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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
May. 29, 2007
Soo-choon Kang, San Jose, CA (US);
Liwei Song, San Jose, CA (US);
Soo-Choon Kang, San Jose, CA (US);
Liwei Song, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital (Fremont), LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A novel method of selecting an electrical power, to be applied to a subject head-based flying height actuator during operation of a disk drive, is disclosed and claimed. A touch-down power for each of a plurality of representative heads is detected. A relationship between back-off power and touchdown power for the plurality of representative heads is estimated. A touch-down power for the subject head is detected. A back-off power for the subject head is calculated using the estimated relationship and the detected touch-down power for the subject head. The electrical power to be applied to the subject head-based flying height actuator is selected to be equal to the detected touch-down power for the subject head minus the calculated back-off power for the subject head.