摘要:
A probe-based data storage device includes a storage surface having an array of A storage fields; a probe array comprising A probes for writing data to respective storage fields; and an apparatus for controlling writing of blocks of user data in the array of storage fields.
摘要:
A storage device including a storage medium for storing data in the form of marks in multiple tracks aligned along track center lines, at least one read transducer for writing and reading said data stored in said storage medium, and an actuator for moving said storage medium relative to said at least one read transducer. The storage device further includes stored servo sequences, which are replicated by use of at least two different types of servo marks displaced by a given unique distance in a cross track direction relative to a respective track centerline, wherein the storage device is operable to retrieve servo sequences using read-back signals obtained from at least two different types of servo marks.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling writing and reading of data in an array of A storage fields of a probe-based data storage device in which data is written to and read from the array of storage fields by a corresponding array of probes. One method uses the concept of sub-arrays to provide variable-rate read/write operation. Input data blocks are received for writing to the A-field array, each input data block being writable in A/k0 storage fields where k0 is an integer ≧2. For successive groups of k0 blocks, the k0 blocks are written to respective sub-arrays, each of A/k0 storage fields, of the storage field array by selectively writing at one of a series of rates, ranging from 1 block at a time to k0 blocks at a time, in dependence on a desired data write-rate. The blocks can also be read from the sub-arrays by selectively reading at one of a series of rates, ranging from 1 sub-array at a time to k0 sub-arrays at a time, in dependence on a desired data read-rate.
摘要翻译:提供了用于控制在基于探针的数据存储设备的A个存储区域阵列中的数据的写入和读取的方法和装置,其中通过相应的探针阵列将数据写入存储区阵列并从存储区域读取数据。 一种方法使用子阵列的概念来提供可变速率的读/写操作。 接收用于写入A字阵列的输入数据块,每个输入数据块可在A / k 0存储区域中写入,其中k <0>是整数> = 2 。 对于k个块的连续组,将k个0个块写入相应的子阵列,每个A / k 0个存储场, 根据期望的数据写入速率,通过以一系列速率中的一个选择性地写入,每次从一个块到每个块块一次块。 也可以通过选择性地以一系列速率中的一种读取从子阵列中读出的块,从一个子阵列一次一个子阵列到一个子阵列,依次 以期望的数据读取速率。
摘要:
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling writing and reading of data in an array of A storage fields of a probe-based data storage device in which data is written to and read from the array of storage fields by a corresponding array of probes. One method provides error-tolerance by exploiting the inherent parallelism of the probe storage array. A user data block to be written to the A-field array is first coded to produce a plurality of C-byte codewords, such that r.C=k1A where r is the number of codewords and k1 is an integer greater than or equal to 1. A sub-blocks of k1 bytes are produced from the codewords by selecting successive bytes of each sub-block cyclically from the r codewords. The A sub-blocks are then written via respective probes to the corresponding storage fields of the storage field array.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling writing and reading of data in an array of A storage fields of a probe-based data storage device in which data is written to and read from the array of storage fields by a corresponding array of probes. One method provides error-tolerance by exploiting the inherent parallelism of the probe storage array. A user data block to be written to the A-field array is first coded to produce a plurality of C-byte codewords, such that r.C=k1.A where r is the number of codewords and k1 is an integer≧1. A sub-blocks of k1 bytes are produced from the codewords by selecting successive bytes of each sub-block cyclically from the r codewords. The A sub-blocks are then written via respective probes to the corresponding storage fields of the storage field array.
摘要翻译:提供了用于控制在基于探针的数据存储设备的A个存储区域阵列中的数据的写入和读取的方法和装置,其中通过相应的探针阵列将数据写入存储区阵列并从存储区域读取数据。 一种方法通过利用探针存储阵列的固有并行性来提供容错性。 要写入A场阵列的用户数据块首先被编码以产生多个C字节码字,使得r C = k 1 A其中r是码字数,k <1> SUB>是整数> = 1。 通过从r个码字周期性地选择每个子块的连续字节,从码字产生k 1个字节的子块。 然后通过相应的探针将A个子块写入存储字段阵列的对应存储字段。
摘要:
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling writing and reading of data in an array of A storage fields of a probe-based data storage device in which data is written to and read from the array of storage fields by a corresponding array of probes. One method provides error-tolerance by exploiting the inherent parallelism of the probe storage array. A user data block to be written to the A-field array is first coded to produce a plurality of C-byte codewords, such that r.C=k1.A where r is the number of codewords and k1 is an integer≧1. A sub-blocks of k1 bytes are produced from the codewords by selecting successive bytes of each sub-block cyclically from the r codewords. The A sub-blocks are then written via respective probes to the corresponding storage fields of the storage field array.
摘要翻译:提供了用于控制在基于探针的数据存储设备的A个存储区域阵列中的数据的写入和读取的方法和装置,其中通过相应的探针阵列将数据写入存储区阵列并从存储区域读取数据。 一种方法通过利用探针存储阵列的固有并行性来提供容错性。 要写入A场阵列的用户数据块首先被编码以产生多个C字节码字,使得r C = k 1 A其中r是码字数,k <1> SUB>是整数> = 1。 通过从r个码字周期性地选择每个子块的连续字节,从码字产生k 1个字节的子块。 然后通过相应的探针将A个子块写入存储字段阵列的对应存储字段。
摘要:
A method for settling on a target track of a servo system in a storage device (110) comprising a scanning probe (e.g., a scanning probe array system (124)) is disclosed, as well as a corresponding storage device (110). A data format is employed for the data stored in servo fields (18), consisting mainly of a preamble for assisting the settle process.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus are provided for overwriting data in a probe-based data storage device in which data bits are represented by the presence and absence of pits at bit positions on a storage surface, the pits being formed in the storage surface by a probe mechanism of the device. Input data is coded to generate a coded bit sequence and an overwrite technique is employed to record the coded bit sequence on the storage surface over an old, previously-recorded bit sequence. Together with the properties of the coded bit sequence, the overwrite technique exploits the physical mechanism of the write process in that, with appropriate spacing of the bit positions on the storage surface, writing a pit at a bit position can erase an existing pit within a defined number of neighboring bit positions. In addition, the overwrite technique involves reading at least certain bits of the old bit sequence, whereby the pattern of data written on the storage surface in an overwrite operation is determined in part by the results of reading old data.
摘要:
A servo control system micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-based motion control system (and method therefor), includes a motion generator having an inherent stiffness component.