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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Minjie Ma, Bloomington, MN (US);
Steven Granz, Shakopee, MN (US);
Kaizhong Gao, North Oaks, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/12 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 5/012 (2006.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2013.01); G11B 5/012 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device includes a storage medium and a storage device controller that selectively varies a value of at least one write current parameter to generate alternating data tracks of variable written track width. According to one implementation, the alternating data tracks of variable written track width are generated with a single writer.