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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Soo-Choon Kang, Irvine, CA (US);
Edgar D. Sheh, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk surface, the head comprising a temperature sensitive (TS) fly height sensor. The disk drive further comprises a ramp for parking the head, and control circuitry configured to process a fly height signal generated by the TS fly height sensor, wherein the fly height signal represents a fly height of the head over the disk, and detect whether the head is on the ramp in response to the fly height signal.
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