Patent · US Expired

Magnetic disk drive using a nonvolatile solid state memory to store defect information

US6025971A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 17, 1998
Grant dateFeb 15, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B27/3027
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic head drive of the present invention comprises a composite magnetic head structured by integrally combining a write head into a record head and a magnetic disk having a servo area where position information of the composite magnetic head is recorded and a data area where data is recorded, and the servo area includes a positioning data area having head positioning information, and the head has an erased area generated by recording an AC signal having a frequency higher than a burst pattern in an area other than the burst pattern including information of positioning the composite magnetic head of said positioning data area.

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