Inventor

BARLOW CARL E

US20 patents

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BARLOW CARL E

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC

Disk drive write verifying unformatted data sectors

Disk drive employing different servo TPI to data TPI ratios across the disk surface

Disk drive storing parameters of a write operation in a plurality of data sectors

Disk drive to characterize misaligned servo wedges

Disk drive calibrating bias signal for touchdown sensor

Disk drive compensating for cycle slip of disk locked clock when reading mini-wedge

Electronic system with data refresh mechanism and method of operation thereof

Electronic system with data management mechanism and method of operation thereof

Data storage device with selective write to a first storage media or a second storage media

Write pointer management for a disk drive

Disk drive calibrating failure threshold based on noise power effect on failure detection metric

Disk drive calibrating defect threshold based on statistical quality metric measured for reference tracks

Data storage device with selective write to a first storage media or a second storage media

Data storage device delaying seek operation to avoid thermal asperities

Data storage device screening heads by verifying defects after defect scan

Disk drive detecting different asperities on a disk using different sensor bias settings

TSAI CHUN SEI

Refresh operations using write/read commands

CHUNG HEON HO

Methods and devices for preventing potential media errors from growing thermal asperities

DINH PETER H

Throttled command completion time

CHAN TOM S

Disk drive executing retry operation after adjusting jog value in response to gain control