摘要:
A data storage device and associated methods may provide at least a data storage medium that is separated from a heat assisted magnetic recording data writer and is connected to a controller. The controller can be configured to change a laser power of the heat assisted magnetic recording data writer in response to a tested bit error rate of a median data track of a plurality of adjacent data tracks reaching an identified threshold.
摘要:
A system and method for Flex Over or On Suspension (FOS) fault detection under a write gate for magnetic disk drives may employ a flex over suspension fault comparator that compares a predetermined reference threshold to a positive delta of a disk drive write head data stream and outputs a positive or negative FOS fault indication. A max/min buffer detects polarity of a disk drive read/write head and applies a positive buffered delta to the fault comparator. A transition-free window detector triggers the fault comparator to output the fault indication when a transition-free window of zero-value data bits of a predetermined length is detected from the disk drive head, and the transition-free window detector provides a fault validation signal to validate output of the fault comparator when the transition-free window of zero-value data bits of the predetermined length is detected from the disk drive head.
摘要:
During field operation of a heat-assisted magnetic recording data storage device, a laser adjustment procedure is repeatedly performed. The laser adjustment procedure involves writing, at a designated location on a recording medium at least three tracks at an unsqueezed pitch, a first track being in the middle of the at least three tracks. A first bit error rate of the first track is compared with a reference bit error rate. In response to the comparison satisfying a threshold, the laser current is swept while recording squeezed test tracks at the designated location to determine a new laser current that results in a minimum bit error rate. The new laser current is used for subsequent write operations.
摘要:
A data storage device and associated methods may provide at least a data storage medium that is separated from a heat assisted magnetic recording data writer and is connected to a controller. The controller can be configured to change a laser power of the heat assisted magnetic recording data writer in response to a tested bit error rate of a median data track of a plurality of adjacent data tracks reaching an identified threshold.
摘要:
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk comprising a plurality of tracks, wherein each track comprises a plurality of data sectors. A test pattern is written to at least one data sector in at least one track, and the test pattern is read from the disk to generate a noisy read signal comprising added noise. An estimated data sequence is detected from the noisy read signal, and an amplitude of the added noise is increased until a failure detection metric reaches a metric threshold. A failure threshold is generated based on the amplitude of the added noise when the failure detection metric reaches the metric threshold, and a failure condition of the disk drive is predicted based on the failure threshold.
摘要:
A hard disk drive system including a controller and a plurality of slave testing modules located in respective components of the hard disk drive system. The controller is arranged on a printed circuit board of the hard disk drive system and is configured to transmit information from the hard disk drive system to a host device, receive information from the host device, and, using a master testing module located in the controller, provide test configuration data corresponding to the information received from the host device. Each of the plurality of slave testing modules is configured to receive the test configuration data from the master testing module and test operation of the respective component of the hard disk drive system using the test configuration data.
摘要:
A magnetic recording disk drive determines the locations of defective bits in a failed data sector, and allows for the error correction code (ECC) to correctly decode the data from the sector. After a sector has failed decoding, the digitized waveform and the read channel state from the failed sector are stored in memory. A nondata pattern is written to the failed sector and read back to determine the locations of the defective data bits in the failed sector, which are then used to update the read channel state. The data pattern from the failed sector, with the identified bit error locations, is attempted to be decoded. If the decoding is successful then the sector is marked as bad and the correctly decoded data pattern is written to a different region of the disk, for example physical sectors specifically intended for use as spare sectors.
摘要:
A printed circuit board of a hard disk drive system includes a first component and a plurality of second components of the hard disk drive system. The first component is configured to transmit information to, and receive information from, a host device via a communication interface of the printed circuit board. The first component includes a first testing module operating as a master testing module. Each of the plurality of second components includes a respective second testing module operating as a slave testing module. The first component is connected to each of the plurality of second components and is configured to provide test configuration data to each of the respective second testing modules. The test configuration data corresponds to the information received from the host device, and the test configuration data enables each of the respective second testing modules to test operation of the plurality of second components.
摘要:
In a optical disc system with constraint length equal to or greater than 5, under assumption that continuous 2T count included in a predetermined evaluation bit array is denoted by i and that length of evaluation bit array of interest is given by (5+2i), judgment is passed on whether binary bit arrays include the evaluation bit array. Previously prepared are the error vectors calculated on the basis of target signals corresponding to the evaluation bit arrays and the target signals derived from the binary bit arrays, and the selection of a desired error vector is performed depending on the result of the judgment. At the same time, an equalized error vector is calculated from the target signal derived from the binary bit array and the reproduced signal, and the inner product of the equalized error vector and the selected error vector is calculated.
摘要:
In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method for measuring a quality parameter of an optical storage system comprising a non-diffraction-limited optical storage medium and a readout device, the method comprising the process of deriving an impulse response of the optical storage system, and the process of analyzing the impulse response to determine at least one of a width of the impulse response and a skewness of the impulse response as the quality parameter.