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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2008
Hongchao Tim Zhao, San Jose, CA (US);
Jiangang Liang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hongchao Tim Zhao, San Jose, CA (US);
Jiangang Liang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for selecting a dynamic fly height (DFH) control setting for a head in a disk drive, the disk drive comprising a plurality of disk surfaces and plurality of respective heads. The method comprises servoing a first head over a first disk surface in response to servo data recorded on the first disk surface, adjusting a DFH control setting for a second head, and while servoing the first head over the first disk surface, detecting whether the second head has contacted a second disk surface.
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