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Ralph William Cross
Also filed as: CROSS RALPH W · CROSS RALPH WILLIAM
18 granted patents·281 citations·filing 2001–2018
95Inventor score
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18 records- 0195US8310782B2Dedicated ID-OD writer with beveled pole tips and method of manufactureSONG DIAN·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 13, 2012·50 cites·22 claims
- 0293US6603617B1Method and apparatus for providing adaptive drive-level compensation for amplitude and BER loss due to media thermal decayMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 5, 2003·45 cites·47 claims
- 0392US10210891B1Dual writer head design utilizing two writers of different sizes for writing interlaced data tracksSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 19, 2019·13 cites·16 claims
- 0491US7151651B1Slider-level reader isolation measurement technique for advanced GMR headsMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 19, 2006·20 cites·23 claims
- 0590US9508370B1Repeated runout (RRO) compensation for alternating tracks in an interlaced magnetic recording systemSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 29, 2016·10 cites·20 claims
- 0689US6649960B1Synthetic free layer structure for MRAM devicesMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 18, 2003·51 cites·39 claims
- 0786US6998061B1In-situ exchange biased GMR head for ultra-high density recording with pinning layer-only annealMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Feb 14, 2006·21 cites·43 claims
- 0885US10446184B1Write current switching in a data storage device using an effective footprint of a write poleSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 15, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 0984US9905251B2Write current switching in a data storage deviceSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2016·Granted Feb 27, 2018·7 cites·20 claims
- 1083US8988802B1Requirement relaxation for multiple readers in presence of large skew angle rangeSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 24, 2015·5 cites·18 claims
- 1182US10192580B1Write current switching in a data storage device using an effective footprint of a write poleSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 29, 2019·4 cites·20 claims
- 1279US7042683B1Slider-level reader isolation measurement technique for advanced GMR headsMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted May 9, 2006·18 cites·46 claims
- 1378US9978401B1Chirped current profile with undershoot featureSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2017·Granted May 22, 2018·3 cites·18 claims
- 1477US6894878B1Differential GMR head using anti-parallel pinned layersMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2003·Granted May 17, 2005·12 cites·8 claims
- 1575US7729092B1Shielded pole writer under readerSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 1, 2010·10 cites·20 claims
- 1675US7469468B1Methods of slider-level reader isolation measurement technique for advanced GMR headsMAXTOR CORP·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 30, 2008·6 cites·19 claims
- 1766US10210887B1Chirped current profile with undershoot featureSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 19, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 1846US9123384B2Requirement relaxation for multiple readers in presence of large skew angle rangeSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 1, 2015·0 cites·20 claims
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