Runout calibration for disc drive system

Dynamic information storage or retrieval – With servo positioning of transducer assembly over track... – Optical servo system

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369 4427, 369 43, 360 75, G11B 700

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061377538

ABSTRACT:
The invention provides methods and apparatus for compensating for disc runout. In an exemplary embodiment, a data-storage device is provided which includes a rotatable disc and a data head for accessing the disc. The device includes a runout calibration system comprising positioning mechanics coupled to the head for moving the head relative to the disc. A servo loop incorporates the positioning mechanics and generates a drive signal used to control the positioning mechanics. A memory, having an input and an output coupled to the loop, is also provided for recording a plurality of samples of the drive signal. The memory then plays back those samples into the feedback loop at first periodic angular increments forming a calibrating drive signal.

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