Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

Sandy Xianghui Xiao

Noureddine Kermiche

Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, method, and one or more processing devices that are configured to: generate an expected oscillation spectrum associated with a band of the selected disk; detect oscillation abnormality of the selected head based on comparing an actual oscillation spectrum associated with a data sector in the band to the expected oscillation spectrum associated with the band, wherein the data sector includes data written by the selected head; and perform a remediation action in response to detecting oscillation abnormality of the selected head.

Data storage device with self-learning oscillation detector

Various aspects are directed to a data storage device comprising one or more disks, an actuator mechanism configured to position a selected head among one or more heads proximate to a corresponding disk surface among the one or more disks, and one or more processing devices. The one or more processing devices are configured to detect repeatable runout (RRO) noise components from a measurement of fly height of the selected head above one or more sectors of a fly height measurement track, and remove the detected RRO noise components from one or more per-sector readback signal measurements.

Data storage device with rapid in-field repeatable runout noise removal calibration

A data storage device is disclosed comprising a first head actuated radially over a first disk surface, and a second head actuated radially over a second disk surface. A seek operation seeks the first head to a first fly height calibration track and seeks the second head to a second fly height calibration track. During a revolution of the first and second disk surfaces the first head is used to read the first fly height calibration track in order to calibrate a first fly height actuator for the first head, and after switching from the first head to the second head, the second head is used to read the second fly height calibration track in order to calibrate a second fly height actuator for the second head.

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Sandy Xianghui Xiao