Disk drive correcting high order gray code using track estimator and decoding low order track code separately

G Guo, J Yu, A Dhanda - US Patent 8,693,123, 2014 - Google Patents
4,949,200 A 8, 1990 Weng......................... 360, 72.2 order Gray code are corrected using the
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Disk drive charging capacitor using motor supply voltage during power failure

TA Ferris, RP Ryan - US Patent 9,093,105, 2015 - Google Patents
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, a spindle motor operable to rotate the disk, a
head actuated over the disk, an interface operable to receive a host supply voltage, and a …

Disk drive biasing sync pattern of an extended sync mark

G Guo, J Yu - US Patent 8,619,385, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk including a plu rality of sectors
each comprising a sector sync mark pattern and sector data preceding and following the …

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

A Narayana, C Ji, DT Phan, M Chen… - US Patent 8,553,351, 2013 - Google Patents
Disk drives comprise a disk and a head connected to a distal end of an actuator arm Which
is rotated about a pivot by a voice coil motor (VCM) to position the head radially over the …

Disk drive employing radially coherent reference pattern for servo burst demodulation and fly height measurement

G Guo, J Yu - US Patent 8,824,081, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk comprising a plurality of data
tracks defined by servo sectors. Each servo sector comprises a periodic preamble recorded …

Data storage device employing adaptive feed-forward control in timing loop to compensate for vibration

JG Zhou, W Xi, G Guo, H Li - US Patent 9,111,575, 2015 - Google Patents
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk and a vibration
detector configured to generate a vibration signal in response to a vibration affecting the …

Disk drive measuring radial offset between heads by detecting a difference between ramp contact

J Nie, ED Sheh, BP Rigney - US Patent 9,064,537, 2015 - Google Patents
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a plurality of disk surfaces including a first disk surface
and a second disk surface. The disk drive further comprises a plurality of heads including a …

Data storage device reading servo sector while writing data sector

G Guo, RA Quisenberry, W Guo, M Chang… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
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2001 Elliott et al. 6,963,465 B1 1 1/2005 Melkote et al. 6.265. 86s B1 7/2001 Richter …

Disk drive correcting an error in a detected gray code

G Guo, D Brunnett, JG Zhou, WE Wong - US Patent 8,917,469, 2014 - Google Patents
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5,600,499 A 2f1997 Acosta et al. 5,737,142 A 4, 1998 Zook 5,757,567 A 5, 1998 Hetzler et …

Power control module using protection circuit for regulating backup voltage to power load during power fault

RP Mayo - US Patent 9,899,834, 2018 - Google Patents
A power control module comprising low voltage (LV) port for receiving low supply voltage via
LV supply line, high voltage (HV) input port for receiving high supply voltage via HV supply …