Maxtor Corporation

Upendra Ummethala

Stanislaw Dobosz

Larry Ernest Wittig

A disk drive includes a head stack assembly having a storage disk, a data transducer, an actuator pivot center and a positioner. The positioner includes a magnet assembly, a primary coil array that generates a first rotational displacement of the data transducer, and a secondary coil array that generates a second rotational displacement of the data transducer. The absolute value of the ratio of the first rotational displacement to the second rotational displacement is at least approximately 1.5:1. The primary coil array generates a first vibration displacement that causes the data transducer to move off track, and the secondary coil array generates a second vibration displacement that is out of phase from the first vibration displacement. The absolute value of the sum of the first and second vibration displacements is less than the absolute value of the first vibration displacement. The disk drive can also include a control system that directs a first current to the primary coil array and a second current to the secondary coil array that is out of phase from the first current. The secondary coil array can include a proximal coil and a distal coil, with the proximal coil being positioned closer to the actuator pivot center than the distal coil. Further, only a portion of at least one of the coils is positioned directly between the magnet arrays. In another embodiment, the head stack assembly includes a latitudinal axis that divides the head stack assembly into a positioner region and a transducer region. The secondary coil array is positioned substantially within the positioner region of the head stack assembly. The positioner generates a primary force and a secondary force that combine to generate a constant net force in a direction along the longitudinal axis while the data transducer moves between the inner diameter and the outer diameter.

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