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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Perry Neos, Los Altos, CA (US);
Luan Ton-that, San Jose, CA (US);
Man Cheung, Campbell, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/596 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products for detecting an end of a reference spiral band are described. In some implementations, a band of spirals and servo information are written onto a storage medium. One or more characteristics associated with the band of spirals are determined. Then, one or more spirals of the band of spirals are identified as reference spirals based on the one or more determined characteristics. The writing of at least one of the band of spirals and the servo information is terminated upon identifying the one or more reference spirals.