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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Mustafa Can Ozturk, Bloomington, MN (US);
Puskal Prasad Pokharel, Bloomington, MN (US);
Inventors:
Mustafa Can Ozturk, Bloomington, MN (US);
Puskal Prasad Pokharel, Bloomington, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 5/596 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); G11B 5/74 (2006.01); G11B 5/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/59688 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); G11B 5/743 (2013.01); G11B 5/746 (2013.01); G11B 5/82 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bit patterned media (BPM) encoded recordable medium includes a servo control field including servo bits. Each servo bit is represented by a servo bit pattern of dots and gaps on the recordable medium. In the servo bit patterns, substantially no two dots are placed immediately next to one another, and substantially all servo bit patterns start with a gap and/or substantially all servo bit patterns end with a gap.