| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7738206 |
Method and apparatus for providing an early warning of thermal decay in magnetic storage devices |
June 15, 2010 |
| A method and apparatus for providing an early warning of thermal decay in magnetic storage media are provided. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a test pattern that is particularly susceptible to thermal decay is written to a disk. The test pattern is then read, |
| 7388726 |
Dynamically adjustable head disk spacing slider using thermal expansion |
June 17, 2008 |
| A disk drive includes a slider assembly and a controller that directs current to the slider assembly to dynamically adjust the head-to-disk spacing. In one embodiment, the slider assembly includes a write element having a first end, a second end and an intermediate section, a conductor |
| 7253980 |
Technique for recording bias current glitches in magnetoresistive heads |
August 7, 2007 |
| Circuitry for detecting and recording latches in read bias current may include circuitry for generating a reference voltage, a pair of current to voltage converters to convert the bias and reference currents to voltage signals, a comparator to compare those two voltages, a latch to l |
| 7092193 |
Dynamically adjustable head disk spacing slider using thermal expansion |
August 15, 2006 |
| A disk drive includes a slider assembly and a controller that directs current to the slider assembly to dynamically adjust the head-to-disk spacing. In one embodiment, the slider assembly includes a write element having a first end, a second end and an intermediate section, a conductor |
| 6717757 |
Variable write fault protection window |
April 6, 2004 |
| A disk drive utilizes a unique write condition for each of the transducers within the drive. Each write condition is determined based upon the specific properties of the corresponding transducer. The write condition information is preferably stored within a memory within the disk drive. |
