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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2002
Applicants:
Jun Wang, Singapore, SG;
Challa Anantha Lakshmi, Singapore, SG;
Xueyi Miao, Singapore, SG;
Kan Liang Gan, Singapore, SG;
Myint Ngwe, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Jun Wang, Singapore, SG;
Challa Anantha Lakshmi, Singapore, SG;
Xueyi Miao, Singapore, SG;
Kan Liang Gan, Singapore, SG;
Myint Ngwe, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for performing read retry operations with respect to an erroneously read data sector is disclosed. The system and method use estimates of bit error rates determined during previous attempts to read data from the sector to determine an optimal distance and direction to move a read transducer for a subsequent read retry of the erroneously data sector.