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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:
Mar. 15, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2021
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pierre-Olivier Jubert, San Jose, CA (US);

Andreas Moser, San Jose, CA (US);

Daniel S. Wolf, San Jose, CA (US);

Toan Tang, San Jose, CA (US);

Thien Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);

Harold H. Gee, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01); G11B 5/40 (2006.01); G11B 5/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/182 (2013.01); G11B 5/02 (2013.01); G11B 5/40 (2013.01); G11B 20/10351 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0013 (2013.01);
Abstract

A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a magnetic media, wherein the head comprises a write coil, a laser configured to heat the magnetic media during a write operation, and a read element. A test pattern is written to the magnetic media by applying a current to the write coil and a first bias to the laser. A second bias is applied to the laser while the head passes over the test pattern, and then the test pattern is read from the magnetic media using the head to generate a first read signal. A first noise power of the first read signal is measured, and at least one parameter of a noise power function is generated based on the first noise power measurement, wherein the noise power function is a function of at least the bias applied to the laser.


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