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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Orhan Beker, Dove Canyon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/55 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/5547 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk comprising a plurality of tracks, and a load/unload ramp. When seeking the head a seek length from a starting track to an ending track, control circuit is configured to adjust a seek profile when the seek length is greater than a first threshold and the ending track is within a second threshold of the load/unload ramp.