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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2005
Erhard Schreck, San Jose, CA (US);
Francis P. Crimi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Duc Bahn, San Jose, CA (US);
Thao Anh Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Kazuhiro Saito, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald J. Brunnett, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Andrew Lefebvre, Campbell, CA (US);
Scott Hughes, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian Strom, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael Mallary, Sterling, MA (US);
Hyunchul Shim, Milpitas, CA (US);
Bruce C. Schardt, Tracey, CA (US);
Erhard Schreck, San Jose, CA (US);
Francis P. Crimi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Duc Bahn, San Jose, CA (US);
Thao Anh Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Kazuhiro Saito, San Jose, CA (US);
Donald J. Brunnett, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Andrew LeFebvre, Campbell, CA (US);
Scott Hughes, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian Strom, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael Mallary, Sterling, MA (US);
Hyunchul Shim, Milpitas, CA (US);
Bruce C. Schardt, Tracey, CA (US);
Maxtor Corporation, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a first disk drive includes incorporating a first storage disk having a first storage surface, and a first slider having a first read/write head and a slider mover into the first disk drive. Further, the first read/write head is movably positioned a first head-to-disk spacing relative to the first storage surface. The method also includes determining an incremental power level necessary to be delivered to a second slider mover of a second slider having a second read/write head to adjust a second head-to-disk spacing relative to a second storage surface by a predetermined increment. In addition, the method includes adjusting a first head-to-disk spacing by directing an operational power level to the first slider mover. The operational power level is derived from the incremental power level. The step of determining an incremental power level can include directing power to the second slider mover and detecting approximately when a portion of the second slider first contacts the second storage surface. Moreover, the step of adjusting can be performed during one or more manufacturing operations of the first disk drive.