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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Benjamin Ryu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Benjamin Ryu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/02 (2006.01); G11B 17/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/596 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk drive that contains a fly on demand head (FOD) and a process for determining contact between the FOD head and a disk. The head includes a heating coil that can receive various levels of power. The process includes using a routine to obtain head position estimate error data. A standard deviation of the estimate error data is then determined. Standard deviation values for estimate error data are generated for different power values and used to determine a contact point between the head and the disk.