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Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2022
Applicants:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Gabor Szita, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/54 (2006.01); G11B 21/08 (2006.01); G11B 5/012 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/08 (2013.01); G11B 5/012 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for collecting position information in a disk drive having a read head and a disk with a set of spirals formed thereon includes: while the read head crosses a first spiral included in the set of spirals, opening a first frame integration window; while the first frame integration window is open, generating first signals with the read head as the read head crosses over a first set of magnetic transitions; closing the first frame integration window; after closing the first frame integration window, generating second signals with the read head as the read head crosses over a second set of magnetic transitions; and determining a radial position of the read head by integrating amplitudes of the first signals, wherein the first set includes magnetic transitions having a first polarity, and the second set includes two or more magnetic transitions having a second polarity.


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