Reducing acoustic noise in a disk drive when exiting idle mode
US8995082B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 28, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/5586
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk comprising a plurality of tracks, wherein each track comprises a plurality of servo sectors. When entering an idle mode, the head is floated over the disk, and when exiting the idle mode, a radial velocity of the head is measured, a seek distance is determined in response to the radial velocity, and a seek operation seeks the head the seek distance to a first track.
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