System and method for encoding a servo address

Details System and method for encoding a servo address System and method for encoding a servo address

1996-07-12

1998-05-26

Hindi, Nabil

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

General processing of a digital signal

Address coding

360 7708, G11B 509, G11B 5596

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057575681

ABSTRACT:
A servo address is encoded in a disk drive system having at least one disk for storing data. A servo address associated with a sector in a track, or cylinder, on a surface of a disk and comprised of a sector number, a track number, and in multiple disk systems, a head number is encoded into the encoded servo address. Encoding the servo address saves disk storage space because the encoded servo address uses fewer bits than a conventional servo address while still enabling the disk drive system to locate positions on the disk.

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English Language Abstract of Japanese Publication No. 07/254227 A, published Oct. 03, 1995, Japenese Patent Office, vol. 96, No. 2, Feb. 29, 1996.

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