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Magnetic disk device and read control method

US8982496B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 24, 2014
Grant dateMar 17, 2015
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/02
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to one embodiment, switching takes place between a first control in which a first read head is assigned as a master head for reading data from a magnetic disk on which a sequential write direction is reversed at a switching position where a skew angle of a write head becomes 0 and between an outer periphery and an inner periphery in shingled write recording, and a second read head is assigned as a slave head for reducing inter-track interference during reading of the data and noise by virtue of an effect of waveform averaging with respect to the master head, and a second control in which the second read head is assigned as the master head and the first read head is assigned as the slave head.

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