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US 7,126,772 B2Granted
Data storage device and servo information writing method
AssigneeHitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
InventorsManabu Saikawa, Hirofumi Yanase
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Abstract
Provided is a data storage device in which servo track pitch varies within a predetermined region in a radial direction of a disk-shaped storage medium.
Claims3
A data storage device comprising:
- a disk-shaped storage medium which has a data storage area and a servo area, the data storage area containing a plurality of data tracks which store user information, the servo area containing a plurality of servo tracks which store servo information for identifying positions of the plurality of data tracks;
- a hybrid head slider which supports write and read heads, the write head writing user data on the data tracks of the disk-shaped storage medium, the read head reading the user data written on the data tracks;
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- a rotary-type actuator which swings the hybrid head slider to position any one of the write and read heads at a target track of the disk-shaped storage medium, wherein a pitch of the servo tracks varies within a predetermined region in a radial direction of the disk-shaped storage medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.