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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tab C Nielsen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Areal Technology, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 7701 ; 360 7705 ; 360 7704 ; 360 7708 ;
Abstract
A servosystem for controlling position of a magnetic head relative to a magnetic storage disk in a disk drive includes first and second feedback loops which provide head position error signals. The first feedback loop includes a head position circuit that processes different recorded Gray coded binary expressions that identify the data tracks on the disk during a track seek mode. The second feedback loop includes a head position circuit which, during the seek and track following modes, processes recorded quadrature servo signals that are interleaved with the data tracks.