Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Automatic control of a recorder mechanism – Controlling the head
Patent
1991-07-31
1993-11-16
Zazworsky, John
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Automatic control of a recorder mechanism
Controlling the head
360 7814, 360135, 369 32, 369 4426, 369 4428, 395275, 395425, G11B 556, G11B 5596, G11B 2110, G11B 582
Patent
active
052629074
ABSTRACT:
A hard disc drive having a digital servo system for controlling the position of a servo head on a dedicated servo surface. The servo surface is formatted in a series of consecutive frames along concentric tracks, each frame passing the servo head in a time that defines a sampling interval for the servo system. The frames contain track address and position fields for locating the servo head and location can be effected in relation to limited or extended fine control regions about the tracks via signals transmitted to a position circuit utilized to generate a servo position error from the position field. The position circuit generates a track phase code for checking track addresses generated by a track address circuit used to generate a track address from the address field. Servo routines are carried out by a servo microcomputer using control equations, stored in the servo microcomputer, having coefficients stored in a system microcomputer that transmits the coefficients with command to carry out servo operations. Writing of data to data tracks is disabled when an effective head to track distance, defined in relation to actual distance and head speed exceeds an on track threshold.
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Duffy Dennis D.
Heydari Fereidoon
McKenzie Lealon R.
Woods Philip R.
Heller III Edward P.
McCarthy Bill D.
Seagate Technology Inc.
Watson Louis W.
Zazworsky John
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