METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING FOR DISTURBANCE AND DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING THE SAME

摘要

A method and apparatus for compensating for a disturbance by detecting a periodic external disturbance applied to a data storage apparatus is provided. The method includes: calculating a correlation coefficient for a first signal corresponding to a first period and a second period that is adjacent to the first period generated from a servo control system of a data storage apparatus; estimating a disturbance of a third period by using the first signal of the first period; determining whether a periodic external shock is generated based on the calculated correlation coefficient; and if it is determined that the periodic external shock is generated, compensating for the disturbance to be generated in the third period by feed-forwarding the estimated disturbance of the third period to the servo control system.