Disk drive adjusting fly height when calibrating head/disk contact

BE Knigge, JPR McFadyen - US Patent 8,059,357, 2011 - Google Patents
(58) Field of Classification Search........................ None Assistant Examiner—James L
Habermehl See application file for complete search history.(57) ABSTRACT (56) References …

Disk drive detecting positive correlation in fly height measurements

BE Knigge, JPR McFadyen - US Patent 8,320,069, 2012 - Google Patents
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a plurality of disks having a plurality of disk surfaces.
The disk drive further comprises a head actuated over each disk surface, and a spindle …

Disk drive charging capacitor using motor supply voltage during power failure

TA Ferris, RP Ryan - US Patent 9,093,105, 2015 - Google Patents
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, a spindle motor operable to rotate the disk, a
head actuated over the disk, an interface operable to receive a host supply voltage, and a …

Disk drive adjusting fly height actuator to compensate for laser induced head protrusion in heat assisted magnetic recording

A Krichevsky, D Guarisco - US Patent 8,619,508, 2013 - Google Patents
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk, wherein the head
comprises a laser operable to heat the disk while writing data to the disk, and a fly height …

Disk drive employing radially coherent reference pattern for servo burst demodulation and fly height measurement

G Guo, J Yu - US Patent 8,824,081, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk comprising a plurality of data
tracks defined by servo sectors. Each servo sector comprises a periodic preamble recorded …

Disk drive calibrating fly height actuator to enable laser biasing during non-write mode

TS Lee - US Patent 8,787,125, 2014 - Google Patents
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, a head comprising a laser operable to heat the
disk while writing data to the disk, and a fly height actuator (FHA) operable to actuate the …

Data storage device employing adaptive feed-forward control in timing loop to compensate for vibration

JG Zhou, W **, G Guo, H Li - US Patent 9,111,575, 2015 - Google Patents
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk and a vibration
detector configured to generate a vibration signal in response to a vibration affecting the …

Disk drive measuring radial offset between heads by detecting a difference between ramp contact

J Nie, ED Sheh, BP Rigney - US Patent 9,064,537, 2015 - Google Patents
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a plurality of disk surfaces including a first disk surface
and a second disk surface. The disk drive further comprises a plurality of heads including a …

Data storage device reading servo sector while writing data sector

G Guo, RA Quisenberry, W Guo, M Chang… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
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Power control module using protection circuit for regulating backup voltage to power load during power fault

RP Mayo - US Patent 9,899,834, 2018 - Google Patents
A power control module comprising low voltage (LV) port for receiving low supply voltage via
LV supply line, high voltage (HV) input port for receiving high supply voltage via HV supply …