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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Feng Li, Victoria, MN (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G11B 20/12 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/1217 (2013.01); G11B 5/09 (2013.01); G11B 5/6011 (2013.01); G11B 20/18 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1238 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage device can have one or more data bits that are stored on a data storage medium and accessed with a transducing head. The data bits may be organized on the data storage medium to provide a surface data capacity. A performance degradation can be predicted for the transducing head by a controller connected to the transducing head. In response to the predicted performance degradation, the surface data capacity of the data storage medium is decreased.