Repeatable runout compensation using a learning algorithm...

Details Repeatable runout compensation using a learning algorithm... Repeatable runout compensation using a learning algorithm...

2000-01-21

2002-08-20

Neal Holder, Regina (Department: 2651)

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Automatic control of a recorder mechanism

Controlling the head

C367S078000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06437936

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to disc drive data storage systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to compensation for errors in servo systems.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Disc drives read and write information along concentric tracks formed on discs. To locate a particular track on a disc, disc drives typically use embedded servo fields on the disc. These embedded fields are utilized by a servo subsystem to position a head over a particular track. The servo fields are written onto the disc when the disc drive is manufactured and are thereafter simply read by the disc drive to determine position. A multi-rate servo system samples the position of the head relative to a particular track at a particular sampling rate and adjusts the position of the head at a rate that is a multiple of the sampling rate by estimating the position of the head between the measured position samples.
Ideally, a head following the center of a track moves along a perfectly circular path around the disc. However, two types of errors prevent heads from following this ideal path. The first type of error is a written-in error that arises during the creation of the servo fields. Written-in errors occur because the write head used to produce the servo fields does not always follow a perfectly circular path due to unpredictable pressure effects on the write head from the aerodynamics of its flight over the disc, and from vibrations in the gimbal used to support the head. Because of these written-in errors, a head that perfectly tracks the path followed by the servo write head will not follow a circular path.
The second type of error that prevents circular paths is known as a track following error. Track following errors arise as a head attempts to follow the path defined by the servo fields. The track following errors can be caused by the same aerodynamic and vibrational effects that create written-in errors. In addition, track following errors can arise because the servo system is unable to respond fast enough to high frequency changes in the path defined by the servo fields.
Written-in errors are often referred to as repeatable runout errors because they cause the same errors each time the head moves along a track. As track densities increase, these repeatable runout errors begin to limit the track pitch. Specifically, variations between the ideal track path and the actual track path created by the servo fields can result in an inner track path that interferes with an outer track path. This is especially acute when a first written-in error causes a head to be outside of an inner track's ideal circular path and a second written-in error causes the head to be inside of an outer track's ideal circular path. To avoid limitations on the track pitch, a system is needed to compensate for repeatable runout errors.
The present invention provides a solution to this and other problems and offers other advantages over the prior art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention offers a method and apparatus for compensating for written-in repeatable runout in a disc drive which solves the aforementioned problems. In one aspect, repeatable runout (RRO) errors in a disc drive having a servo loop for positioning a head relative to a track on a disc surface of a rotating disc using compensation values. Compensation values can be determined through a learning process which uses a nominal value (P
n
) of an actuator of the disc drive. In another aspect, the learning process is an iterative process and the learning gain is a function of a learning iteration number. In another aspect, a gain of the servo loop is a function of a learning iteration number. In yet another aspect, the learning process includes a zero-phase low-pass filter.


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