Magnetic recording device
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
InventorsKaori Kimura, Takao Furuhashi, Toru Watanabe
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording device includes a disk-shaped recording medium including a recording surface on which a lubricant is applied, a magnetic head including a recording element, a light source, and a light emitting element which irradiates light onto the recording surface of the recording medium, and a controller including a light source control circuit which controls a drive current value of the light source, a cleaning execution circuit which executes a cleaning operation to remove a build-up product attached to the magnetic head, and a setting circuit which sets a cleaning interval at which the cleaning operation is executed.
Claims11
A magnetic disk device comprising:
- a disk-shaped recording medium including a recording surface on which a lubricant is applied;
- a magnetic head including a recording element, a light source, and a light emitting element which irradiates light onto the recording surface of the recording medium;
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- a controller including a light source control circuit which controls a drive current value of the light source, a cleaning execution circuit which executes a cleaning operation to remove a build-up product attached to the magnetic head, and a setting circuit which sets a cleaning interval at which the cleaning operation is executed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.