Castlewood Systems, Inc.

Castlewod Systems, Inc.

Stephen R Jackson

David M Drouin

Vien N Nguyen

Li-Hsin Lu

A technique for formatting a magnetic disk for a removable magnetic cartridge includes the steps of providing the magnetic disk having a top surface and a bottom surface, writing a first servo track onto the top surface, the first servo track having a portion including a first gray code, a first position burst, and a second position burst, writing a second servo track onto the top surface adjacent to the first servo track, the second servo track having a portion including a second gray code, the second position burst, and a third position burst, and writing a third servo track onto the top surface adjacent to the second servo track, the third servo track having a portion including the second gray code, the third position burst and a fourth position burst, wherein a first data track comprises the first servo track, the second servo track and the third servo track.

Burst pattern for detecting the position of a read/write head relative to a magnetic disk

A technique for determining a position of a read/write head relative to a magnetic disk includes the steps of providing the magnetic disk having a plurality of odd servo sectors and a plurality of even servo sectors, reading a first gray code pattern in an odd servo sector from the plurality of odd servo sectors on the magnetic disk, reading a second gray code pattern in an even servo sector from the plurality of even servo sectors on the magnetic disk, the even servo sector adjacent to the odd servo sector on the magnetic disk and determining the position of the read/write head only in response to the first gray code pattern and the second gray code pattern.

Servo-burst gray code pattern

A technique for method for positioning a magneto resistive head located upon an actuator arm onto a loading ramp of a storage unit. The technique includes the steps of operating a removable magnetic disk at a first number of revolutions per second, the magnetic disk having an outer diameter, positioning the magneto resistive head adjacent to the removable magnetic disk, reading data from the removable magnetic disk, detecting a reset signal, producing a back electro-motive force in response to the reset signal, biasing the magneto resistive head towards the outer diameter of the removable magnetic disk in response to the reset signal and to the back electro-motive force, reducing a number of revolutions per second for the removable magnetic disk from the first number to a second number of revolutions per second, the first number greater than the second number; thereafter using an energy storage unit to bias the magneto resistive head onto the loading ramp, in response to the reset signal.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Stephen R Jackson