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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012

Filed:

May. 04, 2009
Applicants:

Roger William Wood, Gilroy, CA (US);

James Terrence Olson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Zhen Jin, Fremont, CA (US);

Michael Paul Salo, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Roger William Wood, Gilroy, CA (US);

James Terrence Olson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Zhen Jin, Fremont, CA (US);

Michael Paul Salo, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A hard-disk drive (HDD) with a current adjustment component is provided. The current adjustment component changes an amount of current to a magnetic-recording head of the HDD to cause a change in the strength of a magnetic write field produced by the magnetic-recording head in response to a determination that a present position of the magnetic-head head is not in a desired position. To illustrate, in response to a determination that the present position of the magnetic-recording head is further away from an edge of a current track being written than a desired position of the magnetic-recording head, the current adjustment component increases the current to the magnetic-recording head to cause an increase in the strength of the magnetic write field. The change in the strength of the magnetic write field causes data, written by the magnetic-recording head, to be located at a desired location on the magnetic-recording disk.


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