GB2333176B - Disc drive servo system employing thermal signals - Google Patents

Disc drive servo system employing thermal signals

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Publication number
GB2333176B
GB2333176B GB9906721A GB9906721A GB2333176B GB 2333176 B GB2333176 B GB 2333176B GB 9906721 A GB9906721 A GB 9906721A GB 9906721 A GB9906721 A GB 9906721A GB 2333176 B GB2333176 B GB 2333176B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
disc drive
servo system
system employing
drive servo
thermal signals
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Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB9906721A
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GB2333176A (en
GB9906721D0 (en
Inventor
Dallas W Meyer
Subrahamanyan Nagarajan
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Seagate Technology LLC
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Seagate Technology LLC
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Priority claimed from US08/793,327 external-priority patent/US5999360A/en
Application filed by Seagate Technology LLC filed Critical Seagate Technology LLC
Publication of GB9906721D0 publication Critical patent/GB9906721D0/en
Publication of GB2333176A publication Critical patent/GB2333176A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2333176B publication Critical patent/GB2333176B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/012—Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic disks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/54—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head into or out of its operative position or across tracks
    • G11B5/55—Track change, selection or acquisition by displacement of the head
    • G11B5/5521—Track change, selection or acquisition by displacement of the head across disk tracks
    • G11B5/5526—Control therefor; circuits, track configurations or relative disposition of servo-information transducers and servo-information tracks for control thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/58—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following
    • G11B5/596—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following for track following on disks
    • G11B5/59627—Aligning for runout, eccentricity or offset compensation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/58—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following
    • G11B5/596—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following for track following on disks
    • G11B5/59633—Servo formatting
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/58—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following
    • G11B5/596—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following for track following on disks
    • G11B5/59683—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following for track following on disks for magnetoresistive heads
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/74—Record carriers characterised by the form, e.g. sheet shaped to wrap around a drum
    • G11B5/82—Disk carriers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B2005/0002—Special dispositions or recording techniques
    • G11B2005/0005—Arrangements, methods or circuits
    • G11B2005/0021—Thermally assisted recording using an auxiliary energy source for heating the recording layer locally to assist the magnetization reversal
GB9906721A 1996-10-15 1997-10-10 Disc drive servo system employing thermal signals Expired - Fee Related GB2333176B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US2837196P 1996-10-15 1996-10-15
US08/793,327 US5999360A (en) 1996-10-15 1997-03-14 Disc drive servo system employing thermal signals
PCT/US1997/018325 WO1998016922A1 (en) 1996-10-15 1997-10-10 Disc drive servo system employing thermal signals

Publications (3)

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GB9906721D0 GB9906721D0 (en) 1999-05-19
GB2333176A GB2333176A (en) 1999-07-14
GB2333176B true GB2333176B (en) 2000-12-20

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JP (1) JP2001524244A (en)
DE (1) DE19782063T1 (en)
GB (1) GB2333176B (en)
HK (1) HK1021241A1 (en)
WO (1) WO1998016922A1 (en)

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US8665549B2 (en) 2011-09-29 2014-03-04 HGST Netherlands B.V. Method for creating burst magnitude servo patterns with unipolar bits on a magnetic media of a magnetic data recording system

Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5021910A (en) * 1989-03-06 1991-06-04 Nec Corporation Buried servo magnetic head
US5527110A (en) * 1993-04-30 1996-06-18 International Business Machines Corporation Method and apparatus for detecting asperities on magnetic disks using thermal proximity imaging

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5021910A (en) * 1989-03-06 1991-06-04 Nec Corporation Buried servo magnetic head
US5527110A (en) * 1993-04-30 1996-06-18 International Business Machines Corporation Method and apparatus for detecting asperities on magnetic disks using thermal proximity imaging

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GB2333176A (en) 1999-07-14
HK1021241A1 (en) 2000-06-02
JP2001524244A (en) 2001-11-27
GB9906721D0 (en) 1999-05-19
DE19782063T1 (en) 1999-10-14
WO1998016922A1 (en) 1998-04-23

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
732E Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977)
711B Application made for correction of error (sect. 117/77)
711G Correction allowed (sect. 117/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20041010