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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
May. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Dongming Liu, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Lin Zhou, Eagan, MN (US);
Lance E. Stover, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
Dongming Liu, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Lin Zhou, Eagan, MN (US);
Lance E. Stover, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/54 (2006.01); G11B 21/22 (2006.01); G11B 5/58 (2006.01); G11B 5/31 (2006.01); G11B 5/455 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 5/105 (2006.01); G11B 5/55 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/58 (2013.01); G11B 5/3136 (2013.01); G11B 5/455 (2013.01); G11B 5/607 (2013.01); G11B 5/6064 (2013.01); G11B 5/105 (2013.01); G11B 5/556 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for positioning a transducer relative to a track of a data storage medium and inducing lateral modulation of transducer the relative to the track. An element of the transducer is actuated toward the storage medium during the lateral modulation, and atomic interaction is detected between the element and the storage medium because of a change in a response to the lateral modulation of the transducer due to the atomic interaction.