IP Library Granted Patent US 9,064,504
Granted Patent B1
US 9,064,504 · App. 14/260,641 · Granted Jun 23, 2015

Electronic system with media recovery mechanism and method of operation thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,064,504
App. No.
14/260,641
Granted
Jun 23, 2015
Kind
B1
Abstract

An apparatus includes: a media; a head over the media; and control circuitry, coupled to the heads, configured to: select an operational head from the heads based on margin data collected under a lube waterfall condition, and perform an access to the media with the operational head.

Claims (27)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a media;

heads over the media; and

control circuitry, coupled to the heads, configured to:

select an operational head from the heads based on margin data collected under a lube waterfall condition, and

perform an access to the media with the operational head.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the operational head comprises at least one of the heads less susceptible to the lube waterfall condition.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the access comprises the access under the lube waterfall condition.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the access comprises a write.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to perform the access with the operational head for a pre-determined amount of time after a power on.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine an active zone on the media with a currently selected head.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to close the active zone accessed by the currently selected head.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to select a different active zone with one of the heads different from the currently selected head.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to confine the selected different active zone to the operational head.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to perform a write of the media with a currently selected head.

11. A method operating an apparatus including heads over a media, the method comprising:

determining an operational head from the heads based on margin data collected under a lube waterfall condition; and

performing an access to the media with the operational head.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein the operational head comprises at least one of the heads less susceptible to the lube waterfall condition.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein performing the access comprises performing the access under the lube waterfall condition.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein the access comprises a write.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein performing the access comprises performing the access with the operational head for a pre-determined amount of time after a power on.

16. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein determining the operational head comprises determining an active zone on the media with a currently selected head.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16 wherein determining the operational head comprises closing the active zone accessed by the currently selected head.

18. The method as claimed in claim 16 wherein determining the operational head comprises selecting a different active zone with one of the heads different from the currently selected head.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18 further comprising confining the active zone on the media with the operational head.

20. The method as claimed in claim 11 wherein determining the operational head comprises performing a write of the media with the heads under the lube waterfall condition and reading from a currently selected head after the lube waterfall condition.

Assignments (8)
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT - DDTL LOAN AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 067045/0156 →
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT - A&R LOAN AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 064715/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL 038744 FRAME 0481 Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058982/0556 →
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 038744/0481 →
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2014
From: SANNINO, ANTHONY P.; BOYLE, WILLIAM B.; HILLER, BERNHARD; PENG, JIH-PING
To: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 033976/0238 →