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Document Code: PH A
[21] Application Number:1-2004-000401
[54] Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TRACK PITCH FOR WRITING SERVO INFORMATION IN A DISK DRIVE
[72] Inventor(s): HIDEO SADO, OF , TOKYO, JAPAN
[73] Assignee(s): KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA , OF TOKYO, JAPAN
[74] Attorney/Agent:SAPALO & VELEZ
[22] Date Filed:9/15/2004
[30]  Priority Data:
 
NumberDateCountry
2003-3377499/29/2003 JAPAN
[51] International Class7: G11B 21/2;  G11B 21/10;  G11B 5/596
[57] Abstract:

A disk drive including a self-servo writing apparatus is disclosed. The self-servo writing apparatus calculates a pitch of servo tracks constituted on a disk medium by a calculation method using a positional error calculation value based on a reproduction amplitude value of a servo burst pattern signal reproduced by a head.


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 CategoryCitation of Document
 AUS PAT. NO. 6,151,187 (YOSHINORI OGAWA) NOVEMBER 2000 (THE WHOLE DOCUMENT)