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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2006
Masayuki Kurita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Remmelt Pit, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shozo Saegusa, Ibaragi-ken, JP;
Toshiya Shiramatsu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Mike Suk, San Jose, CA (US);
Hideaki Tanaka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masayuki Kurita, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Remmelt Pit, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shozo Saegusa, Ibaragi-ken, JP;
Toshiya Shiramatsu, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Mike Suk, San Jose, CA (US);
Hideaki Tanaka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention pertain to enabling location specific burnishing of a disk. According to one embodiment, the smoothness of a disk is evaluated by gliding over a disk to determine if there is an asperity on the disk. If there is an asperity on the disk, a location of the asperity is stored to enable location specific burnishing of the disk.