JPH05114258A - Data transform device with tracking servo circuit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To stabilize the tracking control of a fixed magnetic disk device. CONSTITUTION:A first and second sample hold circuits 31 and 32 respectively extract and hold a first and second servo burst A and B written on a track in advance. A differential amplifier 34 obtains the difference V1-V2 between the outputs V1 and V2 of the circuits 31 and 32. A third sample hold circuit 33 extracts and holds the difference V1-V2 as a tracking control signal (positional signal).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data conversion device having a tracking servo circuit such as a fixed magnetic disk device, that is, a hard disk device (HDD).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A fixed magnetic disk device is configured to record / reproduce data by scanning a track of a recording medium disk with a signal conversion head. Tracking control for aligning the head with the center of the track is performed by the first tracking pre-recorded on one side with respect to the center of the track, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-143085. For reading a servo servo burst and a second tracking servo burst pre-recorded on the other side with respect to the center of the track and read by the head for the first tracking servo burst. Sample hold circuit extracts and holds the read output of the second tracking servo burst by the second sample hold circuit and holds the output of the first and second sample hold circuits. And input the difference signal to
This is configured to be used as a tracking control signal, that is, a position signal. In this type of device, assuming that the head deviates from the center of the track to the side of the first tracking servo burst, the sampling output of the first tracking servo burst becomes high, and conversely, the second tracking servo burst. The sampling output becomes low, and the amount of deviation and the direction of deviation of the head can be known from these differences, and tracking servo can be performed by the signal of this difference.

[0003]

By the way, the first and second sample and hold circuits include capacitors for holding a sample, and when holding the next sample, the previous sample held in the capacitor is held. It is configured to release or reset. Therefore,
A voltage change occurs due to the discharge of the hold capacitor in the outputs of the first and second sample hold circuits, and an unnecessary voltage change also occurs in the output of the differential amplifier. Since this kind of voltage change is noise in the feedback control system, it makes the tracking control of the head unstable. Although the fixed magnetic disk device has been described, if tracking control by servo burst is applied, the same problem may occur in another data conversion device such as an optical disk device or a magnetic tape device.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to improve the stability of tracking control in a data converter which performs tracking control using two tracking servo signals.

[0005]

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, there is provided a first tracking servo signal which is arranged on one side from the center of a track and on the other side from the center of the track. A recording medium in which the first tracking servo signal and the second tracking servo signal, which are arranged at one side and are different from each other in the scanning direction of the track, are repeatedly recorded at a predetermined interval. A signal conversion head for reading the first and second tracking servo signals from the track of the recording medium, and a scanning unit for causing a relative scanning motion between the recording medium and the head. Head moving means for moving the head in a direction traversing the track, and the first moving signal included in a reproduction signal obtained from the head. A first sample-and-hold circuit which extracts and holds a tracking servo signal component,
A second sample and hold circuit for extracting and holding the second tracking servo signal component contained in the reproduced signal obtained from the head; an output of the first sample and hold circuit; A difference signal forming circuit that forms a signal of a difference from the output of the second sample and hold circuit; and a stable period portion of the output of the difference signal forming circuit that is connected to the output terminal of the difference signal forming circuit and The present invention relates to a data converter including a third sample hold circuit that holds and supplies the head as a tracking control signal to the head moving means.
Note that the extraction period of the difference signal by the third sample hold circuit may be the whole or a part of the stable period of the difference signal.

[0006]

The third sample and hold circuit according to the present invention extracts and holds the signal in the stable period excluded during the transient period of the output of the difference signal forming circuit, that is, the unstable period. Therefore, more stable tracking servo becomes possible than in the past.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A fixed magnetic disk drive according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows a main part of a fixed magnetic disk device. The recording medium magnetic disk 1 has a plurality of concentric circular tracks (cylinders),
The motor 3 rotates at a constant speed. One disk 1 in the drawing
, But multiple disks are typically coupled to the same drive shaft (not shown). A signal conversion (read / write) magnetic head 4 facing the recording surface of the disk 1 is attached to the tip of an arm 5. During seek and tracking control, the arm 5 is rotated by a voice coil motor (VCM) 6 as a head moving means, and the head 4 is displaced in a direction intersecting the track 2 of the disk 1 (disk radial direction). The voice coil motor 6 is connected to a head control circuit 8 via a drive circuit 7 in order to perform tracking control of the head 4 and track switching (seek).

A read amplifier 9 and a write circuit 10 are connected to the head 4. The read amplifier 9 is connected to the read data forming circuit 11 and the position signal forming circuit 12. The position signal forming circuit 12 forms a signal indicating the position of the head 4 on the track 2 in the disk radial direction based on the reproduction output of the head 4. The details will be described later.

A microcomputer (microcomputer or microprocessor) 13 sends a signal for controlling the position signal forming circuit 12 to a line 14. The microcomputer 13 controls the 8-bit seek data line 15, the D / A converter 16 and the line in order to control the positioning of the head 4 on the target track specified by the track command signal given by the line 15. 17 and the seek direction signal line 18 and the mode instruction signal line 19 are also connected to the control circuit 8. The seek data of the line 15 is 8-bit data corresponding to the amount of head movement required to move the head 4 to the target track by the voice coil motor 6, and includes seek speed information. The D / A converter 16 converts the seek data into an analog signal corresponding to the moving speed of the head 4 and sends it to the control circuit 8. In the positioning mode after the seek is completed, the D / A converter 16 generates a position reference signal (for example, zero volt).

The seek direction signal on the line 18 is for distinguishing whether the head 4 is moved inward or outward of the disk 1.

The mode instruction signal on the line 19 is a signal for distinguishing between the seek mode and the positioning (tracking) mode.

The speed sensor 20 is connected to the voice coil motor 6 and generates a voltage or speed signal corresponding to the moving speed and moving direction of the head 4. This speed signal is given to the control circuit 8 via the line 21.

Data is recorded in a predetermined track format on a large number of tracks (cylinders) 2 concentrically formed on the disk 1. The track format has a large number (43 in this example) of sectors S1, S2 ... And each sector comprises a servo area SV and a data area. Since the sectors S1, S2, S3 ... Have the same length, the servo areas SV are periodically arranged. In each servo area SV, as shown in FIG.
The first servo burst, that is, the first tracking servo signal A and the first tracking servo signal A, which are arranged in one direction with respect to the centers indicated by broken lines a, 2b, 2c, and 2d, and the other side with respect to the track center. The arranged second servo burst, that is, the second tracking servo signal B is recorded in advance. The first servo burst A and the second servo burst B are arranged so as to be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the tracks 2a to 2d. Each of the servo bursts A and B is formed so as to be shared by two tracks and extends from the center of one track to the center of the other track. The servo bursts A and B are AC signals having a predetermined amplitude as shown in FIG. 3, and have the same amplitude value.

The position signal forming circuit 12 of FIG. 1 is constructed as shown in FIG. That is, this position signal forming circuit 1
2 is a full-wave rectifier 30, first, second and third sample and hold circuits 31, 32 and 33, and a differential amplifier 34.
, Phase compensation circuit 35, and timing signal generation circuit 36
It consists of and. The full-wave rectifier 30 is connected to the amplifier 9 of FIG. 1 and full-wave rectifies the reproduction signal including the servo burst corresponding to FIG. First and second sample and hold circuit 3
Reference numerals 1 and 32 are connected to the full-wave rectifier 30, respectively, and include first and second sampling switches 37 and 38, first and second discharging switches 39 and 40, and first and second holding capacitors. 41 and 42 and first and second buffer amplifiers 43 and 44, respectively. The first and second sampling switches 37 and 38 are connected between the full-wave rectifier 30 and the first and second holding capacitors 41 and 42, respectively. First and second discharge switch 3
9, 40 are first and second hold capacitors 41,
42 in parallel. One ends of the first and second holding capacitors 41 and 42 are connected to the first and second buffer amplifiers 43 and 44, respectively, and the other ends are connected to the ground. One input terminal of the differential amplifier 34 is connected to the first buffer amplifier 43, and the other input terminal is connected to the second buffer amplifier 44.
Therefore, the differential amplifier 34 functions as a difference signal forming circuit for the output voltages V1 and V2 of the first and second sample and hold circuits 31 and 32.

The third sample-hold circuit 33 comprises a sampling switch 45, a resistor 46, a holding capacitor 47, and a buffer amplifier 48. One end of the holding capacitor 47 is connected to the differential amplifier 34 via the resistor 46 and the sampling switch 45, is connected to the input terminal of the buffer amplifier 48, and the other end is connected to the ground.

The phase compensating circuit 35 connected to the third sample and hold circuit 33 is configured to compensate for the phase delay in the feedback control. The output of this phase compensation circuit 35 is sent to the control circuit 8 by a line 49.

The timing signal generating circuit 36 sends out signals for controlling the first and second sampling switches 37 and 38, the first and second discharging switches 39 and 40, and the third sampling switch 45. To do. The details of the sample hold operation will be described later.

The control circuit 8 is, as shown in principle in FIG.
Position control error amplifier 60 and speed control error amplifier 61
Including and One input terminal of the position control error amplifier 60 is connected to the position signal line 49 via the switch 62, and the other input terminal is connected via the contact a of the switch 63 or via the contact b of the inverting circuit 64 and the switch 63. Is connected to the output line 17 of the D / A converter 16 of FIG.
One input terminal of the speed control error amplifier 61 is connected to the speed signal line 21 via the switch 65, and the other input terminal is connected to the output terminal of the error amplifier 60 of the previous stage,
The output terminal is connected to the voice coil motor 6 via the drive circuit 7 of FIG.

Switch 62 is controlled by a mode designating signal on line 19. When the mode instruction signal indicates the seek mode, that is, the speed control mode (for example, high level), the switch 62 is turned off, and when the mode instruction signal indicates the position control (tracking control) (for example, low level), the switch 62 is turned on. Turn on.

The switch 63 is controlled by the seek direction signal on the line 18, and when the seek direction signal indicates the movement of the head 4 from the inner circumference to the outer circumference of the disk 1 (for example, high level), the contact b. Is turned on, and the contact a is turned on when the head 4 is moving from the outer circumference to the inner circumference (for example, at a low level).

The switch 65 is controlled by a NOT circuit 66 connected to the mode instruction line 19, and is turned on in the seek mode and turned off in the tracking mode.

[0022]

[Operation] Next, the tracking control of the magnetic disk drive will be described with reference to FIG. Head 4 on the target track
When the seek operation for positioning is completed, the microcomputer 11 outputs a signal indicating the tracking mode on the line 19. As a result, the switch 62 of FIG. 5 is turned on, and conversely, the switch 65 is turned off. Further, the D / A converter 16 outputs a reference voltage (for example, zero volt). As a result, a feedback control loop including the head 4, the amplifier 9, the position signal forming circuit 12, the switch 62, the two error amplifiers 60 and 61, the driving circuit 7 and the voice coil motor 6 is formed.

For ease of understanding, Vout in FIG. 6 shows only the servo bursts A and B of the signals reproduced by the head 4 from one track 2. The servo bursts A and B are obtained for each sector. Since the servo bursts are arranged differently between the odd-numbered track and the even-numbered track, the microcomputer 13 gives a signal for discriminating between odd and even tracks to the timing signal generation circuit 36 of the position signal forming circuit 12 by the line 14. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the head 4 is scanning an odd-numbered track. At the time of scanning an odd-numbered track, the first sample hold circuit 31 samples the servo burst A, and the second sample hold circuit 32 samples the servo burst B.

Vres in FIG. 6 is the hold capacitors 41, 4
2 is a control signal of switches 39 and 40 for discharging 2. This Vres is t2 when the detection of the servo burst A starts.
A high level pulse is generated in a period from time t1 to time t3, which is slightly before, and the first and second discharge switches 39 and 40 are turned on in this period, and the first and second hold capacitors 41, The charge of 42 is discharged, and the outputs V1 and V2 of the first and second sample and hold circuits 31 and 32 are lowered to be in the reset state. When the control signal SH1 of FIG. 6 is applied to the first sampling switch 37 at t3 to t4 during the generation period t2 to t5 of the servo burst A, it is turned on, and the amplitude value of the servo burst A during this period becomes the first value. 1 is held by the holding capacitor 41. As a result, the output voltage V1 of the first sample and hold circuit 31 rises corresponding to the hold voltage of the capacitor 41, and this value is held until time t10 at the beginning of the discharge period in the next sector. When the control signal SH2 of the second sampling switch 38 becomes high level at t6 to t7 during the generation period t5 to t8 of the second servo burst B, the switch 38 is turned on and t6 of the second servo burst B is changed. The peak value in the period from to t7 is held in the second hold capacitor 42, and the output voltage V2 corresponding to this is obtained from the second sample hold circuit 32. The two output voltages V1 and V2 are input to the differential amplifier 34, from which the difference signal V1-V2 shown in FIG. 6 is output. The value of the difference signal V1-V2 indicates the deviation of the head 4 from the track center and its direction. If the head 3 coincides with the center of the track, the difference signal is zero because V1 = V2 theoretically. On the other hand, when the head 3 is located above the center in FIG. 2, V1-V2 has a positive value, and conversely when it is located below, the V1-V2 becomes negative. The differential amplifier 34
Is not connected to two positive and negative power supplies, V
The differential amplifier 34 can be configured to output a value obtained by adding a reference voltage (bias voltage) to 1-V2 as a difference signal.

Fluctuations in the difference signal V1-V2 due to the discharge of the holding capacitors 41 and 42 occur as shown at t3 to t6, for example. This variation is a noise component in feedback control and interferes with accurate control. Therefore, in the circuit of FIG. 4, t7 to t during the stable period of the difference signal V1 -V2 after the second servo burst B is sampled and held.
The control signal SH of the third sampling switch 45 is set to 10
3 is set to a high level to turn it on, and the difference signal V1-V2 during this period is held by the third holding capacitor 47. In other words, the transmission of the difference signal V1-V2 during the unstable period of the difference signal V1-V2 between t1 and t7 is cut off. As a result, a stable output voltage indicated by Vsh in FIG. 6 is obtained from the third sample hold circuit 33, which is the phase correction circuit 3
5 to the control circuit 8 shown in FIG.

The formation of the position signal by the sample hold circuits 31, 32 and 33 is similarly repeated in the next sector starting from t9 as shown from t10 to t16, and the output Vsh of the third sample hold circuit 33 is at time t16. Will be updated with. When the voltage of the third hold capacitor 47 is higher than the value of the next sample (V1 -V2) at the time of updating the sample, the capacitor 47, the resistor 46, the switch 45, and the differential amplifier 34 are connected to the capacitor 47. Is discharged, and the voltage corresponding to the new sample is obtained.

In the even-numbered tracks, the first and second servo bursts A and B are arranged at positions opposite to those in the odd-numbered tracks. Therefore, the first servo burst A
Is extracted and held by the second sample hold circuit 32,
The second servo burst B is extracted by the first sample hold circuit 31 and the control signals SH1 and SH2 are sent from the timing signal generation circuit 36 so as to be held.

As is apparent from the comparison between the difference signal V1 -V2 in FIG. 6 and the output Vsh of the third sample and hold circuit 33, Vsh does not include an abnormal protruding portion, and is clearly more noise than V1 -V2. Less is. Therefore, the tracking control of the head 4 can be performed accurately and stably.

[0029]

MODIFICATION The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the following modifications are possible, for example. (1) Switch 4 of the third sample hold circuit 33
The on-time width of No. 5 can be set short as in the section from t7 to t8 'in FIG. When the length is set short as described above, the capacitances of the hold capacitors 41 and 42 can be reduced. As a result, the transient time at the time of holding can be shortened and an accurate position signal can be obtained. (2) In the embodiment, the first and second capacitors 41, 4
2 is discharged in the period of t1 to t3, the discharge of the second capacitor 42 is caused by the sample hold period t.
It may be independently provided immediately before 6 to t7. (3) The present invention can be applied to the case where two servo burst signals are provided on the same track for tracking control in a rotary head type or fixed head type magnetic tape device.

[0030]

As is apparent from the above, according to the present invention, since the third sampling and holding circuit extracts and holds the difference signal in the stable period, a tracking control signal (position signal) having a small noise component is obtained. It is possible to perform accurate and stable tracking control.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a fixed magnetic disk device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an arrangement of servo bursts by expanding a part of tracks of the disc of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a waveform diagram of a servo burst.

4 is a circuit diagram showing the position signal forming circuit of FIG. 1 in detail.

5 is a block diagram showing the control circuit of FIG. 1 in detail.

FIG. 6 is a waveform diagram showing a state of each part of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Disk 12 Position Signal Forming Circuit 31, 32, 33 Sample Hold Circuit 34 Differential Amplifier

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[0030]

As is apparent from the above, according to the present invention, since the third sampling and holding circuit extracts and holds the difference signal in the stable period, a tracking control signal (position signal) having a small noise component is obtained. It is possible to perform accurate and stable tracking control.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a fixed magnetic disk device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an arrangement of servo bursts by expanding a part of tracks of the disc of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a waveform diagram of a servo burst.

4 is a circuit diagram showing the position signal forming circuit of FIG. 1 in detail.

5 is a block diagram showing the control circuit of FIG. 1 in detail.

FIG. 6 is a waveform diagram showing a state of each part of FIG.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Disk 12 Position Signal Forming Circuit 31, 32, 33 Sample Hold Circuit 34 Differential Amplifier

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first tracking servo signal, which is arranged on one side from the center of the track, and a first tracking servo signal, which is arranged on the other side from the center of the track, in the scanning direction of the track. A recording medium in which a tracking servo signal and a second tracking servo signal arranged at a different position are repeatedly recorded at a predetermined interval, and the first and second tracking from the track of the recording medium. A signal conversion head for reading a servo signal, a scanning unit for causing a relative scanning motion between the recording medium and the head, and a head movement for moving the head in a direction traversing the track. Means for extracting the first tracking servo signal component contained in the reproduction signal obtained from the head, and A first sample-and-hold circuit for reading, a second sample-and-hold circuit for extracting and holding the second tracking servo signal component contained in the reproduction signal obtained from the head, A difference signal forming circuit for forming a difference signal between the output of the first sample and hold circuit and the output of the second sample and hold circuit; and the difference signal forming circuit connected to the output terminal of the difference signal forming circuit. A sample conversion circuit for extracting and holding the stable period portion of the output of the above (3) and supplying it to the head moving means as a tracking control signal of the head.