Patent · US Expired

Repeatable run-out error compensation method for a disc drive

US6654198B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateJun 19, 2001
Grant dateNov 25, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 8, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/59627
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Steps for isolating and correcting total written-in repeatable run-out error written into servo sectors of a disc drive include, determining a total repeatable run-out error value for each servo sector, isolating a repeatable error value component of the total written-in repeatable run-out error value for each servo sector, removing the repeatable error value component from total written-in repeatable run-out error value to provide a non-repeatable error value component of the total written-in repeatable run-out error value for each servo sector, providing both the repeatable and non-repeatable error value components to a processor for generation of compensation signals, and applying the compensation signals into a servo control circuit of control loop of the disc drive using compensation circuits to compensate for each component of the total written-in repeatable run-out error.

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