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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2006
Jim Chiao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Teddy Hadiono, Longmont, CO (US);
Allen Cheng-wu HU, Fremont, CA (US);
Annie Mylang Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Perry Neos, Milpitas, CA (US);
Chad Schroter, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Eric Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Yan Zang, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles W. Miller, San Jose, CA (US);
Jim Chiao, Saratoga, CA (US);
Teddy Hadiono, Longmont, CO (US);
Allen Cheng-wu Hu, Fremont, CA (US);
Annie Mylang Le, San Jose, CA (US);
Perry Neos, Milpitas, CA (US);
Chad Schroter, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Eric Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Yan Zang, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles W. Miller, San Jose, CA (US);
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO (US);
Abstract
A disk drive has multiple disk surfaces and corresponding heads, each disk surface includes multiple regions, and each head is for recording on and playback of information from a corresponding disk surface. The data track density in a first region on a first disk surface is greater than the data track density in a first region on a second disk surface, the data track density in a second region on the first disk surface is less than the data track density in a second region on the second disk surface, the first regions are radially similarly situated regions and the second regions are radially similarly situated regions.