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Alan C. Burroughs
Also filed as: BURROUGHS ALAN · BURROUGHS ALAN C · BURROUGHS ALAN CLAUDE
21 granted patents·1 pending application·532 citations·filing 1987–2018
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22 records- 0197US6243350B1Optical storage systems with flying optical heads for near-field recording and readingTERASTOR CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 5, 2001·167 cites·347 claims
- 0295US6449221B1Storage media for optical storage systemsTERASTOR CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 10, 2002·51 cites·58 claims
- 0394US7884816B2Correcting pyramidal error of polygon scanner in scanning beam display systemsPRYSM INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 8, 2011·18 cites·30 claims
- 0493US8384625B2Servo-assisted scanning beam display systems using fluorescent screensPRYSM INC·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 26, 2013·10 cites·23 claims
- 0591US6724694B2Disk mastering based on near-field optical systemsTERASTOR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 20, 2004·24 cites·10 claims
- 0687US5341360AMethod and apparatus for calibrating laser write power by averaging upper and lower knees of a calibration profileMAXOPTIX CORP·Filed 1992·Granted Aug 23, 1994·55 cites·21 claims
- 0786US6580846B1Actively-controllable optical switches based on optical position sensing and applications in optical switching arraysVERSATILE OPTICAL NETWORKS INC·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 17, 2003·32 cites·29 claims
- 0884US5210726ATrack seek method utilizing an ideal signalMAXOPTIX CORP·Filed 1992·Granted May 11, 1993·38 cites·23 claims
- 0983US8451195B2Servo-assisted scanning beam display systems using fluorescent screensHAJJAR ROGER A·Filed 2006·Granted May 28, 2013·5 cites·42 claims
- 1078US4779251AOptical disk memory system with closed loop micro-jump between adjacent tracksOPTIMEM·Filed 1987·Granted Oct 18, 1988·25 cites·10 claims
- 1177US5184343ACompensation for dust on an optical disk by increasing laser writing powerJOHANN DONALD F·Filed 1991·Granted Feb 2, 1993·31 cites·17 claims
- 1276US6657926B2Magnetic field modulation coilTERASTOR CORP·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 2, 2003·11 cites·21 claims
- 1374US6130864AMethod and apparatus for generating magnetic field for magneto-optic recording systemTERASTOR CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Oct 10, 2000·25 cites·40 claims
- 1472US5245598AMethod and apparatus for seek operations in an optical recording system including holding a focus error signal at track crossingsBURROUGHS ALAN C·Filed 1990·Granted Sep 14, 1993·24 cites·12 claims
- 1566US6925218B2Control techniques and devices for an optical switch arrayVITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 2, 2005·7 cites·11 claims
- 1660US10447982B2Lambertian servo sensor position and timingPRYSM INC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 15, 2019·0 cites·18 claims
- 1758US9900571B2Lambertian servo sensor position and timingPRYSM INC·Filed 2017·Granted Feb 20, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 1858US6580675B1Laser driver for an optical recording systemTERASTOR CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 17, 2003·3 cites·18 claims
- 1952US9667928B2Lambertian servo sensor position and timingPRYSM INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 30, 2017·0 cites·25 claims
- 2047US2004202055A1Disk cartridge for optical disk drivesTERASTOR CORP A CALIFORNIA COR·Filed 2004·Application pending·0 cites
- 2136US6420692B1Zig-zag-patterned position sensor systemTERASTOR CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 16, 2002·5 cites·19 claims
- 2233US6504805B1Track identification generation for optical diskTERASTOR CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jan 7, 2003·1 cites·41 claims
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