Magnetic disk device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12597440-B2
Application number	US-202418884444-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2024
Priority date	Feb 26, 2024
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

According to an embodiment, in a magnetic disk device, a current detection circuit detects an amount of a first current that is generated by a drive circuit and drives a motor. In a seek operation, a controller acquires a commanded value based on a deviation amount of the amount of the first current detected by the current detection circuit from the commanded value. Then, the controller inputs the acquired commanded value to the drive circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A magnetic disk device comprising:
a magnetic disk; an arm provided with a magnetic head configured to access the magnetic disk; a motor configured to move the arm to move the magnetic head in a radial direction of the magnetic disk; a drive circuit configured to generate a motor current that drives the motor according to a commanded value of an amount of the motor current, and supply the generated motor current to the motor; a current detection circuit configured to detect an amount of the motor current generated by the drive circuit; and a controller configured to input, in a seek operation, a first value as the commanded value to the drive circuit, acquire a second value based on a deviation amount that is a difference between the first value and a first amount, the first amount being an amount of the motor current that is generated by the drive circuit according to the first value, and detected by the current detection circuit, and input the second value as the commanded value to the drive circuit after inputting the first value to the drive circuit.

2 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a position detection circuit configured to detect the position of the magnetic head in the radial direction, wherein the controller is configured to: acquire a first target speed of the magnetic head in the radial direction based on a difference between the position detected by the position detection circuit and the target position of the magnetic head in the radial direction; acquire a second target speed of the magnetic head in the radial direction by calculation using the first target speed and a parameter value; calculate a commanded value that is an amount of the first current in such a manner that a speed of the magnetic head in the radial direction approaches the second target speed; and update the parameter value based on the deviation amount.

3 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller is configured to acquire the second target speed by calculation of multiplying or adding the parameter value by or to the first target speed.

4 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 3 , wherein
the controller is configured to change the parameter value to a lower limit value of the parameter value as an absolute value of the deviation amount exceeds a first threshold.

5 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 3 , wherein
the controller is configured to count a first number and decreases the parameter value as the first number reaches a third threshold, the first number being a number of seek operations in which an absolute value of the deviation amount exceeds a second threshold.

6 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 3 , wherein
the drive circuit is configured to generate the motor current by using power supplied from a power supply, and the controller is configured to calculate, every time the seek operation is executed by a set number of times, an average value of voltage margins in the set number of seek operations, each of the voltage margins being a value acquired by subtracting a voltage drop amount in the drive circuit from a voltage of the power, and increase the parameter value as the average value exceeds a fourth threshold.

7 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 3 , wherein
the drive circuit is configured to generate the motor current by using power supplied from a power supply, and the controller is configured to calculate, every time the seek operation is executed by a set number of times, an average value of voltage margins in the set number of seek operations, each of the voltage margins being a value acquired by subtracting a voltage drop amount in the drive circuit from a voltage of the power, and decrease the parameter value as the average value is lower than a fifth threshold.

8 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 3 , wherein
the controller is configured to change the parameter value to a lower limit value of the parameter value as an absolute value of the difference between the position detected by the position detection circuit and the target position of the magnetic head in the radial direction exceeds a sixth threshold in a set period immediately after the seek operation is completed.

9 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 1 , wherein
the seek operation includes a seek operation for a read operation.

10 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 2 , wherein
the seek operation includes a seek operation for a read operation.

11 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 3 , wherein
the seek operation includes a seek operation for a read operation.

12 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 4 , wherein
the seek operation includes a seek operation for a read operation.

13 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 5 , wherein
the seek operation includes a seek operation for a read operation.

14 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 6 , wherein
the seek operation includes a seek operation for a read operation.

15 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 7 , wherein
the seek operation includes a seek operation for a read operation.

16 . The magnetic disk device according to claim 8 , wherein
the seek operation includes a seek operation for a read operation.

Assignees

• Kk Toshiba
• Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corp

Inventors

• Iwashiro Masafumi

Classifications

• G11B27/36

  Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing {(for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06)} · CPC title

• G11B5/5547 Primary

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

• G11B5/596

  for track following on disks {(G11B5/5526, G11B5/5552, G11B5/5565, G11B5/5582 take precedence)} · CPC title

• G11B5/59611

  Detection or processing of peak/envelop signals · CPC title

• G11B5/5526 Primary

  Control therefor; circuits, track configurations or relative disposition of servo-information transducers and servo-information tracks for control thereof (G11B5/556 takes precedence) · CPC title