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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2025
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Sandy Xianghui Xiao, San Diego, CA (US);
Noureddine Kermiche, Dana Point, CA (US);
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Various illustrative aspects are directed to a data storage device, method, and one or more processing devices that are configured to: store heater power history data defining historic levels of heater power applied to the heater in the selected head; based on the heater power history data, select one or more calibrations from plural calibrations that define relationships between the fly height of the selected head and different levels of heater power change; and determine a predicted fly height of the selected head over a target sector of the one or more disks using the selected one or more calibrations and the heater power history data.
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