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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2023
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Erhard Schreck, San Jose, CA (US);
Sukumar Rajauria, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/012 (2006.01); G11B 7/126 (2012.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/4866 (2013.01); G11B 5/012 (2013.01); G11B 7/126 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage device includes a laser diode that heats an area of a disk near the read/write head. To mitigate mode hopping, the laser diode is preheated using the laser diode itself, such as by applying a reverse bias to the laser diode, during an interruption in writing of data to the disk. The laser diode is preheated to a temperature that maintains operation of the laser diode within a middle portion of a preselected gain mode and away from abrupt shifts in gain modes.