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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
Erik J. Hutchinson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Daniel P. Burbank, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ladislay R. Pust, Savage, MN (US);
Erik J. Hutchinson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Daniel P. Burbank, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ladislay R. Pust, Savage, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A head using heaters or actuators to control head media spacing is disclosed. In embodiments disclosed the heaters are selectively energized to control a close point of the head for read and/or write operations. As disclosed power is supplied to multiple heaters to generate heat induced protrusion data and the heat induced protrusion data is used to apply power to the multiple heaters for head media spacing control.
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