发明名称 System for detecting a change in head-to-disk contact status in a disk drive
摘要 A disk drive includes a rotatable storage disk, an actuator motor, a slider that magnetically interacts with the storage disk, and a drive circuitry. A portion of the slider moves between a first position wherein the slider does not contact the storage disk and a second position wherein the slider contacts the storage disk. The drive circuitry can detect when the position of the slider changes between these positions. In one embodiment, the drive circuitry monitors off-track movement of the slider to detect when the slider has moved between these positions. The drive circuitry can also current that is directed to the actuator motor that is used to compensate for off-track movement to detect when the slider moves between these positions. In yet another embodiment, the drive circuitry monitors a rotational velocity of the storage disk to detect approximately when the slider moves between these positions.
申请公布号 US7362534(B1) 申请公布日期 2008.04.22
申请号 US20050101112 申请日期 2005.04.07
申请人 MAXTOR CORPORATION 发明人 SCHRECK ERHARD;CRIMI FRANCIS P.;YU JINGBO;MALLARY MICHAEL;HUGHES SCOTT;BAHN DUC;HEIMBAUGH MARK;SAITO KAZUHIRO;LEFEBVRE ANDREW;FERBER JOERG;HU XIAOPING;KRAJNOVICH DOUGLAS J.;HAWKS CHRIS;BRUNNETT DONALD J;SCHARDT BRUCE C
分类号 G11B21/02;G11B5/58;G11B5/596 主分类号 G11B21/02
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