Magnetic disk apparatus and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017263271-A1
Application number	US-201615257380-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	Mar 10, 2016
Publication date	Sep 14, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic disk apparatus including an actuator, a shock detection circuit, a temperature measurement circuit, and a controller circuit. The actuator holds a magnetic head that accesses a magnetic disk. The shock detection circuit includes an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration during driving of the actuator. The temperature measurement circuit measures a temperature during driving of the actuator. The controller circuit changes sensitivity of the shock detection circuit according to a temperature change rate obtained from the measured temperature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A magnetic disk apparatus comprising:
an actuator that holds a magnetic head that accesses a magnetic disk; a shock detection circuit including an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration during driving of the actuator; a temperature measurement circuit that measures a temperature during driving of the actuator; and a controller circuit that changes sensitivity of the shock detection circuit according to a temperature change rate obtained from the measured temperature.

2 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller circuit changes the sensitivity according to the temperature change rate while executing write operation with the magnetic head onto the magnetic disk, and stops the write operation in a case where an output signal of the acceleration sensor exceeds a particular value.

3 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller circuit changes the sensitivity according to the temperature change rate while executing write operation with the magnetic head onto the magnetic disk, and at subsequent write operation after completion or stop of the write operation, returns a state to a state before changing the sensitivity.

4 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller circuit changes a gain of the shock detection circuit to change the sensitivity according to the obtained temperature change rate, and the shock detection circuit amplifies an output signal of the acceleration sensor with the gain controlled by the controller circuit.

5 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller circuit changes a passband width of the shock detection circuit to change the sensitivity according to the obtained temperature change rate, and the shock detection circuit passes an output signal of the acceleration sensor through a filter with the passband width controlled by the controller circuit and detects acceleration with using the passed output signal.

6 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller circuit controls the sensitivity to a first sensitivity in a case where an absolute value of the temperature change rate is a first value, and controls the sensitivity to a second sensitivity higher than the first sensitivity in a case where the absolute value of the temperature change rate is a second value higher than the first value.

7 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the controller circuit controls the gain of the shock detection circuit to a first gain in a case where an absolute value of the temperature change rate is a first value, and controls the gain of the shock detection circuit to a second gain higher than the first gain in a case where the absolute value of the temperature change rate is a second value higher than the first value.

8 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the controller circuit controls the passband width of the shock detection circuit to a first width in a case where an absolute value of the temperature change rate is a first value, and controls the passband width of the shock detection circuit to a second width wider than the first width in a case where the absolute value of the temperature change rate is a second value higher than the first value.

9 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller circuit controls the sensitivity to a first sensitivity in a case where an absolute value of the temperature change rate is a first value at least one in a first term and in a second term subsequent to the first term, and controls the sensitivity to a second sensitivity higher than the first sensitivity in a case where the absolute value of the temperature change rate is a second value higher than the first value both in the first term and in the second term.

10 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the controller circuit controls the gain of the shock detection circuit to a first gain in a case where an absolute value of the temperature change rate is a first value at least one in a first term and in a second term subsequent to the first term, and controls the gain of the shock detection circuit to a second gain higher than the first gain in a case where the absolute value of the temperature change rate is a second value higher than the first value both in the first term and in the second term.

11 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the controller circuit controls the passband width of the shock detection circuit to a first width in a case where an absolute value of the temperature change rate is a first value at least one in a first term and in a second term subsequent to the first term, and controls the passband width of the shock detection circuit to a second width wider than the first width in a case where the absolute value of the temperature change rate is a second value higher than the first value both in the first term and in the second term.

12 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the shock detection circuit further includes an amplifier circuit that amplifies an output signal of the acceleration sensor at a gain controlled by the controller circuit, and the controller circuit controls the gain of the amplifier circuit to a first gain in a case where an absolute value of the temperature change rate is a first value and controls the gain of the amplifier circuit to a second gain higher than the first gain in a case where the absolute value of the temperature change rate is a second value higher than the first value.

13 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the shock detection circuit further includes a low-pass filter that removes a noise component from an output signal of the acceleration sensor at a cut-off frequency controlled by the controller circuit, and the controller circuit controls a cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter to a first cut-off frequency in a case where an absolute value of the change rate is a first value, and controls the cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter to a second cut-off frequency higher than the first cut-off frequency in a case where the absolute value of the change rate is a second value higher than the first value.

14 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the acceleration sensor detects the acceleration of a housing corresponding to a shock acting on the actuator, and the temperature measurement circuit measures a temperature in the housing corresponding to a temperature of the actuator.

15 . A magnetic disk apparatus comprising:
an actuator that holds a magnetic head that accesses a magnetic disk; an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration during driving of the actuator; and a temperature measurement circuit that measures a temperature during driving of the actuator; wherein the magnetic disk apparatus continues write operation with the magnetic head onto the magnetic disk in a first case where an output signal of the acceleration sensor is at a first level and an absolute value of a change rate of an output signal of the temperature measurement circuit is a first value, and stops the write operation in a second case where the output signal of the acceleration sensor is at the first level and the absolute value of the change rate of the output signal of the temperature measurement circuit is a second value higher than the first value.

16 . The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 15 ,
wherein, in th

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Tabuchi Tetsuya
• Nakamura Daigo
• Abe Takao
• Muto Mitsuhiro

Classifications

• G11B33/144

  by detection, control, regulation of the temperature · CPC title

• G11B19/046 Primary

  Detection or prevention or problems due to temperature · 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

• G11B5/09 Primary

  Digital recording · CPC title

• G11B5/40

  Protective measures on heads, e.g. against excessive temperature  (G11B5/31 takes precedence; protection against wear G11B5/255  {; protective structure of the head: see under structures, e.g. G11B5/3106}) · CPC title