IP Library Patent Application 12495055
Patent Application
App. No. 12/495,055

MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING HEAD

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App. No.
12/495,055
Abstract

According to an aspect of the embodiment, a magnetic recording apparatus has a sensor detecting a first signal including disk flutter and arm flexural vibration and a sensor for detecting a second signal only including the arm flexural vibration. The magnetic recording apparatus obtains the frequency component of disk flutter based on the first signal and second signal, and executes the control of positioning a head based on the obtained frequency component of the disk flutter.

Claims (23)

1 . A magnetic recording apparatus comprising:

a first sensor detecting a first signal including disk flutter and arm flexural vibration;

a second sensor detecting a second signal only including the arm flexural vibration; and

a control unit obtaining a frequency component of the disk flutter based on the first signal and second signal, and executing control of positioning a head based on the frequency component of the disk flutter.

2 . The magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is provided on a suspension of the magnetic recording apparatus and the second sensor is provided on an arm of the magnetic recording apparatus.

3 . The magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first sensor is physically connected to the second sensor.

4 . The magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit calculates a linear combination of the first signal and second signal to obtain the frequency component of the disk flutter.

5 . The magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an arm; and

a disk,

wherein the first sensor is a non-contact displacement sensor which is provided on the arm, and detects a signal indicating relative displacement between the arm and the disk as the first signal.

6 . The magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the control unit calculates a linear combination of the signal indicating relative displacement between the arm and the disk to obtain the frequency component of the disk flutter.

7 . The magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first sensor is physically connected to the second sensor.

8 . A method for positioning a head in a magnetic recording apparatus, the method comprising:

detecting a first signal including disk flutter and arm flexural vibration by a first sensor provided in the magnetic recording apparatus;

detecting a second signal only including the arm flexural vibration by a second sensor provided in the magnetic recording apparatus; and

obtaining a frequency component of disk flutter based on the first signal and second signal, and executing control of positioning the head based on the frequency component of the disk flutter.

9 . The method for positioning a head in a magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first sensor is provided on a suspension of the magnetic recording apparatus and the second sensor is provided on an arm of the magnetic recording apparatus.

10 . The method for positioning a head in a magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first sensor is physically connected to the second sensor.

11 . The method for positioning a head in a magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the control unit calculates a linear combination of the first signal and second signal to obtain the frequency component of the disk flutter.

12 . The method for positioning a head in a magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first sensor is a non-contact displacement sensor which is provided on an arm provided in the magnetic recording apparatus and detects a signal indicating relative displacement between the arm and a disk provided in the magnetic recording apparatus as the first signal.

13 . The method for positioning a head in a magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein a linear combination of the signal indicating relative displacement between the arm and the disk is calculated to obtain the frequency component of the disk flutter.

14 . The method for positioning a head in a magnetic recording apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the first sensor is physically connected to the second sensor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2009
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: TOSHIBA STORAGE DEVICE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023565/0179 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2009
From: FUNABASHI, KEI; KOGANEZAWA, SHINJI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 023069/0996 →