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Magnetic disk apparatus and method

US11373684B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 10, 2021
Grant dateJun 28, 2022
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/012
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk apparatus includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, and a controller. The magnetic disk includes a plurality of tracks. The magnetic head performs read/write from/to the plurality of tracks. The controller controls, in a first case in which, during execution of write to a first track among the plurality of tracks, a position of the magnetic head is displaced from a target position corresponding to the first track toward a second track, and a first distance exceeds a first threshold, write to the second track under a condition different from a condition in a second case in which the first distance is less than the first threshold. The second track is a track different from the first track among the plurality of tracks. The first distance is the distance between the target position and the position of the magnetic head.

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