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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Paul Dylan Sherman, San Jose, CA (US);

Tuyetanh Thi Dang, Stockton, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 5/60 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01); G11B 5/012 (2006.01); G11B 5/54 (2006.01); G11B 5/455 (2006.01); G11B 27/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/6076 (2013.01); G11B 5/09 (2013.01); G11B 20/10037 (2013.01); G11B 5/012 (2013.01); G11B 5/455 (2013.01); G11B 5/54 (2013.01); G11B 5/6005 (2013.01); G11B 27/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

A data storage device is disclosed comprising a disk, a head for accessing the disk, and a sensor for generating an alternating sensor signal. The sensor is disconnected from an input of a sensing circuit and while the sensor is disconnected an alternating calibration signal is injected into the input of the sensing circuit, wherein the alternating calibration signal comprises a predetermined offset and amplitude. A response of the sensing circuit to the alternating calibration signal is evaluated to detect at least one of an offset and a gain of the sensing circuit.


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