Patents by Inventor Kan Liang Gan

Kan Liang Gan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for performing adaptive read retry operations in a data storage device
    Patent number: 7215494
    Abstract: A system and method for performing read retry operations with respect to an erroneously read data sector is disclosed. The system and method use estimates of bit error rates determined during previous attempts to read data from the sector to determine an optimal distance and direction to move a read transducer for a subsequent read retry of the erroneously data sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jun Wang, Challa Anantha Lakshmi, Xueyi Miao, Kan Liang Gan, Myint Ngwe