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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jason Riddering, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 11/00 (2006.01); G11B 13/08 (2006.01); G11B 21/12 (2006.01); G11B 5/48 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/12 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01); G11B 13/08 (2013.01); G11B 5/4866 (2013.01);
Abstract
Fixed patterns are written on a track of a heat-assisted, recording medium at multiple, heater-induced write clearances via a recording head. The writing involves heating the recording medium via a near-field transducer of the recording head. Amplitudes of the fixed patterns are read back at a predetermined read clearance. A clearance difference between a start and an end of a first data sector of the track is determined based on the amplitudes. A narrow, laser-induced protrusion is estimated at the near-field transducer based on the clearance difference.