US 12,277,958 B2
Magnetic disk device
Takeyori Hara, Kawasaki Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/421,805.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-152120 (JP), filed on Sep. 20, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0095679 A1, Mar. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. G11B 5/596 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 5/59688 (2013.01) 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetic disk device comprising:
a disk;
a head;
a head position demodulation unit which demodulates a position of the head (head position) by performing switching between normal servo demodulation for processing servo information written to a servo sector of the disk and short servo demodulation for processing servo information by a short servo system; and
a controller which controls the position of the head, wherein
the controller comprises:
a head position prediction unit which predicts a head position; and
a write inhibition determination unit which determines that data write operation to the disk by the head is inhibited based on the predicted head position (head prediction position), and
the head position prediction unit performs position prediction by using a latest head position obtained by demodulation by the head position demodulation unit and a head position obtained by past demodulation by normal servo demodulation,
the controller further comprising:
a first position prediction unit which calculates a prediction position by a first calculation formula when the latest head position is a head position (normal head position) obtained by the normal servo demodulation; and
a second position prediction unit which calculates the prediction position by a second calculation formula which is different from the first calculation formula when the latest head position is a head position (short head position) obtained by the short servo demodulation.