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Information recording apparatus

US5930066A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateAug 26, 1997
Grant dateJul 27, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2017

Classification

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

Abstract

An apparatus records information on a hard disk with a magnetic head arm provided in a hard disk drive. The apparatus comprises an interference measuring system, containing an outgoing portion for a measuring light beam to the arm and a reference light forming portion, for obtaining relative displacement information with respect to the arm by interfering the reference light with reflected light of the measuring light from the arm or a slider belonging to the arm, the interference measuring system having a light beam deflecting member for deflecting the measuring light and thus guiding the measuring light to a lateral surface of the arm or of the slider, a control system for generating a signal for positioning the arm with respect to the hard disk on the basis of the relative displacement information obtained by the interference measuring system, and a signal system for transmitting a signal for recording information on the hard disk to the magnetic head.

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