Inventor

William R. Foland, Jr.

Inventor
Littleton, CO, US

Overview

20→
Patents
1995–2014
Patent span
Physics
Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 20 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G11Bprimary
G11BInformation storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer68%
G06FElectric digital data processing20%
G11CStatic stores8%
H03MCoding4%
PatentTitleYear
8,811,134'Circuits, architectures, apparatuses, systems, algorithms and methods and software for optimum power calibration for optical disc recording'20148,705,330'Method and system for fault protection using a linear feedback shift register'20148,559,287'Method and system for fault protection using a linear feedback shift register'20138,559,284'Circuits, architectures, apparatuses, systems, algorithms and methods and software for optimum power calibration for optical disc recording'20138,498,186'Circuits, architectures, apparatuses, systems, algorithms and methods and software for timing calibration for optical disc recording'20138,391,115'Method of improving quality of optical recording using circumferentially repeatable compensation'20138,345,523'Method and apparatus for optimizing optical recording'20138,154,968'Method and apparatus for optimizing optical recording'20128,060,674'Systems and methods for data storage devices and controllers'20117,839,739'Circuits, architectures, apparatuses, systems, algorithms and methods and software for optimum power calibration for optical disc recording'20107,529,869'Mixed-signal single-chip integrated system electronics for data storage devices'20097,475,173'Integrated disc drive controller'20096,594,716'Mixed-signal single-chip integrated system electronics for data storage devices'20036,314,480'Mixed-signal single-chip integrated system electronics for magnetic hard disk drives'20016,005,731'Channel quality circuit employing a test pattern generator in a sampled amplitude read channel for calibration'19995,987,634'Channel quality circuit in a sampled amplitude read channel'19995,771,127'Sampled amplitude read channel employing interpolated timing recovery and a remod/demod sequence detector'19985,761,212'Channel quality'19985,754,353'Channel quality circuit in a sampled amplitude read channel'19985,412,669'Add, compare and select circuit'1995

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1995–2003Patents assigned to CIRRUS LOGIC INC (8)· patent assignee history
1995–2011Based in Littleton, CO, US· patent location history
2009–2011Patents assigned to BROADCOM CORP (3)· patent assignee history
2010–2013Patents assigned to MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD (2)· patent assignee history
2011–2013Patents assigned to FOLAND JR WILLIAM R (7)· patent assignee history
2012–2014Patents assigned to MARVELL INT LTD (7)· patent assignee history
2012–2014Based in Golden, CO, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
CIRRUS LOGIC INC81995–2003
FOLAND JR WILLIAM Rself72011–2013
MARVELL INT LTD72012–2014
BROADCOM CORP32009–2011
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD22010–2013
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Littleton, CO, US121995–2011
Golden, CO, US82012–2014