公开(公告)号：US07203020B1

公开(公告)日：2007-04-10

申请号：US11246620

申请日：2005-10-07

申请人： Joseph M. Viglione ,  Charles D. Flanigan

发明人： Joseph M. Viglione ,  Charles D. Flanigan

IPC分类号： G11B21/02 ,  G11B27/36 ,  G11B5/596

CPC分类号： G11B19/04 ,  G11B25/043 ,  G11B33/1446

摘要： Disclosed is a system and method for particle monitoring for a head disk assembly (HDA) to detect a head disk interface (HDI) event. A particle monitoring system includes a particle detector, an air sampling device, and a computer. The air sampling device is coupled to and in fluid communication with the particle detector. The air sampling device extends into the HDA to obtain an air sample. The particle detector is used to detect particles contained in the air sample. The computer is coupled to the particle detector and is configured to: monitor the particles detected by the particle detector; and declare an HDI event if the particles detected in the air sample match a pre-defined characteristic.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于检测头盘接口（HDI）事件的头盘组件（HDA）的粒子监测的系统和方法。 粒子监测系统包括粒子检测器，空气取样装置和计算机。 空气采样装置与颗粒检测器耦合并与其流体连通。 空气采样装置延伸到HDA中以获得空气样品。 颗粒检测器用于检测空气样品中所含的颗粒。 计算机耦合到粒子检测器并且被配置为：监测由粒子检测器检测到的粒子; 并且如果在空气样品中检测到的颗粒匹配预定义的特征，则声明HDI事件。

公开(公告)号：US06791782B1

公开(公告)日：2004-09-14

申请号：US10066223

申请日：2002-01-31

申请人： Raffi Codilian ,  William D. Johns ,  Joseph M. Viglione

发明人： Raffi Codilian ,  William D. Johns ,  Joseph M. Viglione

IPC分类号： G11B1546

CPC分类号： G11B5/59611 ,  G11B19/28

摘要： A method and an apparatus select the operational spindle rotation rate for a disk drive based on measured performance of the head-disk assembly. The position error values are measured and analyzed to generate a position error metric. Based on the value of the position error metric, an operational spindle rotation rate is selected for use when the head-disk assembly is combined with a controller to produce a disk drive.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和装置，基于头磁盘组件的测量性能来选择磁盘驱动器的操作主轴旋转速率。 测量和分析位置误差值以产生位置误差度量。 基于位置误差度量的值，当头盘组件与控制器组合以产生磁盘驱动器时，选择操作主轴旋转速率用于使用。

公开(公告)号：US07912666B1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-22

申请号：US11287723

申请日：2005-11-28

申请人： Mostafa Pakzad ,  Peter Cheok Him Pang ,  Mohammad R. Bahadori ,  Joseph M. Viglione ,  Roma Leang

发明人： Mostafa Pakzad ,  Peter Cheok Him Pang ,  Mohammad R. Bahadori ,  Joseph M. Viglione ,  Roma Leang

IPC分类号： G06F11/26 ,  G06F11/273

CPC分类号： G11B20/1816 ,  G11B27/002 ,  G11B27/11 ,  G11B2220/2516

摘要： Disclosed is a system and method for disk drive grouping in a multi-cell disk drive test system. A test platform includes a plurality of cells. Each cell is configured to receive and to provide communication with a disk drive. An automated loader/unloader is coupled to a test computer and is responsive to the test computer. The automated loader/unloader is configured to identify disk drives and to selectively load and unload disk drives into and out of the plurality of cells. Particularly, once the automated loader/unloader has identified a first disk drive, the test computer is configured to: determine a grouping criteria based upon the first disk drive; detect a subsequent disk drive having the same grouping criteria as the first disk drive; and cause the automated loader/unloader to load the subsequent disk drive into one of the plurality of cells.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于多单元磁盘驱动器测试系统中的磁盘驱动器分组的系统和方法。 测试平台包括多个单元。 每个单元被配置为接收和提供与磁盘驱动器的通信。 自动加载器/卸载器耦合到测试计算机并响应于测试计算机。 自动加载器/卸载器被配置为识别磁盘驱动器并且选择性地将磁盘驱动器加载和卸载到多个单元中。 特别地，一旦自动加载器/卸载机已经识别出第一个磁盘驱动器，则测试计算机被配置为：基于第一个磁盘驱动器确定分组标准; 检测具有与第一磁盘驱动器相同的分组标准的后续磁盘驱动器; 并使自动加载器/卸载器将后续的磁盘驱动器加载到多个单元之一中。

公开(公告)号：US06990727B1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-31

申请号：US10286659

申请日：2002-10-31

申请人： Walter W. Butler ,  Keith R. Berding ,  Joseph M. Viglione

发明人： Walter W. Butler ,  Keith R. Berding ,  Joseph M. Viglione

IPC分类号： G11B5/27 ,  G11B17/04 ,  H04R31/00

CPC分类号： G11B33/122 ,  G11B5/102 ,  Y10T29/49025 ,  Y10T29/49027 ,  Y10T29/49036 ,  Y10T29/49121

摘要： An aspect of the invention can be regarded as a method of making disk drives. The method includes providing a frame array. The frame array includes a frame, a plurality of disk drive base portions, and a plurality of tie bars connected between the frame and the disk drive base portions. The method further includes attaching a respective disk drive component to each of the disk drive base portions. The method further includes removing the disk drive base portions from the frame by severing the tie bars.

摘要翻译： 本发明的一个方面可以被认为是制造磁盘驱动器的方法。 该方法包括提供帧阵列。 框架阵列包括框架，多个盘驱动器基座部分和连接在框架和盘驱动器基座部分之间的多个连杆。 该方法还包括将相应的磁盘驱动器部件附接到每个磁盘驱动器基座部分。 该方法还包括通过切断连接杆来从框架移除盘驱动器基座部分。

公开(公告)号：US07076391B1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-11

申请号：US10286146

申请日：2002-10-31

申请人： Mostafa Pakzad ,  Minh N. Trinh ,  Ronald L. Nelson ,  Joseph M. Viglione ,  James M. Mang ,  Suleyman Attila Yolar

发明人： Mostafa Pakzad ,  Minh N. Trinh ,  Ronald L. Nelson ,  Joseph M. Viglione ,  James M. Mang ,  Suleyman Attila Yolar

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G11B25/043

摘要： An asynchronous system for testing disk drives includes a test platform that includes a plurality of slots for receiving and for providing communication with drives. The slots are segregated into a plurality of groups configured to satisfy predetermined environmental, communication bandwidth and test schedule requirements of the drives to be loaded therein. An automated loader/unloader is configured to selectively load drives into and out of the platform and to move drives between the plurality of groups. A module controller is assigned to each group of slots, each module controller being coupled to the slots of its assigned group and configured to administer at least one test to drives loaded in its assigned group while insuring that the predetermined environmental, communication bandwidth and test schedule requirements of its assigned group remain satisfied. A test matrix controller controls the loader/unloader to asynchronously move each drive that passes the test(s) administered in one group to a selected empty slot of another group for administration of a next test, to asynchronously move each drive that completes or fails the series of tests out of the platform. The moving steps are carried out without compromising the respective environmental, communication bandwidth and test schedule requirements of the plurality of groups.

摘要翻译： 用于测试磁盘驱动器的异步系统包括测试平台，该测试平台包括用于接收和提供与驱动器的通信的多个插槽。 槽被隔离成多个组，其被配置为满足要加载的驱动器的预定环境，通信带宽和测试计划要求。 自动加载器/卸载器被配置为选择性地将驱动器加载到平台中并将其移出并且在多个组之间移动驱动器。 模块控制器被分配给每组时隙，每个模块控制器耦合到其分配组的时隙，并且被配置为对加载在其分配组中的驱动器执行至少一个测试，同时确保预定的环境，通信带宽和测试时间表 其指定组的要求仍然满意。 测试矩阵控制器控制加载器/卸载器以异步方式将通过一组中管理的测试的每个驱动器移动到另一个组的选定空插槽，以管理下一个测试，以异步移动完成或失败的每个驱动器 系列测试出了平台。 移动步骤在不影响多个组的相应环境，通信带宽和测试时间表要求的情况下进行。

公开(公告)号：US06894861B1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-17

申请号：US09967828

申请日：2001-09-28

申请人： Raffi Codilian ,  Joseph M. Viglione

发明人： Raffi Codilian ,  Joseph M. Viglione

IPC分类号： G11B5/596 ,  G11B21/02

CPC分类号： G11B5/59633

摘要： A method for reducing written-in runout of a disk drive writes a plurality of servo tracks onto a magnetic-storage portion of a disk that comprises a first radial band proximate the outer circumference of the disk, and a second radial band between the first radial band and the inner circumference of the disk. A first plurality of servo tracks is written to the storage medium in the first radial band at a first servo-writing spin rate. A second plurality of servo tracks is written to the storage medium in the second radial band at a second servo-writing spin rate that is different from the first servo-writing spin rate.

摘要翻译： 一种用于减少磁盘驱动器的写入跳动的方法将多个伺服磁道写入到磁盘的磁存储部分上，磁盘的磁存储部分包括靠近磁盘的外圆周的第一径向带，并且第一径向 带和盘的内圆周。 第一多个伺服磁道以第一伺服写入旋转速率被写入第一径向频带中的存储介质。 第二多个伺服磁道以与第一伺服写入旋转速率不同的第二伺服写入旋转速率写入第二径向频带中的存储介质。

公开(公告)号：US06651192B1

公开(公告)日：2003-11-18

申请号：US09728545

申请日：2000-11-30

申请人： Joseph M. Viglione ,  Yvonne M. Utzig

发明人： Joseph M. Viglione ,  Yvonne M. Utzig

IPC分类号： G06F1100

CPC分类号： G11B27/36 ,  G11B2220/2516

摘要： A system and method for manufacturing disk drives, the disk drives having reliability attributes and manufacturing attributes, the manufacturing attributes comprising process or component manufacturing attributes is disclosed. The reliability attributes comprise measurements for predicting future reliability of the disk drives at the time of manufacture. The disk drives are prepared with a servo format. Each disk drive is connected to a test apparatus and then tuned to verify that each disk drive performs within expected limits. One or more technical screen tests are performed on all of the disk drives. A first sample set of the disk drives is selected automatically at a defined size using a randomizer. One or more extended tests are executed on the first sample set of disk drives to measure a margin magnitude for one or more of the reliability attributes. The margin magnitude is compared with a reference to detect a significant change. If a significant change in the margin magnitude from the reference is detected, then the defined sample size is adjusted. A second sample set of the disk drives is selected according to the adjusted sample size using the randomizer. The extended tests are then repeated on the second sample set to validate the significant change.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于制造磁盘驱动器的系统和方法，具有可靠性属性和制造属性的磁盘驱动器，包括处理或部件制造属性的制造属性。 可靠性属性包括用于在制造时预测磁盘驱动器的未来可靠性的测量。 磁盘驱动器使用伺服格式进行准备。 每个磁盘驱动器连接到一个测试设备，然后进行调整，以验证每个磁盘驱动器是否在预期的限制内执行。 在所有磁盘驱动器上执行一个或多个技术屏幕测试。 使用随机化器，以规定的大小自动选择磁盘驱动器的第一个样本集。 在第一个磁盘驱动器样本集上执行一个或多个扩展测试，以测量一个或多个可靠性属性的边距大小。 将边缘幅度与参考值进行比较以检测显着变化。 如果检测到参考值的边际幅度的显着变化，则调整定义的样本大小。 使用随机化器根据调整后的样本量来选择第二组磁盘驱动器。 然后在第二个样本集上重复进行扩展测试以验证重大变化。

公开(公告)号：US06798592B1

公开(公告)日：2004-09-28

申请号：US09945563

申请日：2001-08-31

申请人： Raffi Codilian ,  Joseph M. Viglione

发明人： Raffi Codilian ,  Joseph M. Viglione

IPC分类号： G11B509

CPC分类号： G11B5/5582 ,  G11B5/59627

摘要： A method and an apparatus for reducing position error signal in a disk drive, which has an actuator and a magnetic medium, write the servo tracks with a servo track writer using a varying increment. The servo tracks are written after the servo track writer incrementally moves the actuator by a non-constant amount. The non-constant incrementing enables a servo track writing operation to write servo tracks that are at least as wide near the outer circumference as they are near the zero skew position or near the inner circumference.

摘要翻译： 用于减小具有致动器和磁介质的磁盘驱动器中的位置误差信号的方法和装置使用变化的增量用伺服磁道写入器写入伺服磁道。 伺服磁道写入器将执行机构递增地移动非恒定量后，写入伺服磁道。 非恒定增量使得伺服轨迹写入操作能够在外圆周附近写入至少与靠近零倾斜位置或靠近内圆周附近一样宽的伺服轨迹。

公开(公告)号：US08271692B1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-18

申请号：US12895851

申请日：2010-10-01

申请人： Peter H. Dinh ,  Carl E. Barlow ,  Joseph M. Viglione ,  Sang Huynh ,  Chun Sei Tsai

发明人： Peter H. Dinh ,  Carl E. Barlow ,  Joseph M. Viglione ,  Sang Huynh ,  Chun Sei Tsai

IPC分类号： G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0619 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0676

摘要： A storage device comprising a storage media and a controller is disclosed. The controller is configured to receive access commands from a host, to write data to or read data from the storage media based on the access commands, to detect a trigger event, and, when the trigger event is detected, to throttle back the access commands from the host based on an amount of data in a cache.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种包括存储介质和控制器的存储设备。 控制器被配置为从主机接收访问命令，基于访问命令向存储介质写入数据或从存储介质读取数据，以检测触发事件，并且当检测到触发事件时，阻止访问命令 从主机基于高速缓存中的数据量。

公开(公告)号：US07596722B1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-29

申请号：US11353352

申请日：2006-02-14

申请人： Mostafa Pakzad ,  Peter Cheok Him Pang ,  Mohammad R. Bahadori ,  Joseph M. Viglione ,  Roma Leang ,  Boon Nee Yang

发明人： Mostafa Pakzad ,  Peter Cheok Him Pang ,  Mohammad R. Bahadori ,  Joseph M. Viglione ,  Roma Leang ,  Boon Nee Yang

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G11B19/048 ,  G11B20/1883 ,  G11B2220/20

摘要： A multi-cell disk drive test system that provides for asynchronous software module updates that includes a test platform, one or more test manager computers (TMCs), and a test coordinator computer (TCC). The test platform includes a plurality of cells in which each cell is configured to receive and to provide communication with a disk drive. The TCC is configured to communicate with one or more TMCs and to store a plurality of updated software module versions. After a disk drive is determined to be in an appropriate cell, the TMC: determines a test step to be performed on the disk drive and a cell software module currently stored for the cell; determines if an updated software module version associated with the test step is stored on the TCC, and if so, downloads the updated software module version, and updates the TMC with the updated cell software module version.

摘要翻译： 提供包括测试平台，一个或多个测试管理器计算机（TMC）和测试协调器计算机（TCC））的异步软件模块更新的多单元磁盘驱动器测试系统。 测试平台包括多个单元，其中每个单元被配置为接收并提供与磁盘驱动器的通信。 TCC配置为与一个或多个TMC通信并存储多个更新的软件模块版本。 在确定磁盘驱动器处于适当的单元中之后，TMC：确定要在磁盘驱动器上执行的测试步骤以及当前为该单元格存储的单元软件模块; 确定与测试步骤相关联的更新的软件模块版本是否存储在TCC上，如果是，则下载更新的软件模块版本，并更新具有更新的单元软件模块版本的TMC。