Seagate Technology Incorporated

Don R Bloyer

John West Dykes

Young Pil Kim

Rodney Virgil Bowman

Nan-Husing Yeh

Caitlin Marie Race

Method and apparatus for managing data in a memory, such as a flash memory array. In accordance with various embodiments, a first data access operation is conducted on a memory cell and a first temperature associated with the memory cell and associated with the first data access operation is measured. A second temperature associated with the memory cell is measured. At least one operational parameter is adjusted responsive to the first and second temperatures associated with the memory cell. A second data access operation is conducted on the memory cell using the adjusted operational parameter.

Temperature tracking to manage threshold voltages in a memory

A method for measuring spacing between a head and a storage medium is provided. The method includes obtaining a sample of a readback signal from a sequence of data stored on the storage medium using the head. An amplitude of the readback signal for a plurality of frequencies is calculated. Additionally, the method includes providing a measurement indicative of spacing between the head and the storage medium based on the amplitude.

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Eden Prairie, MN, United States of America

Don R Bloyer