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Michael S. Rothberg
Also filed as: ROTHBERG MICHAEL · ROTHBERG MICHAEL S · ROTHBERG MICHAEL STEPHEN
36 granted patents·3 pending applications·5,099 citations·filing 1998–2021
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39 records- 0199US8174780B1Disk drive biasing a refresh monitor with write parameter of a write operationTSAI CHUN SEI·Filed 2007·Granted May 8, 2012·146 cites·14 claims
- 0299US7945727B2Disk drive refreshing zones in segments to sustain target throughput of host commandsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted May 17, 2011·140 cites·21 claims
- 0399US7872822B1Disk drive refreshing zones based on serpentine access of disk surfacesWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Jan 18, 2011·155 cites·19 claims
- 0499US7672072B1Disk drive modifying an update function for a refresh monitor in response to a measured durationWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 2, 2010·146 cites·23 claims
- 0599US7562282B1Disk drive employing error threshold counters to generate an ECC error distributionWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 14, 2009·149 cites·22 claims
- 0699US7451344B1Optimizing order of error recovery steps in a disk driveWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 11, 2008·190 cites·14 claims
- 0799US7136244B1Disk drive employing data averaging techniques during retry operations to facilitate data recoveryWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 14, 2006·249 cites·20 claims
- 0899US7062398B1Developing a disk drive manufacturing program by executing the manufacturing program on an external test systemWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 13, 2006·145 cites·17 claims
- 0999US6895500B1Disk drive for receiving setup data in a self monitoring analysis and reporting technology (SMART) commandWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 17, 2005·195 cites·28 claims
- 1099US6687850B1Disk drive for storing sector-reconstruction sectors and for storing a sector-reconstruction status in sectors distributed around a diskWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 3, 2004·163 cites·39 claims
- 1199US6661591B1Disk drive employing sector-reconstruction-interleave sectors each storing redundancy data generated in response to an interleave of data sectorsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 9, 2003·169 cites·21 claims
- 1298US7149046B1Disk drive implementing wear prevention in a high frequency access band of tracksWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 12, 2006·146 cites·24 claims
- 1398US6996501B1Disk drive executing a manufacturing program internally by executing disk commands through a vectorWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 7, 2006·144 cites·30 claims
- 1498US6735650B1Disk drive and method for data transfer initiated by nonstandard disk-drive commands on a serial ATA interface that only supports standard ATA disk-drive commandsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 11, 2004·201 cites·38 claims
- 1598US6327106B1Disk drive having data-guarding firmwareWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 4, 2001·175 cites·4 claims
- 1698US6317850B1Error rate measurement in disk drive by weighting data-recovery proceduresWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 13, 2001·164 cites·18 claims
- 1797US7984200B1Configuring a data storage device with a configuration data record set in response to a configuration codeWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 19, 2011·139 cites·18 claims
- 1897US7200698B1Disk drive and method for data transfer initiated by optional disk-drive commands on a serial interface that only supports standard disk-drive commandsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 3, 2007·148 cites·54 claims
- 1997US7024614B1Disk drive employing a configuration data structure comprising a plurality of configuration parameters to facilitate disk commandsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 4, 2006·162 cites·22 claims
- 2097US6968450B1Disk drive caching initial host requested data in non-volatile semiconductor memory to reduce start-up time of a host computerWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 22, 2005·223 cites·22 claims
- 2197US6735033B1Method for recovering from shock events occurring to a disk drive during data write operations to improve data reliabilityWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 11, 2004·97 cites·22 claims
- 2297US6704153B1Method for analyzing magnetic media surface in a disk drive for indications of head impactWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 9, 2004·145 cites·19 claims
- 2397US6691255B1Accelerated media scan method for detection of disk drive handling damageWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 10, 2004·156 cites·11 claims
- 2497US6289484B1Disk drive employing off-line scan to collect selection-control data for subsequently deciding whether to verify after writeWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Sep 11, 2001·192 cites·3 claims
- 2596US8621115B1Configuring a data storage device with a configuration data record set in response to a configuration codeBOMBET MARC A·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 31, 2013·133 cites·5 claims
- 2696US6965966B1Disk drive pre-computing seek parameters for a continuation track and a next command to facilitate continuing a read-ahead or aborting the read-aheadWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 15, 2005·139 cites·12 claims
- 2796US6895455B1Disk drive and method for implementing nonstandard disk-drive commands on a serial ATA interface that only supports standard ATA disk-drive commandsWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 17, 2005·150 cites·17 claims
- 2895US7082494B1Disk drive executing a preemptive multitasking operating system comprising tasks of varying priorityWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 25, 2006·200 cites·38 claims
- 2994US7406545B1Disk drive or any serial attached device logging a cable loss eventWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 29, 2008·139 cites·27 claims
- 3094US6711660B1System and method for performing disk drive diagnostics and restoration using a host-inaccessible hidden partitionWESTERN DIGITAL VENTURES INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 23, 2004·245 cites·22 claims
- 3193US9696934B2Hybrid solid state drive (SSD) using PCM or other high performance solid-state memoryHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 4, 2017·10 cites·17 claims
- 3292US6412083B1Disk drive that supports a list-requesting command for enabling a host computer to assist in rescuing a rescue-candidate location having a drive-unrecoverable dataWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 25, 2002·141 cites·9 claims
- 3371US10162006B2Boundary scan testing a storage device via system management bus interfaceWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 25, 2018·2 cites·16 claims
- 3470US10235057B2Operating parameters for flash memory devicesHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 19, 2019·1 cites·18 claims
- 3568US11630583B2Operating parameters for non-volatile memory devicesWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2021·Granted Apr 18, 2023·0 cites·18 claims
- 3664US10963166B2Operating parameters for flash memory devicesWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 30, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 3749US2016306006A1Self-testing a storage device via system management bus interfaceHGST INC·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 3840US2017337987A1Self-testing a storage device via system management bus interfaceWESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 3938US2017068467A1Wear management for flash memory devicesHGST Netherlands BV·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
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