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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Soo-choon Kang, Irvine, CA (US);
Siri S. Weerasooriya, Campbell, CA (US);
Scott A. Ottele, Longmont, CO (US);
Inventors:
Soo-Choon Kang, Irvine, CA (US);
Siri S. Weerasooriya, Campbell, CA (US);
Scott A. Ottele, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk surface, the head comprising a fly height actuator for controlling a fly height of the head, and a ramp for parking the head. A ramp procedure is executed by applying a control signal to the fly height actuator to decrease the fly height and receiving a corresponding fly height signal, and detecting whether the head is on the ramp in response to the fly height signal.