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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2004
Hanan Kupferman, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Hanan Kupferman, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a rotating media storage device (RMSD) that has at least one calibration track with unique calibration servo synch marks (SSMs). The RMSD includes a disk that comprises a plurality of tracks including a calibration track having a plurality of normal servo wedges distributed around the calibration track. At least one of the normal servo wedges includes a normal servo synch mark (SSM). Further, at least one calibration servo wedge is distributed between a pair of normal servo wedges. The calibration servo wedge includes a calibration servo synch mark (SSM). The calibration SSMincludes a pattern that is different than the pattern associated with the normal SSM.