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Multiple servo sector sets write with self-verification for disk drive

US5553086A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 28, 1994
Grant dateSep 3, 1996
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/59655
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Plural embedded servo sector sets are written as a single operation by a servo writer during manufacture of a hard disk drive. Later, the disk drive electronics performs a self scan and selects one good set of embedded servo sectors and erases all other sets, thereby decreasing the number of servo sector rewrites during manufacture and reducing manufacturing time and costs.

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