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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Mingji Lou, Corona, CA (US);
Orhan Beker, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Jenghung Chen, Cupertino, 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, wherein each track comprises a plurality of servo sectors. When entering an idle mode, the head is floated over the disk, and when exiting the idle mode, a radial velocity of the head is measured, a seek distance is determined in response to the radial velocity, and a seek operation seeks the head the seek distance to a first track.