Zone based repeated runout error compensation
US7589930B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/59627
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Compensation for repeated runout (RRO) error, such as in a data storage device servo circuit, is preferably carried out by obtaining a population distribution of RRO error values from at least selected ones of a subset of tracks. An RRO error compensation value is determined for each one of the subset of tracks when a variance characteristic of said population distribution meets a selected criterion. Preferably, a first track of a storage medium has a servo field at a first angular position on the medium, a repeated runout (RRO) error compensation field at a second angular position on the medium, and a user data field at a third angular position on the medium. An immediately adjacent second track preferably has a servo field at the first angular position and a user data field at the second angular position in lieu of an RRO error compensation field.
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