Abstract:
Magnetic disk, method of track following on a magnetic disk, and method of writing a servo pattern in a dedicated servo layer of a magnetic disk. The magnetic disk comprises a servo pattern in a dedicated servo layer of the magnetic disk, the servo pattern having a first burst A and a second burst B arranged to be within one period of a servo sample, each of burst A and burst B comprising DC+ and DC- magnetic bursts; wherein a center of the DC+/DC- bursts of burst B is shifted relative to the DC+/DC- bursts of burst A in a substantially radial direction of the magnetic disk.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a data storage device comprising a motor having a stator is disclosed. The stator may include a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a n-phase winding arrangement having n phase windings; wherein each phase winding comprises m flat fractional-pitch coils arranged on the first surface of the substrate such that the coils are spaced apart uniformly along a closed loop and connected in series; wherein each coil together with an angular section of the substrate between the coil and an adjacent coil of the same phase winding defines a stator pole-pair; and wherein m is an integer larger than 1.
Abstract:
A reader structure, a method of biasing a free layer of a reader structure, and a read head are provided, the reader structure comprises a free layer having a reader edge for interacting with and being proximal to a magnetic media; a first magnetic bias member and a second magnetic bias member each provided adjacent to the free layer, the first and second magnetic bias members being configured to have a first magnetisation direction which is substantially parallel to the reader edge; an additional bias member disposed adjacent to the free layer, the additional bias member further being located proximal to at least one of the first magnetic bias member and the second magnetic bias member, and the additional bias member being configured to have a magnetisation direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first magnetisation direction.
Abstract:
A magnetic media tester comprising a Laser Doppler Vibrometer (LDV) head; and a magnetic read head; the LDV head and the magnetic read head being configured for obtaining correlatable data of a region on a magnetic disk.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a magnetic encoder for determining a position of a first object relative to a second object. The encoder comprises a first magnetic member, a second magnetic member and a sensor member. The sensor member comprises 5 a first sensor for measuring a change in magnetic field of the first magnetic member for deducing an unsigned absolute position of the first object relative to the second object, and a second sensor for measuring a change in magnetic field of the second magnetic member for deducing a sign for the unsigned absolute position. The first magnetic member and first sensor are coupled to 10 respectively different ones of the first object and second object, and the second magnetic member and second sensor are coupled to respectively different ones of the first object and second object.
Abstract:
In various embodiments, a method of writing servo information to a recording medium may be provided. The method include forming a first servo pattern (including a servo burst pattern) on a segment of a first track of a first layer of the recording medium, the first track having a track width. The method may further include forming a second servo pattern (including addressing information) on a segment of a second track of a second layer of the recording medium. The second track is arranged from the first track by half the track width.
Abstract:
In various embodiments, a magnetic medium may be provided. The magnetic medium may include a substrate. The substrate may include a servo layer over the substrate. The servo layer may include a cap layer having a first coercivity. The servo layer may also include a granular layer having a second coercivity greater than the first coercivity. The servo layer may also include an intervening layer between the cap layer and the granular layer.
Abstract:
In the present disclosure, a recording medium and a method of preparing a recording medium is provided. In a recording medium, a first annular servo track can be provided on a first layer of the recording medium, and second annular servo track can be provided on the first layer of the recording medium. The second annular servo track can be adjacent to the first annular servo track. In the recording medium, the first annular servo track and the second annular servo track are magnetically polarized and are magnetically opposing in polarity. A corresponding method of preparing a recording medium is provided.