Method and apparatus for placing servo information at predetermined locations on a disc

A disc recording unit, comprising:

• a head for reading out or writing information data on tracks of a rotatably driven disc having a plurality of concentric circular tracks for recording information data on the disc;
• a two-phase stepping motor having means including two phase coils for displacing said head in a radial direction of the disc and relative to the disc;
• means for exciting said two phase coils in an unbalanced condition with respective first and second phase currents which have nonzero magnitudes which are different from each other to drive the head to first predetermined radial locations on the disc;
• circuit means for causing said head to write the servo information at the first predetermined locations on the disc as the disc rotates;
• means for exciting the two phase coils in a balanced condition with respective third and fourth phase currents which have substantially equal magnitudes to drive the head to second predetermined radial locations on the disc, said circuit means including means for causing said head to read the servo information at the second predetermined radial locations and means for adjusting through said motor the location of the head to positions which are predetermined relative to the first predetermined locations based on the servo information which has been read, as the disc rotates.

A disc recording unit, comprising:

• a head for reading out or writing information data on tracks of a rotatably driven disc having a plurality of concentric circular tracks for recording information data on the disc;
• a two-phase stepping motor having means including two phase coils for displacing said head in a radial direction of the disc and relative to the disc;
• means for providing first phase current data to excite said two phase coils in an unbalanced condition with respective first and second phase currents which have nonzero magnitudes which are different from each other to drive the head to first predetermined radial locations on the disc, and for providing second phase current data to excite said two phase coils in a balanced condition with respective third and fourth phase currents which are substantially equal to drive the head to second predetermined radial locations on the disc;
• writing means for driving said motor in accordance with one of said first phase current data and second phase current data, to write servo information data used for detecting a normal position of the tracks corresponding to the other of said first phase current data and said second phase current data, onto the disc by said head;
• reading means for driving said motor in accordance with the other of said first phase current data and second phase current data, to read out the servo information data written by said writing means, said reading means including means for adjusting through said motor the location of the head to the normal position on the tracks based on the servo information which has been read, as the disc rotates.

A method of driving with a two-phase motor having two phase coils, a head of a disc recording unit which reads and records information data and servo information on a rotatively driven disc, comprising the steps of:

• driving the head to a first predetermined radial location on the disc by exciting the two phase coils in a first unbalanced condition with respective first and second phase currents which have nonzero magnitudes which are different from each other and writing servo information at the first predetermined location on the disc as the disc rotates;
• driving the head to a second predetermined radial location on the disc by exciting the two phase coils in a second unbalanced condition with respective third and fourth phase currents which have nonzero magnitudes which are different from each other, the magnitude of the fourth phase current being the same as the magnitude of the second phase current and writing servo information at the second predetermined location on the disc as the disc rotates;
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• driving the head to a radial track position on the disc which is between the first and second predetermined radial locations by:
• exciting the two phase coils in a balanced condition with respective fifth and sixth phase currents which have substantially equal magnitudes to drive the head to a third predetermined radial location on the disc which is between first and second radial locations, and
• reading the servo information with the head at the third predetermined radial location and adjusting the location of the head to the track position based on the servo information which has been read, as the disc rotates.