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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2002
Brian Thomas Edgar, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Bang Cong Nguyen, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Jimmie R. Shaver, Yukon, OK (US);
Mark Alan Heath, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Mark Allen Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Kenneth Lawrence Barham, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Brian Thomas Edgar, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Bang Cong Nguyen, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Jimmie R. Shaver, Yukon, OK (US);
Mark Alan Heath, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Mark Allen Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Kenneth Lawrence Barham, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Seagate Technologgy LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for accessing data stored on surfaces of discs in a disc drive utilizing more than one serpent per recording zone. The serpents are traversed using a defect descriptor table and one or more physical zone tables (PZTs). An Address Translation Logic Unit is configurable to use one or more PZTs to access multiple serpents per recording zone.