Disk drive having on-board triggered digital sampling analyzer

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Automatic control of a recorder mechanism – Controlling the head

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360 69, 324226, G11B 5596

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054445833

ABSTRACT:
A disk drive includes an on-board digital sampling analyzer. The drive has a data storage disk spinning at a predetermined velocity, a data transducer head for reading information recorded on a storage surface of the storage disk, an electromechanical actuator mechanism for positioning the data transducer head relative to the disk, a digital actuator controller means for controlling the actuator mechanism within a closed loop head positioner servo and having internal registers at addressable locations, a memory for storing information read from the disk and for storing at least one trace record, and a memory controller for controlling addressing of the memory. A trace taking process and structure reads at least one of the internal digital registers of the actuator controller during a sampling interval and records a resultant trace value within the trace record of the memory. An on-board analyzer process retrieves and processes the trace record into a correction. The correction is then provided by the analyzer to adjust operation of the actuator controller.

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