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Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2013
Applicant:

Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Clifford Jayson Bringas Camalig, Singapore, SG;

ChengYi Guo, Singapore, SG;

Gan Swee Chuan, Singapore, SG;

KangHai Lim, Singapore, SG;

Mui Chong Chai, Singapore, SG;

Richard Martin, Longmont, CO (US);

Quinn Haddock, Provo, UT (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/02 (2006.01); G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G11B 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Testing and compensating for fly height of a head in a storage device during settling time using a head for use on a storage medium and a processor to idle the head for an idle time, unload the head from idle, and compensate for any unsettled fly height of the head using the idle time and at least a pre-determined clearance settling function over time from idle.


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