Granted Patent B1

US 12,272,391 · App. 18/426,985 · Granted Apr 8, 2025

Inventor: Takahiro Magome (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP)

Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation

G11B5/6029G11B21/21

Abstract

Claims (37)

1. A magnetic disk device comprising:

a magnetic disk;

a magnetic head movable with respect to the magnetic disk and projecting toward the magnetic disk, which can adjust an amount of protrusion thereof; and

a controller which controls movement of the magnetic head and the amount of protrusion of the magnetic head,

wherein

the controller is configured to:

detect a first optimal fly amount, which is an optimal spacing between a predetermined position on the magnetic disk and the magnetic head;

estimate, based on the first optimal fly amount, a first optimal fly amount distribution, which is an optimal spacing between the magnetic head at each of a plurality of movement positions of the magnetic head and the magnetic disk;

obtain a movable distance and an optimal moving speed of the magnetic head by moving the magnetic head while controlling the amount of protrusion of the magnetic head so that the spacing between the magnetic head and the magnetic disk follows along the first optimal fly amount distribution;

detect each of second optimal fly amounts, which is an optimal spacing between the magnetic head at each of the movement positions and the magnetic disk while sequentially positioning the magnetic head to a plurality of movement positions specified based on the movable distance and the optimal moving speed; and

move the magnetic head to a plurality of movement positions specified based on the movable distance and the optimal moving speed while sequentially positioning thereat, and write a plurality of spiral servo patterns to the magnetic disk by the magnetic head while controlling the amount of protrusion of the magnetic head so that the spacing between the magnetic head at each of the movement positions and the magnetic disk becomes the first optimal fly amount and each of the second optimal fly amounts.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein

the magnetic disk is circular,

the magnetic head is movable between a first position and a second position of the magnetic disk and includes a heater which generates heat by electric power supplied thereto, wherein the amount of protrusion changes by the heat generated by the heater, and

the controller adjusts the amount of protrusion of the magnetic head by controlling the power supplied to the heater.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein

the controller executes a touchdown process at the first position of the magnetic disk, to control the amount of protrusion of the magnetic head so that the magnetic head is brought into contact with the magnetic disk and detects the first optimal fly amount with reference to the amount of protrusion of the magnetic head when the magnetic head is brought into contact with the magnetic disk.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein

the controller estimates an optimal spacing between the magnetic head and the magnetic disk at a plurality of movement positions of the magnetic head from the first position to the second position as the first optimal fly amount distribution, based on the first optimal fly amount.

5. The device of claim 2 , wherein

the controller obtains the movable distance and the optimal moving speed by repeatedly moving the magnetic head back and forth between the first position and the second position while controlling the amount of protrusion of the magnetic head so that the spacing between the magnetic head and the magnetic disk follows along the first optimal fly amount distribution.

6. The device of claim 3 , wherein

the controller detects each of the second optimal fly amounts by moving the magnetic head in a region from the first position to the second position, excluding the first position, while sequentially positioning the magnetic head to a plurality of movement positions specified based on the moveable distance and optimal move speed, and executing the touchdown process at each of the movement positions.

7. The device of claim 3 , wherein

the controller is further configured to:

detect the optimal spacing between the magnetic head and the magnetic disk at each of the movement positions each as a third optimal fly amount by moving the magnetic head while sequentially positioning it to a plurality of positions specified based on each of the spiral servo patterns subjected to the write, and executing the touchdown process at each of the movement positions; and

move the magnetic head while sequentially positioning the magnetic head to a plurality of positions specified based on each of the spiral servo patterns subjected to the write, and writes a plurality of second spiral servo patterns to the magnetic disk by the magnetic head while controlling the amount of protrusion of the magnetic head so that the spacing between the magnetic head at each of the movement positions and the magnetic disk becomes each respective one of the third optimal fly amounts.

8. A method for controlling a magnetic disk device comprising:

a magnetic disk;

a magnetic head movable with respect to the magnetic disk and projecting towards the magnetic disk, which can change an amount of projection thereof; and

a controller which controls movement of the magnetic head and the amount of protrusion of the magnetic head,

the method comprising:

detecting a first optimal fly amount, which is an optimal spacing between a predetermined position on the magnetic disk and the magnetic head;

estimating, based on the first optimal fly amount, a first optimal fly amount distribution, which is an optimal spacing between the magnetic head at each of a plurality of movement positions of the magnetic head and the magnetic disk;

obtaining a movable distance and an optimal moving speed of the magnetic head by moving the magnetic head while controlling the amount of protrusion of the magnetic head so that a spacing between the magnetic head and the magnetic disk follows along the first optimal fly amount distribution;

detecting each of second optimal fly amounts, which is an optimal spacing between the magnetic head at each of the movement positions and the magnetic disk while sequentially positioning the magnetic head to a plurality of movement positions specified based on the movable distance and the optimal moving speed; and

moving the magnetic head to a plurality of movement positions specified based on the movable distance and the optimal moving speed while sequentially positioning thereat, and writing a plurality of spiral servo patterns to the magnetic disk by the magnetic head while controlling the amount of protrusion of the magnetic head so that the spacing between the magnetic head and the magnetic disk at each of the movement positions and the magnetic disk becomes the first optimal fly amount and each of the second optimal fly amounts.

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