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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2025
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Larson, Rochester, MN (US);
David R. Hall, Rochester, MN (US);
Ali Khalili, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Shad H Thorstenson, Rochester, MN (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 perform a read operation by: concurrently reading first data from a first band of tracks on one or more disk surfaces and second data from a second band of tracks on the one or more disk surfaces; and combining the first data and the second data into a digital output of the read operation, wherein the reading the first data comprises moving a first one of two or more selected heads in a first radial direction of the one or more disk surfaces, and wherein the reading the second data comprises moving a second one of the two or more selected heads in a second radial direction of the one or more disk surfaces opposite the first radial direction.