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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1987
Filed:
May. 23, 1983
Joel N Harrison, Campbell, CA (US);
Donald V Daniels, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
David A Brown, Saratoga, CA (US);
Quantum Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An improved apparatus and method is disclosed for controlling the position of one moveable member relative to another. In the disclosed preferred embodiment of a rotating disk memory system, the moving member is a head carriage structure and the other is a frame carrying a rotating data storage disk. From externally supplied position selectron information, and from internally determined polyphase position information, open loop position changing movements are determined and carried out in accordance with monitored incremental polyphase position information generated during the movement. When a destination location has been reached one or more servo systems close loop in order to maintain the moving member precisely at the newly commanded location. A rotor for moving the member is an aspect of the present invention.