A servo positioning system for a magnetic disc.

摘要

This invention relates to a system for use in track following servo operations on a magnetic disk where sectors of servo information are interspersed on said disk with data track portions. The servo information and data are read by the same magnetic head. The servo sectors contains alternate first and second servo tracks having magnetic transitions which are spaced from each other in adjacent tracks. The servo tracks are recorded on said disk at a slant with respect to said data tracks. The centerline of each of said servo tracks corresponds to the centerline of one of said data tracks at the beginning of each servo motor and the centerline of each of said slanted servo tracks corresponding to the centerline of a different one of said data tracks at the end of each servo sector. The system includes first detector means (22) for detecting signals read by said head as it passes across said servo sector, and digital means (23, 24) for measuring time relationships between signals from said first and second servo tracks during the rotation of said servo sector past said head to provide a measure of the amount and direction of the displacement of said head from said data track centerline.