Patents by Inventor Pang L. Tan

Pang L. Tan 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).

  • Method and apparatus for performing a spiral self-servo write operation in a disk drive using an auto detection scheme
    Patent number: 7212369
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a temporary utility zone in a disk drive. A disk surface has a write head associated therewith. The write head is used to write spiral servo information and a propagation state indicator onto the disk surface. The spiral servo information and propagation state indicator are used to perform a self-servo write operation on the disk surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Maxtor Corporation
    Inventors: Lloyd Levy, Yu Sun, Pang L. Tan, Jingbo Yu, Adrian Cerda