发明名称 Piezoelectric microactuator and sensor failure detection in disk drives
摘要 A test device and method for testing one of a disk drive microactuator and a disk drive sensor that includes two piezoelectric elements. The test device includes a signal generator, signal analyzer, and a user interface. The test device is operational to provide a reference signal (e.g. an electrical signal) to one of the piezoelectric elements in the microactuator and obtain a test measure from the other one of the piezoelectric elements. The test measure is then utilized to assess a performance parameter for the microactuator. The test measure is generated by the other one of the piezoelectric elements in response to the reference signal provided to the first one of the piezoelectric elements. In one embodiment of the invention, the test measure is a signal generated in response to the reference signal that may be compared to a known response signal of an operational microactuator to determine operational characteristics of a subject microactuator such as circuitry operation and/or damage to the microactuator.
申请公布号 US6861854(B1) 申请公布日期 2005.03.01
申请号 US20020269323 申请日期 2002.10.11
申请人 MAXTOR CORPORATION 发明人 GUO WEI;HATCH MICHAEL R.
分类号 G01R31/28;G11B20/18;G11B27/36;(IPC1-7):G01R29/22 主分类号 G01R31/28
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