US Patent:
20070070538, Mar 29, 2007
Inventors:
King Wai Lau - Santa Clara CA, US
Ara Nazarian - Tustin CA, US
Benjamin Ryu - Cupertino CA, US
Richard Wong - San Jose CA, US
International Classification:
G11B 5/02
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of generating magnetic reference patterns on a disk or other magnetic media. This involves writing a first magnetic reference pattern to the disk with a servo writer. The disk may then be transferred to a hard disk drive. Control circuitry within the hard disk drive may recognize the first magnetic reference pattern and then position a RW head within the hard disk drive based on the first magnetic reference pattern. As the RW drive is accurately positioned based on the first magnetic reference pattern a second magnetic reference pattern may be written to the disk using the RW head. The RW head location is determined based on the velocity and phase between the read-write head and servo setter marks contained within the first magnetic reference pattern.