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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Steven Granz, Shakopee, MN (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 11/00 (2006.01); G11B 7/1263 (2012.01); G11B 20/12 (2006.01); G11B 7/126 (2012.01); G11B 5/00 (2006.01); G11B 7/1267 (2012.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/1263 (2013.01); G11B 7/126 (2013.01); G11B 20/1217 (2013.01); G11B 5/6088 (2013.01); G11B 7/1267 (2013.01); G11B 2005/0021 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1238 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device includes a storage controller configured to operate a heat-assisted magnetic recording head to write data to a band of consecutive data tracks in a consecutive track order while selectively alternating a power level of the heat source when writing to some data tracks of the band.