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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Andreas Moser, San Jose, CA (US);
James Terrence Olson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Bruce Alexander Wilson, San Jose, CA (US);
Andreas Moser, San Jose, CA (US);
James Terrence Olson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Bruce Alexander Wilson, San Jose, CA (US);
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
A method according to one embodiment comprises determining a growth rate of an erase band width between an aggressor track and a substantially unerased portion of a data track on a magnetic medium during a first number of write cycles on the aggressor track; and estimating the erase band width, or derived parameter thereof, for or after a second number of write cycles on the aggressor track, the second number of write cycles being greater than the first number of write cycles.