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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chun Sei Tsai, Tustin, CA (US);
Carl E. Barlow, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Thao Hieu Banh, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G11B 5/58 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/0727 (2013.01); G11B 20/1816 (2013.01); G11B 20/1889 (2013.01); G06F 11/0766 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes: a media; a head over the media; a read channel, coupled to the head, configured to extract data from the media; control circuitry, coupled to the read channel, configured to execute a read command; and wherein the read channel is further configured to: generate, based on extracting the data from the media, a data condition indicator, and provide, for use by the control circuitry, the data and the data condition indicator.