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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Mingji Lou, Corona, CA (US);
Xiuli Guo, Irvine, CA (US);
Orhan Beker, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/596 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk comprising a plurality of tracks, and control circuitry operable to seek the head to a target track and settle the head on the target track during a settle time, adapt a settle parameter used to settle the head on the target track, access the target track after an access delay, and decrease the access delay based on a speed that the settle parameter adapts.