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Patent No.:

US 7349167 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2005
Applicants:

Mehmet Fatih Erden, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Richard Lyle Keizer, Minnetonka, MN (US);

Timothy Francis Ellis, Tonka Bay, MN (US);

Alexei Hiram Sacks, Edina, MN (US);

Inventors:

Mehmet Fatih Erden, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Richard Lyle Keizer, Minnetonka, MN (US);

Timothy Francis Ellis, Tonka Bay, MN (US);

Alexei Hiram Sacks, Edina, MN (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus comprises a data storage medium having a plurality of servo sectors and a plurality of data sectors, wherein each of the servo sectors includes a phase locked loop field and a track identification field, a controller for controlling the position of a recording head with respect to the data storage medium, and a servo demodulator for recovering timing information from both the phase locked loop field and the track identification field, and for producing a timing estimate. The method performed by the apparatus is also included.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Erden, Mehmet. (2008). Utilizing track identification fields for timing recovery (U.S. Patent No. 7349167). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7349167

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