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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Genevieve Himle, Boulder, CO (US);
Quinn Haddock, Longmont, CO (US);
Davide Guarisco, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Erhard Schreck, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/736 ; G11B 5/09 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/736 ; G11B 5/09 ;
Abstract
A hard disk is provided with tools for limiting the duty cycle (a group of variations of load with time). The write current is controlled by, e.g., limiting the duration of a given write cycle. The write cycle may involve writing data continuously along adjacent portions of the disk media (e.g., writing of data in adjacent segments of a track in the outer diameter (OD) region of a platter), with an intermittent duty write current.