2Slider for heat assisted magnetic recording including a photo detector for monitoring laser powerGAGE EDWARD CHARLES·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 5, 2013·32 cites·22 claims
- 3094US7839497B1Phase compensator for coupling an electromagnetic wave into an optical condenserSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 23, 2010·17 cites·11 claims
- 3193US11222657B1Heat-assisted magnetic recording head with a near-field transducer extending beyond the media-facing surfaceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2020·Granted Jan 11, 2022·4 cites·18 claims
- 3293US11107499B2Materials for near field transducers and near field transducers containing sameSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 31, 2021·1 cites·11 claims
- 3393US9865283B2Devices including a near field transducer (NFT) including peg and disc from different materialsSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 9, 2018·10 cites·19 claims
- 3493US8456969B1Laser integrated recording head for heat assisted magnetic recordingMOONEY MARCUS BENEDICT·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 4, 2013·46 cites·23 claims
- 3593US7936597B2Multilevel magnetic storage deviceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2008·Granted May 3, 2011·46 cites·29 claims
- 3693US7929249B2Spring loaded head for reduced fly height and tracking controlSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 19, 2011·14 cites·9 claims
- 3793US7633699B2CPP reader with phase detection of magnetic resonance for read-backSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 15, 2009·24 cites·20 claims
- 3893US7500255B2Data writing with plasmon resonatorSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 3, 2009·37 cites·16 claims
- 3993US6724583B2Adjustable permanent magnet biasSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 20, 2004·44 cites·19 claims
- 4092US8824086B2Plasmonic transducer having two metal elements with a gap disposed therebetweenSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 2, 2014·14 cites·18 claims
- 4192US8259411B2Fabrication of trapezoidal pole for magnetic recordingYANG XIAOMIN·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 4, 2012·10 cites·33 claims
- 4292US8098520B2Storage device including a memory cell having multiple memory layersSEIGLER MICHAEL·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 17, 2012·57 cites·26 claims
- 4392US7818760B2Data writing with plasmon resonatorSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 19, 2010·11 cites·20 claims
- 4491US10811038B1Heat-assisted magnetic recording head having near-field transducer with nanorod and diffusion barrier plateSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 20, 2020·9 cites·20 claims
- 4591US7149055B2Inductive write head driven only by an ampere wireSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 12, 2006·28 cites·21 claims
- 4691US7019371B2Current-in-plane magnetic sensor including a trilayer structureSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 28, 2006·29 cites·21 claims
- 4790US10186292B1Near-field transducer having edges aligned with waveguide coreSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 22, 2019·10 cites·20 claims
- 4890US10020011B2Devices including an amorphous gas barrier layerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Jul 10, 2018·2 cites·20 claims
- 4990US8945731B2Interlayer for device including NFT and cladding layersZHAO TONG·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 3, 2015·15 cites·20 claims
- 5090US7706103B2Electric field assisted writing using a multiferroic recording mediaSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2006·Granted Apr 27, 2010·10 cites·13 claims
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