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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan Claude Burroughs, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Terastor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A wedge data writer writes wedge data, including track identification information, that are spatially-aligned along the radial direction of an optical disk. The wedge data are written at the beginning of a wedge when at least one radial groove or pit molded into the disk is detected.