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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2007
Applicants:

Katsuki Ueda, Ome, JP;

Yuichi Notake, Tokyo, JP;

Masahide Yatsu, Akishima, JP;

Hideo Sado, Ome, JP;

Seiji Mizukoshi, Nishitama-gun, JP;

Takuji Shimada, Ome, JP;

Takayuki Matsuzaki, Hamura, JP;

Inventors:

Katsuki Ueda, Ome, JP;

Yuichi Notake, Tokyo, JP;

Masahide Yatsu, Akishima, JP;

Hideo Sado, Ome, JP;

Seiji Mizukoshi, Nishitama-gun, JP;

Takuji Shimada, Ome, JP;

Takayuki Matsuzaki, Hamura, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 5/596 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

According to one embodiment, in a disk drive having a disk medium on which servo data is recorded, servo-write management information is recorded on the disk medium, in the form of binary data based on the 0 or 180 degrees out of phase pattern composed of the servo burst signals included in the servo data and being out of phase. The disk drive includes a servo-data reproducing unit that reproduces the servo-data and the servo-write management information.


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