US 5,671,098 AGranted

Adaptive preamplifier for resonance tuning useful in a disk drive

AssigneeMaxtor Corporation

InventorsHarlan Mathews, Michael McNeil, Michael A. Blatchley

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Abstract

A resonant frequency control circuit communicates with a head of a disk drive and the preamplifier of a read channel. The resonant frequency control circuit is useful in achieving peaking of a readback signal generated by reading data from a magnetic disk. The read channel also includes an equalizer circuit for enhancing equalization of the readback signal. A controller communicates with the read channel and the resonant frequency control circuit for, in one embodiment, selectively adding capacitance to that capacitance which is present in the read element of the head and the preamplifier. By controlling the resonant frequency, this desired signal peaking can be achieved, which is related to the frequencies of the coded data on the disk.

A method for reading data from a disk in a disk drive to enhance a readback signal, comprising:

providing a disk drive that includes:
a disk having data at a number of positions on said disk;
a transducer selectively positioned relative to said disk and outputting a readback signal having an amplitude;
a read/write channel including a preamplifier for processing said readback signal;
and
a resonant frequency control circuit communicating with said transducer for increasing said amplitude of said readback signal;
positioning said transducer relative to a first position on said disk with first data to be read from said disk using said transducer;
controlling said resonant frequency control circuit to provide a first capacitance;
reading said first data from said disk to generate said readback signal having a first resonant frequency based on said first capacitance;
applying said readback signal having said first resonant frequency to said read/write channel including said preamplifier after said reading said first data step;
positioning said transducer relative to a second position on said disk with second data to be read from said disk using said transducer;
decreasing said first capacitance of said resonant frequency control circuit to provide a second capacitance at said disk second position after said reading said first data step;
reading said second data from said disk to generate said readback signal having a second resonant frequency based on said second capacitance;
applying said readback signal having said second resonant frequency to said read/write channel after said reading said second data step;
positioning said transducer relative to a third position on said disk with third data to be read from said disk using said transducer;
increasing said second capacitance of said resonant frequency control circuit to provide a third capacitance at said disk third position after said reading said second data step;
reading said third data from said disk to generate said readback signal having a third resonant frequency based on said third capacitance;
and
applying said readback signal having said third resonant frequency to said read/write channel after said reading said third data step.

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