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Disk drive adjusting phase of adaptive feed-forward controller when reconfiguring servo loop

US9001454B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 12, 2013
Grant dateApr 7, 2015
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 12, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/59694
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk comprising tracks defined by servo sectors, a head, and control circuitry comprising a servo control system operable to actuate the head over the disk in response to the servo sectors. The servo control system is configured into a first state, and a position error signal (PES) representing a difference between a target location for the head and a measured location for the head is generated. An actuator control signal is generated in response to the PES, a feed-forward control signal is adapted in response to the servo sectors, and the actuator control signal is adjusted using the feed-forward control signal. The servo control system is configured from the first state to a second state, and a phase of the adaptation of the feed-forward control signal is adjusted based on the second state.

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