Magnetic disk device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11862197-B2
Application number	US-202217885220-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2022
Priority date	Jan 28, 2022
Publication date	Jan 2, 2024
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device which includes two or more independently drivable actuator blocks and performs seek control with a low jerk in which a jerk that is a derivative of acceleration is limited, wherein in a state where a first actuator block is not accessing a data sector of a disk, a second actuator block that is not the first actuator block accesses the data sector of the disk by seek control with a high Jerk.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magnetic disk device which includes two or more independently drivable actuator blocks and performs seek control with a low jerk in which a jerk that is a derivative of acceleration is limited, wherein
in a state where a first actuator block is not accessing a data sector of a disk, a second actuator block that is not the first actuator block accesses the data sector of the disk by seek control with a high Jerk.

2. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
when a power mode of the first actuator block is not Active or a command queue storing a first command that is a disk access request from a host to the first actuator block is in an empty state, it is determined that the first actuator block is in a state of not accessing the data sector.

3. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
a nonvolatile memory holds a low jerk seek control parameter for executing the jerk-limited seek control with the low jerk and a high jerk seek control parameter for executing the seek control with the high jerk.

4. The magnetic disk device according to claim 3 , wherein
the low Jerk seek control parameter and the high Jerk seek control parameter stored in the nonvolatile memory are developed in a volatile memory at a time of activation.

5. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
a correspondence table of a seek time with respect to a seek distance for performing command reordering is provided in each of the jerk-limited seek control with the low jerk and the seek control with the high jerk.

6. The magnetic disk device according to claim 5 , wherein
the correspondence table is switched when the jerk-limited seek control with the low jerk is switched to the seek control with the high jerk.

7. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
when a fourth actuator block other than a third actuator block performs seek control while the third actuator block is performing the seek control with the high jerk, in a case where there are one or more fourth commands which are accessible to a data sector controlled by the fourth actuator block at a time later than a seek end time of the third actuator block, a command to be accessed next is selected from the fourth commands.

8. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
when a sixth actuator block other than a fifth actuator block performs seek control while the fifth actuator block is performing the seek control with the high jerk, in a case where there is no command which is accessible by the fifth actuator block in a data sector at a time later than a seek end time of the fifth actuator block, a command to be accessed next is selected from a command group, a rotation time of one turn is added, and the command is accessed at the time later than the seek end time of the fifth actuator block.

9. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
after a target data sector is determined in seek control of a seventh actuator block, the seek control of the seventh actuator block is adjusted such that the seek of the seventh actuator block ends immediately before a time of accessing the target data sector.

10. The magnetic disk device according to claim 9 , wherein
in adjustment of the seek control of the seventh actuator block, the adjustment is performed by any combination of a time or an acceleration level in an acceleration section of the actuator, a time or an acceleration level in a deceleration section, and a time in a constant speed section.

11. The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
in the seek control, in a case where the seek control with the high jerk and the seek control with the low jerk are switched, a peak level of either acceleration or current is matched in operation characteristics of the seek controls.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corp

Inventors

• Sudo Daisuke

Classifications

• G11B21/106 Primary

  on disks · CPC title

• G11B5/5547 Primary

  "Seek" control and circuits therefor (G11B5/5556 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G11B5/5582

  system adaptation for working during or after external perturbation, e.g. in the presence of a mechanical oscillation caused by a shock · CPC title

• G11B21/02

  Driving or moving of heads · CPC title

• G11B19/28

  Speed controlling, regulating, or indicating (G11B19/24 takes precedence) · CPC title