Disk drive that stores time varying characteristics thereof with data from a host device and associated methods
    1.
    发明授权
    Disk drive that stores time varying characteristics thereof with data from a host device and associated methods 有权
    磁盘驱动器,其存储来自主机设备的数据及其相关方法的时变特性

    公开(公告)号:US07154700B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-12-26

    申请号:US11042931

    申请日:2005-01-25

    IPC分类号: G11B5/596

    摘要: A disk drive includes a rotatable data storage disk, a transducer, and a controller. The transducer is configured to write data on the disk. The controller is configured to receive data from a host device, to measure at least one parameter that is indicative of a time varying characteristic associated with the disk drive, and to write the measured parameter and the data on the disk through the transducer. The time varying characteristic that is measured may include temperature, air pressure, flying height of the transducer relative to the disk, and/or a position error signal (PES) that is indicative of a radial location of the transducer relative to a desired location along a track on the disk. The measured parameters may be embedded within the data that is written on the disk, they may be written in a same track and/or sector as the data, and/or they may be written on a reserved portion of the disk.

    摘要翻译: 磁盘驱动器包括可旋转数据存储盘,换能器和控制器。 传感器配置为在磁盘上写入数据。 控制器被配置为从主机设备接收数据,以测量指示与盘驱动器相关联的时变特性的至少一个参数,以及通过换能器将测量的参数和数据写入盘上。 所测量的时变特性可包括温度,空气压力,传感器相对于盘的飞行高度,和/或位置误差信号(PES),其指示换能器相对于期望位置的径向位置 磁盘上的轨道。 测量的参数可以嵌入在写入磁盘的数据中,它们可以写入与数据相同的轨道和/或扇区,和/或它们可以写在盘的保留部分上。

    Disk drive that refreshes data on portions of a disk based on a number of write operations thereto
    2.
    发明授权
    Disk drive that refreshes data on portions of a disk based on a number of write operations thereto 有权
    磁盘驱动器,其基于对其的写入操作的数量来刷新磁盘的部分上的数据

    公开(公告)号:US07345837B1

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-18

    申请号:US11184273

    申请日:2005-07-19

    IPC分类号: G11B27/36 G11B5/09

    CPC分类号: G11B5/09

    摘要: A disk drive includes a rotatable data storage disk, a transducer, an actuator, and a controller. The transducer is configured to read and write data on the disk. The actuator is configured to position the transducer relative to defined portions of the disk. The controller is configured to determine how many times data has been written to the defined portions of the disk. The controller is also configured to refresh data residing at a particular one of the defined portions of the disk when the number of times data has been written to the particular defined portion of the disk satisfies a threshold value.

    摘要翻译: 磁盘驱动器包括可旋转数据存储盘,换能器,致动器和控制器。 传感器配置为在磁盘上读取和写入数据。 致动器被配置成相对于盘的限定部分定位换能器。 控制器被配置为确定数据被写入磁盘的定义部分的次数。 当数据已被写入盘的特定定义部分的次数满足阈值时,控制器还被配置为刷新驻留在盘的特定一个定义部分的数据。

    Method of determining side track erasure in a disk drive
    3.
    发明授权
    Method of determining side track erasure in a disk drive 有权
    确定磁盘驱动器中的侧轨道擦除的方法

    公开(公告)号:US07170700B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-30

    申请号:US10125657

    申请日:2002-04-18

    IPC分类号: G11B27/36 G11B5/03

    摘要: A method of determining side track erasure in a disk drive having a disk and a transducer. A target track and one or more side tracks proximate to the target track on the disk are selected, and recording parameters for recording signals on the target track and each side track with the transducer are selected. Thereafter, signals are recorded on each side track and then signals are recorded on the target track multiple times. A reduction in the integrity of the recorded signals on each side track due to recording signals on the target track multiple times is detected, and the detected reduction in the integrity of the recorded signals on each side track represents the amount of the erasure of the recorded signals on the side track. Recording parameters are changed based on the signal integrity reduction to minimize side track erasure.

    摘要翻译: 一种在具有盘和换能器的盘驱动器中确定侧轨道擦除的方法。 选择目标轨道和靠近盘上的目标轨道的一个或多个侧轨道,并且选择用于使用换能器在目标轨道和每个侧轨上记录信号的记录参数。 此后,信号被记录在每个侧轨道上,然后将信号多次记录在目标轨道上。 检测到由于在目标轨道上多次记录信号而导致的每个侧轨道上的记录信号的完整性的降低,并且检测到的每个侧轨道上记录信号的完整性的降低表示记录的擦除量 侧轨上的信号。 记录参数根据信号完整性降低而改变,以尽量减少侧轨跟踪擦除。

    System and method for maintaining a low density gas environment in a disk drive
    4.
    发明授权
    System and method for maintaining a low density gas environment in a disk drive 有权
    用于在磁盘驱动器中维持低密度气体环境的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08934194B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-13

    申请号:US13282966

    申请日:2011-10-27

    申请人: Erhard Schreck

    发明人: Erhard Schreck

    IPC分类号: G11B33/14 G11B25/04 G11B33/12

    CPC分类号: G11B25/043 G11B33/148

    摘要: A system and method for decreasing power consumption of hard disk drives through use of an external atmosphere of low density gas, such as helium, is described. An environment container reasonably resistant to diffusion and leakage of helium (container) is erected around an existing hard disk array or server, wherein a helium mixture is pumped into the container. The helium mixture within the container is maintained at a specified concentration via proper tubing and valves which may be manually or automatically controlled. The actual concentration need not be very pure in order to achieve reduced drag over the disks in each of the hard disk drives, thereby achieving reduced power consumption. The environment container is stand alone from the hard disk drives used such that an altered hard disk apparatus is unnecessary.

    摘要翻译: 描述了通过使用低密度气体(例如氦)的外部气氛来降低硬盘驱动器的功率消耗的系统和方法。 在现有的硬盘阵列或服务器周围架设有适合抵抗氦(容器)扩散和泄漏的环境容器,其中将氦气混合物泵送到容器中。 容器内的氦气混合物通过可手动或自动控制的适当的管道和阀门保持在指定的浓度。 为了实现每个硬盘驱动器中的盘的减少的拖动,实际的浓度不必是非常纯净的,从而实现降低的功耗。 环境容器是独立于所使用的硬盘驱动器,使得不需要改变的硬盘设备。

    Nano-lithography with rotating target and servo-positioned tip
    6.
    发明授权
    Nano-lithography with rotating target and servo-positioned tip 有权
    具有旋转目标和伺服定位尖端的纳米光刻

    公开(公告)号:US08358481B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-22

    申请号:US12080278

    申请日:2008-04-02

    IPC分类号: G11B11/08

    摘要: The preferred embodiments of the present invention are devices and processes for producing high resolution lithography or pattern formation on the nanometer scale, using a voltage-biased probe that is slider-mounted along with, or separate from but linked to, a magnetic read head within a HDD mechanism. The probe is guided and positioned over a target layer by the motion of the read head which is, itself, guided by signals from servo tracks on a magnetic layer that activate an electromechanical servomechanism within the HDD. An electric field produced by the probe is capable of modifying the surface of the target layer over which the probe flies either directly, or by current induced or thermally induced effects. Targets such as amorphous or crystalline silicon can be hydrogen passivated and the electric field will produce oxidized or anodized lines with nanometer resolution.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的优选实施例是设备和方法用于在纳米尺度上产生高分辨率平版印刷或图案形成,使用电压偏置探针,滑块安装有沿,或从分开的,但连接到,一个磁性读出头内 HDD机制。 探头通过读取头的运动被引导和定位在目标层上,该读取头本身由在激活HDD内的机电伺服机构的磁性层上的来自伺服磁道的信号引导。 由探针产生的电场能够直接改变探针在其上飞行的目标层的表面,或者通过电流感应或热诱导效应。 诸如非晶体或晶体硅的靶可以被氢钝化,并且电场将产生具有纳米分辨率的氧化或阳极化线。

    Directional waveguide coupler for ABS reflected light
    7.
    发明授权
    Directional waveguide coupler for ABS reflected light 有权
    ABS反射光的定向波导耦合器

    公开(公告)号:US08238202B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-07

    申请号:US12928678

    申请日:2010-12-16

    IPC分类号: G11B11/00

    摘要: A waveguide structure for a TAMR head is disclosed wherein at least one detection waveguide is formed parallel to a main waveguide and located a gap distance therefrom. A light source transmits light into the main waveguide and towards an ABS/medium interface. A plasmon generator converts light from the waveguide into plasmon waves that are directed onto a magnetic medium. Back reflected light is captured by the main waveguide, partially diverted into a detection waveguide, and transmitted to a photo detector that measures light intensity (IB) which correlates closely to the plasmon wave intensity at the ABS/medium interface. A controller linked to the photo detector is employed to calculate IB as a function of ABS/medium spacing in a non-write condition and this relationship can be used to control and maintain a constant plasmon wave intensity at the ABS during a series of TAMR write processes with a plurality of media.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于TAMR头的波导结构,其中至少一个检测波导与主波导平行地形成并且与其间的间隙距离。 光源将光传输到主波导并朝向ABS /介质接口。 等离子体激元发生器将来自波导的光转换成被引导到磁介质上的等离子体波。 后反射光被主波导捕获,部分转移到检测波导中,并传输到光检测器,该光检测器测量与ABS /介质界面处的等离子体波强度密切相关的光强度(IB)。 在非写入条件下,使用与光电检测器相关联的控制器来计算IB作为ABS /介质间隔的函数,并且该关系可用于在一系列TAMR写入期间控制和维持ABS处的恒定等离子体波强度 具有多个媒体的过程。

    Plasmon shield to shape and reduce optical spot
    8.
    发明授权
    Plasmon shield to shape and reduce optical spot 有权
    等离子体屏蔽形状并减少光斑

    公开(公告)号:US08036069B1

    公开(公告)日:2011-10-11

    申请号:US12802096

    申请日:2010-05-28

    IPC分类号: G11B11/00

    摘要: A TAMR head is disclosed with a triangular shaped plasmon antenna covered on two sides with a plasmon layer that generates an edge plasmon mode along a vertex of the two plasmon sides formed opposite a main pole layer. A plasmon shield (PS) is formed along the ABS and opposite the vertex to confine an electric field from the edge plasmon mode within a small radius of the edge plasmon tip thereby reducing the optical spot size on the magnetic medium and enhancing writability. An end of a waveguide used to direct input electromagnetic radiation to the plasmon antenna adjoins a PS side opposite the ABS. In one embodiment, a magnetic shield may be formed along the ABS and adjoins the PS so that a first PS section terminates at the ABS and faces the vertex while a second PS section is formed between the magnetic shield and waveguide end.

    摘要翻译: 公开了具有三面形等离子体激元的三角形等离子体激元天线,该三角形等离子体激元天线用等离子体膜覆盖,该等离子体膜沿着与主极层相对的两个等离子体激元侧的顶点产生边缘等离子体模式。 等离子体屏蔽(PS)沿着ABS形成并与顶点相对,以将边缘等离子体激元模式的电场限制在边缘等离子体激元尖端的小半径内,从而减小磁介质上的光点尺寸并提高可写性。 用于将输入电磁辐射引导到等离子体激元天线的波导的一端与ABS相对的PS侧相邻。 在一个实施例中,可以沿着ABS形成磁屏蔽并与PS邻接,使得第一PS部分在ABS处终止并面向顶点,而在磁屏蔽和波导端之间形成第二PS部分。

    Bi-directional debris sweeping profile
    10.
    发明授权
    Bi-directional debris sweeping profile 有权
    双向碎片清扫轮廓

    公开(公告)号:US07561367B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-14

    申请号:US11855489

    申请日:2007-09-14

    申请人: Erhard Schreck

    发明人: Erhard Schreck

    IPC分类号: G11B21/02 G11B5/596

    CPC分类号: G11B19/041 G11B5/41

    摘要: A bidirectional disc sweep routine accelerates the transducer in a storage device from a first predefined radius toward the inner radius to a second predefined radius, and accelerates the transducer from a third predefined radius toward the outer radius to a fourth predefined radius.

    摘要翻译: 双向盘扫描例程将存储装置中的换能器从第一预定义半径朝向内半径加速到第二预定半径,并且将换能器从第三预定义半径加速到外半径到第四预定半径。