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Method and apparatus for servo writing in a disk drive

US6943977B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 2003
Grant dateSep 13, 2005
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2023

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

Abstract

There is disclosed a self-supporting-type servo writing apparatus in which a head of a disk drive is used to write a servo pattern on a disk. In the disk drive, the disk is incorporated in which a clock pattern is pre-written as a signal pattern for position detection in a rotation direction. The servo writing apparatus uses the servo pattern written on the disk by a write head device to successively add the servo pattern into the whole surface on the disk.

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