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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Said A. Ahmad, Tucson, AZ (US);

Ernest S. Gale, Tucson, AZ (US);

David L. Swanson, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/584 (2006.01); G11B 20/12 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/584 (2013.01); G11B 5/00813 (2013.01); G11B 5/00826 (2013.01); G11B 20/1201 (2013.01); G11B 20/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, according to one embodiment, includes writing a plurality of shingled tracks using an array of writers. The array of readers is repositioned to various locations between first and second positions and data is read from the shingled tracks at the various locations. A read offset point where read performance is about the highest during the reading performed when repositioning the array of readers between the first and second positions is determined. The method includes computing, using the read offset point, data describing a lateral writing position to use during writing such that shingled tracks are written in a location specified by a format. As a result, methods according to the present embodiment are able to provide desirable track alignment and reduced readback error rates for data of shingled tracks written to magnetic medium.


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