Performance monitoring of a near-field transducer of a heat-assisted magnetic recording slider

    公开(公告)号:US10482908B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-19

    申请号:US16193189

    申请日:2018-11-16

    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a laser diode configured to generate light during a write operation. A slider comprises a near-field transducer (NFT) and an optical waveguide. The slider is configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording and to communicate the light to the NFT via the waveguide. A writer heater of the slider is configured to receive power during the write operation. A thermal sensor is situated at or near an air bearing surface of the slider. The thermal sensor is configured to produce a sensor signal in response to sensing back-heating from the medium while the NFT generates heat during a write operation. Circuitry, coupled to the thermal sensor, is configured to compare the sensor signal to a threshold and generate an output signal indicative of degradation of NFT performance in response to the sensor signal exceeding the threshold.

    PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF A NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER OF A HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING SLIDER

    公开(公告)号:US20190103132A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-04

    申请号:US16193189

    申请日:2018-11-16

    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a laser diode configured to generate light during a write operation. A slider comprises a near-field transducer (NFT) and an optical waveguide. The slider is configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording and to communicate the light to the NFT via the waveguide. A writer heater of the slider is configured to receive power during the write operation. A thermal sensor is situated at or near an air bearing surface of the slider. The thermal sensor is configured to produce a sensor signal in response to sensing back-heating from the medium while the NFT generates heat during a write operation. Circuitry, coupled to the thermal sensor, is configured to compare the sensor signal to a threshold and generate an output signal indicative of degradation of NFT performance in response to the sensor signal exceeding the threshold.

    Head to media interface monitoring
    106.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09953673B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-24

    申请号:US15200439

    申请日:2016-07-01

    CPC classification number: G11B5/6076 G11B5/5534 G11B5/607

    Abstract: A storage device disclosed herein includes a transducer head with a proximity sensor that generates head-disc proximity signals, a digitizer configured to convert the analog proximity signals from the proximity sensor to digitized sample data, a discrete wavelet transformation (DWT) module configured to analyze the digitized sample data by performing an enhanced DWT on the digitized sample data to generate DWT coefficients, and a modal filter configured to determine dominant head-disc interference (HDI) modes for a transducer head by analyzing the DWT coefficients.

    READ/WRITE HEAD WITH INTEGRATED SWITCH NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20170287514A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-05

    申请号:US15086959

    申请日:2016-03-31

    CPC classification number: G11B5/607 G11B5/02 G11B5/3977 G11B5/4853

    Abstract: A read/write head has a set of components that at least include: at least one clearance actuator; at least one read transducer configured to read from a magnetic recording medium; and at least one write transducer configured to write to the magnetic recording medium. A switch network is coupled to the set of components and configured to, in response to a control signal, couple a selected sub-combination of the components to a common set of signal lines. The coupling of the selected sub-combination facilitates operation in a selected mode of the read/write head.

    Methods and apparatuses utilizing check bit data generation
    109.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatuses utilizing check bit data generation 有权
    利用校验位数据生成的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US09552252B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-24

    申请号:US14467983

    申请日:2014-08-25

    CPC classification number: G06F11/1004 G06F11/1012 H03M13/09 H03M13/096

    Abstract: Certain exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards methods and apparatuses in which logic circuitry generates an error detection code based on user data received from a host, and further generates a first set of check bits, to be written to the non-volatile memory circuit in conjunction with the user data, by combining the error detection code with a hashed data address of the user data. In some embodiments, the check bits associated with the user data providing verification that the user data was written in the appropriate physical block address of the non-volatile memory circuit.

    Abstract translation: 本公开的某些示例性方面涉及其中逻辑电路基于从主机接收的用户数据生成错误检测码的方法和装置,并进一步产生要写入非易失性存储器的第一组校验位 通过将错误检测码与用户数据的散列数据地址组合在一起,与用户数据相结合。 在一些实施例中,与用户数据相关联的校验位提供用户数据被写入非易失性存储器电路的适当物理块地址中的验证。

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