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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2020
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a top head actuated over a top surface of a first disk, a bottom head actuated over a bottom surface of the first disk, a top head actuated over a top surface of a second disk, and a bottom head actuated over a bottom surface of the second disk. A dual channel preamp circuit is coupled to the top and bottom heads of the first and second disks, wherein a selection signal is applied to the dual channel preamp circuit to select between the first disk and the second disk. A concurrent access operation of the top and bottom surface of the selected disk is executed using the dual channel preamp circuit.