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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Jeffrey P. Grundvig, Longmont, CO (US);
Richard Rauschmayer, Longmont, CO (US);
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An apparatus for storing data includes a storage medium with user data regions and with servo data regions containing preamble patterns. Servo data in the servo data regions is written with a varying clock frequency across the storage medium. The apparatus also includes a head assembly disposed in relation to the storage medium and operable to read and write data on the storage medium. The apparatus also includes a preamble detection circuit adapted to search an input stream derived from the head assembly for the preamble patterns in a number of frequency bins.