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Hard disc drive and a servo signal writing apparatus

US5325349A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 26, 1992
Grant dateJun 28, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/59633
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A hard disc drive is comprised of a casing, a head arm located in the casing and movable in unison with a head, and a diffraction grating mounted on the head arm so as to diffract a light introduced into the casing from the outside of the casing, in which a light diffracted by the diffraction grating is introduced to the outside of the casing. Also, this hard disc drive further comprises an optical system provided outside the casing for receiving the diffracted light, the optical system detecting the arm position, a controller for controlling the arm position, and a servo signal writer for writing a servo signal on the disc on the basis of a detected signal.

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