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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mehedi Hassan, Plano, TX (US);
Joao Carlos Brito, Richardson, TX (US);
John K. Rote, Addison, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/102 ; G11B 5/596 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/102 ; G11B 5/596 ;
Abstract
A system and method are provided for controlling operation of an actuator for retracting a read/write head of a hard disk drive system. One aspect of the system and method relates to controlling the actuator in response to a retract request command by first decelerating the actuator for a time period and then braking of the actuator for another time period. Another aspect of the system and method relates to controlling operation of the actuator during retract based on a sensed back EMF relative to a target back EMF, which may be selected by a user.