IP Library Granted Patent US 8,553,351
Granted Patent B1
US 8,553,351 · App. 13/267,196 · Granted Oct 8, 2013

Disk drive correcting track ID in response to an estimated radial location and a burst PES

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Patent No.
US 8,553,351
App. No.
13/267,196
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Kind
B1
Abstract

A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk, the disk comprising a plurality of servo tracks defined by a plurality of servo sectors. An estimated radial location of the head is generated in response to an actuator control signal. A Gray coded track ID is detected from reading a servo sector, and decoded into a detected track ID. A burst position error signal (PES) is generated from reading servo bursts in the servo sector, wherein the burst PES represents a detected fractional servo track offset of the head. When the detected track ID is corrupt, a corrected track ID is generated using the estimated radial location and the burst PES, and the actuator control signal is adjusted in response to the corrected track ID and the burst PES.

Claims (28)

1. A disk drive comprising:

a disk comprising a plurality of servo tracks defined by a plurality of servo sectors, each servo sector comprising a Gray coded track ID and servo bursts;

a head;

an actuator for actuating the head over the disk; and

control circuitry operable to:

generate an actuator control signal applied to the actuator;

generate an estimated radial location of the head in response to the actuator control signal;

detect a Gray coded track ID from reading one of the servo sectors;

decode the detected Gray coded track ID into a detected track ID;

generate a burst position error signal (PES) from reading the servo bursts in the servo sector, wherein the burst PES represents a detected fractional servo track offset of the head; and

when the detected track ID is corrupt:

generate a corrected track ID using the estimated radial location and the burst PES; and

adjust the actuator control signal in response to the corrected track ID and the burst PES.

2. The disk drive as recited in claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is operable to determine the detected track ID is corrupt based on a difference between a detected radial location based on the detected track ID and the burst PES, and the estimated radial location.

3. The disk drive as recited in claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is operable to generate the corrected track ID by subtracting the burst PES from the estimated radial location.

4. The disk drive as recited in claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is operable to generate the corrected track ID by subtracting the burst PES from the estimated radial location and integer dividing the result by a value representing a number of steps between consecutive servo tracks.

5. A method of operating a disk drive, the disk drive comprising a head and a disk, the disk comprising a plurality of servo tracks defined by a plurality of servo sectors, each servo sector comprising a Gray coded track ID and servo bursts, the method comprising:

generating an actuator control signal for actuating the head over the disk;

generating an estimated radial location of the head in response to the actuator control signal;

detecting a Gray coded track ID from reading one of the servo sectors;

decoding the detected Gray coded track ID into a detected track ID;

generating a burst position error signal (PES) from reading the servo bursts in the servo sector, wherein the burst PES represents a detected fractional servo track offset of the head; and

when the detected track ID is corrupt:

generating a corrected track ID using the estimated radial location and the burst PES; and

adjusting the actuator control signal in response to the corrected track ID and the burst PES.

6. The method as recited in claim 5 , further comprising determining the detected track ID is corrupt based on a difference between a detected radial location based on the detected track ID and the burst PES, and the estimated radial location.

7. The method as recited in claim 5 , further comprising generating the corrected track ID by subtracting the burst PES from the estimated radial location.

8. The method as recited in claim 5 , further comprising generating the corrected track ID by subtracting the burst PES from the estimated radial location and integer dividing the result by a value representing a number of steps between consecutive servo tracks.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 038744 FRAME 0481 Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2018
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 045501/0714 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 17, 2016
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038722/0229 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 17, 2016
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038744/0281 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 17, 2016
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 038744/0481 →