Seagate Technology Incorporated

Marinko Bosnich

Abhay Tejmal Kataria

David L Schell

Brent Jay Harmer

Chris Thomas Settje

Steven Alan Koldewyn

Mike E Baum

Kar Wei Koay

A system is capable of detecting a 'large' shock. In contrast to just any shock, a large shock exceeds some threshold of magnitude or duration and may generate particles and/or the deposit of particles on a recording head, which can result in write errors. Responsive to detection of a large shock, the system can take corrective action, such as executing one or more corrective action seeks after detection of the large shock or executing a series of corrective actions seeks during a certain number of load operations after detection of the large shock. RAW verifications may be performed to confirm correct write operation of the recording head after such corrective action.

Large shock particle mitigation

An apparatus and method for dynamic head switch timing recalibration are provided. With the apparatus and method, a determination is made as to whether a difference in a reference head switch timing and the head switch timing at a later time is sufficient to meet a certain criteria. If the difference meets the criteria, a recalibration of the head switch timing is performed. For example, in a preferred embodiment, the criteria is a number of address mark (AM) misses during a head switch operation. If this predetermined number of AM misses is detected, then it is determined that a recalibration is necessary since the predetermined number of AM misses is an indication that the head switch timing has changed significantly from the reference head switch timing.

Dynamic head switch timing recalibration apparatus and method

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Marinko Bosnich