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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2022
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Johnson, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Jaesoo Byoun, Irvine, CA (US);
Gaku Ikedo, Fujisawa, JP;
Hideaki Ito, Fujisawa, JP;
Naoyuki Kagami, Fujisawa, JP;
Yasunori Fukuyama, Fujisawa, JP;
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device comprising one or more disks, an actuator arm assembly comprising a voice coil motor (VCM), the VCM configured to operate in a first mode and a second, different mode, wherein the first mode corresponds to at least a first and a second setting, and a control circuitry configured to cause the VCM to seek towards a target track in the first mode using the first setting for a first duration, control transition of the VCM from the first to the second setting in the first mode, cause the VCM to seek towards the target track using the second setting for a second duration, and control transition of the VCM from the first to a second mode, wherein controlling the transitioning comprises seeking the VCM toward the target track in the second mode for a third duration.