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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1999
Nobuyuki Kitazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Satoh, Ayase, JP;
Arun Sharma, New Rochelle, NY (US);
Sri Muthuthamby Sri-Jayantha, Ossining, NY (US);
Isao Yoneda, Yokohama, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for reducing positioning noise in a data storage system are provided. An access device is positioned over a data storage medium using a stream of bursts stored on the medium. The bursts are sensed at a frequency determined by the rate at which the medium is moved relative to a sensing device. Output positioning values are provided to position the access device at a frequency higher than the frequency at which the positioning bursts are sensed, and/or at random times. The random times may be calculated as random advances or delays from time points occurring at a fixed frequency.