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US 11,475,913 · App. 17/408,103 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Magnetic disk device and demodulation method for servo data

Inventor: Naoki Tagami (Yokohama Kanagawa, JP)
Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION
G11B5/59655G11B5/59688
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Patent No.
US 11,475,913
App. No.
17/408,103
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk having first servo data including a first preamble, a first servo mark, a first gray code, first burst data, and second burst data written after the first burst data, a head including a write head that writes data to the disk and a first read head and a second read head that read data from the disk, and a controller that reads the second burst data using the first read head and the second read head and calculates a servo demodulation position when the first servo data is servo-read without reading the first burst data in a short servo mode in which the first preamble, the first servo mark, and the first gray code are not read.

Claims (52)

1. A magnetic disk device comprising:

a disk having first servo data in a short servo sector different from a normal servo sector, the first servo data including a first preamble, a first servo mark, a first gray code, first burst data, and second burst data written after the first burst data and different from the first burst data;

a head including a write head that writes data to the disk and a first read head and a second read head that read data from the disk; and

a controller that reads the second burst data using the first read head and the second read head and calculates a servo demodulation position when the first servo data is servo-read without reading the first burst data in a short servo mode in which the first preamble, the first servo mark, and the first gray code are not read.

2. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein when a first distance between the write head and the first read head in a circumferential direction of the disk is a first threshold or more, the controller reads the first servo data without reading the first burst data in the short servo mode, and reads the second burst data using the first read head and the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position.

3. The magnetic disk device according to claim 2 , wherein when a second distance between the first read head and the second read head in a radial direction of the disk is a second threshold or more, the controller reads the first servo data without reading the first burst data in the short servo mode, and reads the second burst data using the first read head and the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position.

4. The magnetic disk device according to claim 2 , wherein when the first distance is smaller than the first threshold, the controller reads the first servo data in the short servo mode, and reads the first burst data and the second burst data using the first read head or the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position.

5. The magnetic disk device according to claim 3 , wherein when the second distance is smaller than the second threshold, the controller reads the first servo data in the short servo mode, and reads the first burst data and the second burst data using the first read head or the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position.

6. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first burst data and the second burst data are written in a data pattern in which a first phase of the first burst data are inverted by 180° at one servo track cycle in a radial direction of the disk, and a second phase of the second burst data are inverted by 180° at one servo track cycle in the radial direction of the disk, and a first burst track center position of the first burst data and a second burst track center position of the second burst data are shifted from each other in the radial direction of the disk.

7. The magnetic disk device according to claim 6 , wherein

the first burst track center position of the first burst data and the second burst track center position of the second burst data are shifted from each other by 0.5 servo track in the radial direction of the disk.

8. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein

the disk has second servo data in the normal servo sector, the second servo data including a second preamble, a second servo mark, a second gray code, third burst data, and fourth burst data written after the third burst data and different from the third burst data, and

the controller reads the third burst data and the fourth burst data using the first read head or the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position when the second servo data is servo-read in a normal servo mode in which the second preamble, the second servo mark, and the second gray code are read.

9. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein

the disk has second servo data in the normal servo sector, the second servo data including a second preamble, a second servo mark, a second gray code, and third burst data, and

the controller reads the third burst data using the first read head and the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position when the second servo data is servo-read in a normal servo mode in which the second preamble, the second servo mark, and the second gray code are read.

10. The magnetic disk device according to claim 8 , wherein

the third burst data and the fourth burst data are written in a data pattern in which a first phase of the third burst data are inverted by 180° at one servo track cycle in a radial direction of the disk, and a second phase of the fourth burst data are inverted by 180° at one servo track cycle in the radial direction of the disk, and a first burst track center position of the third burst data and a second burst track center position of the fourth burst data are shifted from each other in the radial direction of the disk.

11. The magnetic disk device according to claim 10 , wherein

the first burst track center position of the third burst data and the second burst track center position of the fourth burst data are shifted from each other by 0.5 servo track in the radial direction of the disk.

12. The magnetic disk device according to claim 8 , wherein the second servo data further has a post code.

13. A demodulation method for servo data applied to a magnetic disk device comprising a disk having first servo data in a short servo sector different from a normal servo sector, the first servo data including a first preamble, a first servo mark, a first gray code, first burst data, and second burst data written after the first burst data and different from the first burst data, and a head having a write head that writes data to the disk and a first read head and a second read head that read data from the disk, the method comprising

reading the second burst data using the first read head and the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position when the first servo data is servo-read without reading the first burst data in a short servo mode in which the first preamble, the first servo mark, and the first gray code are not read.

14. The demodulation method for servo data according to claim 13 , further comprising:

when a first distance between the write head and the first read head in a circumferential direction of the disk is a first threshold or more, reading the first servo data without reading the first burst data in the short servo mode; and

reading the second burst data using the first read head and the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position.

15. The demodulation method for servo data according to claim 14 , further comprising:

when a second distance between the first read head and the second read head in a radial direction of the disk is a second threshold or more, reading the first servo data without reading the first burst data in the short servo mode; and

reading the second burst data using the first read head and the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position.

16. The demodulation method for servo data according to claim 14 , further comprising:

when the first distance is smaller than the first threshold, reading the first servo data in the short servo mode; and

reading the first burst data and the second burst data using the first read head or the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position.

17. The demodulation method for servo data according to claim 15 , further comprising:

when the second distance is smaller than the second threshold, reading the first servo data in the short servo mode; and

reading the first burst data and the second burst data using the first read head or the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position.

18. The demodulation method for servo data according to claim 13 , wherein

the first burst data and the second burst data are written in a data pattern in which a first phase of the first burst data are inverted by 180° at one servo track cycle in a radial direction of the disk, and a second phase of the second burst data are inverted by 180° at one servo track cycle in the radial direction of the disk, and a first burst track center position of the first burst data and a second burst track center position of the second burst data are shifted from each other in the radial direction of the disk.

19. The demodulation method for servo data according to claim 18 , wherein

the first burst track center position of the first burst data and the second burst track center position of the second burst data are shifted from each other by 0.5 servo track in the radial direction of the disk.

20. The demodulation method for servo data according to claim 13 , wherein

the disk has second servo data in the normal servo sector, the second servo data including a second preamble, a second servo mark, a second gray code, third burst data, and fourth burst data written after the third burst data and different from the third burst data, and

reading the third burst data and the fourth burst data using the first read head or the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position when the second servo data is servo-read in a normal servo mode in which the second preamble, the second servo mark, and the second gray code are read.

21. The demodulation method for servo data according to claim 13 , wherein

the disk has second servo data in the normal servo sector, the second servo data including a second preamble, a second servo mark, a second gray code, and third burst data, and

when the second servo data is servo-read in a normal servo mode in which the second preamble, the second servo mark, and the second gray code are read, the third burst data is read using the first read head and the second read head to calculate a servo demodulation position.

22. The demodulation method for servo data according to claim 20 , wherein

the third burst data and the fourth burst data are written in a data pattern in which a first phase of the third burst data are inverted by 180° at one servo track cycle in a radial direction of the disk, and a second phase of the fourth burst data are inverted by 180° at one servo track cycle in the radial direction of the disk, and a first burst track center position of the third burst data and a second burst track center position of the fourth burst data are shifted from each other in the radial direction of the disk.

23. The demodulation method for servo data according to claim 22 , wherein

the first burst track center position of the third burst data and the second burst track center position of the fourth burst data are shifted from each other by 0.5 servo track in the radial direction of the disk.

24. The demodulation method for servo data according to claim 20 , wherein the second servo data further has a post code.

Priority Claims (1)
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