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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen Boyd, Stanford, CA (US);
Sunil C. Shah, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mark Erickson, San Bruno, CA (US);
Ioannis Kanellakopoulos, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/546 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 1/546 ;
Abstract
A method and system for joint spindle speed and head position control in rotating media storage systems are described. A controller changes the rotation speed of a spindle assembly based upon the position information of a desired data sector. This controller may also control the actuator assembly based upon the position information of the desired data sector.