Disk with fault-tolerant sample-data servo pattern
US6118603A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 1, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2020/1234
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A headerless, fault-tolerant sample-data servo pattern, comprising an alternating sequence of first and second servo sectors, with the first servo sectors each including a partial track address and circumferential orientation information, and the second servo sectors each including a full track address, provides an absolute indication of a read/write head's circumferential orientation along a given track on a magnetic disk which is robust in the presence of defects in the magnetic recording medium.
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