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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2022
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Weldon M. Hanson, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard Galbraith, Rochester, MN (US);
Iouri Oboukhov, Rochester, MN (US);
Niranjay Ravindran, Rochester, MN (US);
Derrick Burton, Irvine, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Example control circuitry, data storage devices, and methods to provide a spiral data track format that is different from the underlying servo track format are described. The data storage device may include a storage medium configured with a plurality of tracks in at least one continuous spiral pattern and a head actuated over the storage medium. The data tracks may be written to the storage medium with track lengths that are different than a single revolution of the storage medium.