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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2025
Applicant:

Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Scott O'brien, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Greg Starr, Boulder, CO (US);

Andrew Krebs, Eagan, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/1263 (2012.01); G11B 5/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/1263 (2013.01); G11B 5/02 (2013.01); G11B 5/607 (2013.01);
Abstract

Hard disk drives (HDD), preamplifiers for HDDs, and preamplifier circuits for HDDs. In an aspect, a preamplifier circuit might comprise one or more digital-to-analog converters (DAC) that can help reduce a thermal drift of a laser that assists in writing data to a storage medium of the HDD. A first DAC might skew a bias current between a laser power transducer and a temperature sensing transducer to reduce thermal drift. A second DAC might modify a differential current between two legs of the preamplifier circuit to further reduce thermal drift. In some cases, a calibration DAC can calibrate the output of the circuit.


Find Patent Forward Citations

O'brien, Scott. (2026). Laser power monitoring in hard disk drives (U.S. Patent No. 12658210). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12658210

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