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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
May. 18, 2007
Applicants:
S. Craig Smith, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stan Shepherd, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Yu Sun, Fremont, CA (US);
Yuan Roy Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Lin Guo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
S. Craig Smith, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stan Shepherd, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Yu Sun, Fremont, CA (US);
Yuan Roy Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Lin Guo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maxtor Corporation, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/596 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In accordance with various embodiments, initial servo data are written to a storage medium as a series of radially overlapped spiral segments. Final servo data are thereafter written to the medium while concurrently servoing on said overlapped segments.