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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2003
Applicants:

Cheewai Lum, Singapore, SG;

Yeowweoi Yek, Singapore, SG;

Lianyong Tan, Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

CheeWai Lum, Singapore, SG;

YeowWeoi Yek, Singapore, SG;

LianYong Tan, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts valley, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system to ensure written data integrity in a data storage device that is operating outside of predefined normal operating conditions is disclosed. The system includes an environmental stress monitoring module operable to identify data storage device operation in an environmental stress condition and a write integrity check module for verifying written data integrity during data storage device operation in the environmental stress condition. The system and method of data protection provides a means of ensuring written data integrity without sacrificing performance during normal drive operational environmental conditions.


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