Inventor
MELKOTE HEMANT
US18 patents
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WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC
17 patentsUS6937420B1Aug 30, 2005
Determining repeatable runout cancellation information using PES information generated during self servo-writing operations
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC163 citations99
US7548392B1Jun 16, 2009
Disk drive controlling a voice coil motor during an emergency unload
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC123 citations98
US7304819B1Dec 4, 2007
Method for writing repeatable runout correction values to a magnetic disk of a disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC114 citations98
US7298574B1Nov 20, 2007
Servo writing a disk drive using correction values that attenuate phase error propagation
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC112 citations98
US7196864B1Mar 27, 2007
Disk drive having a servo control system optimized for faster determination of repeatable runout correction values and related method
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC117 citations98
US6999267B1Feb 14, 2006
Method for iteratively determining repeatable runout cancellation values in a magnetic disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC140 citations98
US6963465B1Nov 8, 2005
Method for preventing radial error propagation during self-servowriting of tracks in a magnetic disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC116 citations98
US6924960B1Aug 2, 2005
Timing compensation in a self-servowriting system
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC137 citations98
US7095579B1Aug 22, 2006
Disk drive employing momentum based unload during power failure
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC118 citations97
US7046472B1May 16, 2006
Method and apparatus for self servowriting of tracks of a disk drive using an observer based on an equivalent one-dimensional state model
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC113 citations97
US6999263B1Feb 14, 2006
Method and apparatus for self servowriting of tracks of a disk drive using a servo control loop having a two-dimensional weighted digital state compensator
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC111 citations97
US6975480B1Dec 13, 2005
Method for determining repeatable runout cancellation values in a magnetic disk drive using filtering
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC115 citations97
US6924961B1Aug 2, 2005
Method and apparatus for self servowriting of tracks of a disk drive using an observer based on an equivalent one-dimensional state model
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC113 citations97
US6924959B1Aug 2, 2005
Reducing estimation period for repeatable runout errors in a disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC121 citations97
US6819518B1Nov 16, 2004
Method and apparatus for self servowriting of tracks of a disk drive using a servo control loop having a two-dimensional digital state compensator
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC112 citations97
US6693764B1Feb 17, 2004
Method and disk drive for improving head position accuracy during track following through real-time identification of external vibration
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC135 citations97
US6826006B1Nov 30, 2004
Method for recursively determining repeatable runout cancellation values in a magnetic disk drive
WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC117 citations96