Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjusting a fly-height in hard disk drives
- Patent Title (中): 调整硬盘驱动器中的高度
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Application No.: US11897636Application Date: 2007-08-30
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Publication No.: US07643240B2Publication Date: 2010-01-05
- Inventor: Jorge F. Escobar , Steven N. Guilliams , Kris Schouterden
- Applicant: Jorge F. Escobar , Steven N. Guilliams , Kris Schouterden
- Applicant Address: NL Amsterdam
- Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Amsterdam
- Main IPC: G11B21/02
- IPC: G11B21/02
Abstract:
A method for increasing reliability of a hard disk drive (HDD) is disclosed. One of a plurality of magnetic read/write heads in a hard disk drive (HDD) is determined to be disabled, and a fly-height associated with the disabled read/write head is increased with respect to a fly-height associated with the plurality of read/write heads.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090059413A1 Adjusting a fly-height in hard disk drives Public/Granted day:2009-03-05
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