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 comprising slanted line servo bursts having a varying tilt angle

G Guo, J Yu - US Patent 7,916,416, 2011 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Disk drives comprise a diskanda 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 …

Disk drive adjusting servo burst signals to compensate for radial velocity of the head

W Xi, A Dhanda, G Guo, J Yu - US Patent 8,531,798, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk
comprising a plurality of servo sectors that define a plurality of servo tracks, wherein the …

Disk drive employing velocity insensitive servo burst pattern

M Chen, Q Zheng - US Patent 8,189,286, 2012 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 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 …

Disk drive rotating phase based servo bursts based on radial location of head

G Guo, A Dhanda, J Yu - US Patent 7,916,422, 2011 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Disk drives comprise a diskanda 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 …

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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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 …