Patents by Inventor Syaiful Hazli Hamdan

Syaiful Hazli Hamdan 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).

  • Disk drive to enable defect margining
    Patent number: 8711500
    Abstract: A disk drive is disclosed that enables defect margining during disk drive burn-in testing. The disk drive comprises: a disk comprising a plurality of tracks; a head actuated over the disk; and a processor. The processor is configured to: perform disk drive burn-in testing to detect media defects; generate an initial defect list based upon detected media defects for sectors; generate an extended defect list that includes detected media defects and extended defect margins from the detected media defects; and utilize the extended defect list for burn-in, wherein a spare area of the disk allows for the detected media defects and the extended defect margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Theen-Leong Fong, William Chong, Hasni Zaidy Abdul Hamid, Muhammad Nur Syukri Bin Ahmad Shukor, Syaiful Hazli Hamdan, Petrus Hu, Philip Bernard Saram