Magnetic disk device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10762920-B2
Application number	US-201916353382-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2019
Priority date	Sep 11, 2018
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a first magnetic disk, a second magnetic disk, a first actuator with a first head which reads/writes data from/to the first magnetic disk, a second actuator with a second head which reads/writes data from/to the second magnetic disk, the second actuator operated independently from the first actuator, a first controller configured to retracts the first actuator at a first time, and a second controller configured to retract the second actuator at a second time which is shifted from the first time by a certain period of time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magnetic disk device, comprising:
a first magnetic disk;
a second magnetic disk;
a first actuator with a first head which reads/writes data from/to the first magnetic disk;
a second actuator with a second head which reads/writes data from/to the second magnetic disk, the second actuator operated independently from the first actuator;
a first controller configured to retract the first actuator at a first time; and
a second controller configured to retract the second actuator at a second time which is shifted from the first time by a certain period of time, wherein
the certain period of time is a period of time when the retraction of the first actuator from the first magnetic disk is completed.

2. The magnetic disk device of claim 1 , wherein the first controller and the second controller retract the first actuator and the second actuator respectively when the power is shut down.

3. The magnetic disk device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a volatile memory;
a nonvolatile memory; and
a third controller configured to manage data stored in the volatile memory and the nonvolatile memory, wherein
the third controller transfers the data stored in the volatile memory to the nonvolatile memory after the completion of retraction of the second actuator.

4. The magnetic disk device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a spindle motor configured to operate the first actuator and the second actuator, wherein, upon detection of the shutdown of the power, the first controller retracts the first actuator based on a back electromotive force of the spindle motor, and the second controller retracts the second actuator based on the back electromotive force of the spindle motor.

5. The magnetic disk device of claim 4 , further comprising:
a rectifier circuit which rectifies the back electromotive force of the spindle motor, wherein current rectified by the rectifier circuit is supplied to the first controller and the second controller.

6. The magnetic disk device of claim 1 , wherein the first controller and the second controller are included in one control unit.

7. The magnetic disk device of claim 1 , wherein the first controller and the second controller are different controllers.

8. The magnetic disk device of claim 7 , wherein
the first controller and the second controller are connected,
the first controller transmits a signal indicative of completion of the retraction of the first actuator to the second controller, and
the second time when the second controller starts the retraction of the second actuator is a time when the second controller receives the signal from the first controller.

9. A magnetic disk device, comprising:
a first magnetic disk;
a second magnetic disk;
a first actuator with a first head which reads/writes data from/to the first magnetic disk;
a second actuator with a second head which reads/writes data from/to the second magnetic disk, the second actuator operated independently from the first actuator;
a first controller configured to retract the first actuator at a first time;
a second controller configured to retract the second actuator at a second time which is shifted from the first time by a certain period of time; and
a spindle motor configured to operate the first actuator and the second actuator, wherein
the first controller and the second controller retract the first actuator and the second actuator respectively when the power is shut down, and upon detection of the shutdown of the power, the first controller retracts the first actuator based on a back electromotive force of the spindle motor, and the second controller retracts the second actuator based on the back electromotive force of the spindle motor.

10. A magnetic disk device, comprising:
a first magnetic disk;
a second magnetic disk;
a first actuator with a first head which reads/writes data from/to the first magnetic disk;
a second actuator with a second head which reads/writes data from/to the second magnetic disk, the second actuator operated independently from the first actuator;
a first controller configured to retract the first actuator at a first time; and
a second controller configured to retract the second actuator at a second time which is shifted from the first time by a certain period of time, wherein
the first controller and the second controller are different controllers, and the first controller and the second controller are connected,
the first controller transmits a signal indicative of completion of the retraction of the first actuator to the second controller, and
the second time when the second controller starts the retraction of the second actuator is a time when the second controller receives the signal from the first controller.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corp

Inventors

• Sakamoto Nobuyuki
• Tomita Isamu

Classifications

• G11B5/54

  with provision for moving the head into or out of its operative position or across tracks · CPC title

• G11B5/5578 Primary

  Multiple actuators addressing the same disk, e.g. to improve data rate or access rate · CPC title

• H02K41/0354

  Lorentz force motors, e.g. voice coil motors · CPC title

• G11B5/4813

  Mounting or aligning of arm assemblies, e.g. actuator arm supported by bearings, multiple arm assemblies, arm stacks or multiple heads on single arm (G11B5/484 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G11B19/209

  in multiple disk arrays, e.g. spindle synchronisation in RAID systems · CPC title