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Head positioning control system for use in a disk storage drive

US6175465A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 1998
Grant dateJan 16, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

A servo system uses a disk on which two pairs of burst data items A and B and burst data items C and D are prerecorded, and the servo system performs positioning control for positioning a head within a range of a track on a disk. The servo system sets a range of a track to be divided into a first area regarding the track center as a reference position, a second area regarding a boundary position between tracks as a reference position, and a third area regarding a middle position between the reference positions, as a reference position. In the first area, the servo system calculates position information of the head by a first calculation formula using the burst data items A and B. In the second area, the servo system calculates position information of the head by a second calculation formula using the burst data items C and D. Further, in the third area, the servo system calculates an average value of calculation results from the first and second calculation formulas, as position information.

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