Claims
- 1. A storage medium for use in a storage device having a transducer and a motor for moving the storage medium relative to the transducer at a rated storage medium velocity, the storage medium comprising:
a plurality of tracks having a first edge and a second edge, said first edge and said second edge each comprise surface profile variations having a frequency at the rated storage medium velocity, said surface profile variations of said first edge having a phase difference relative to said surface profile variations of said second edge.
- 2. The storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the transducer is a magnetoresistive (MR) head, said frequency of said surface profile variations of said first edge at the rated storage medium velocity and said frequency of said surface profile variations of said second edge at the rated storage medium velocity being equivalent and falling within a frequency range associated with a thermal response of said MR head.
- 3. The storage medium as recited in claim 2, wherein said surface profile variations of said first edge and said second edge each comprise a repeating track marker pattern of mesas and valleys.
- 4. The storage medium as recited in claim 3, wherein said valleys are substantially rectangular.
- 5. The storage medium as recited in claim 3, wherein said valleys are substantially elliptical.
- 6. The storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein said storage medium comprises a disk.
- 7. The storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein said phase difference is equal to 360 degrees/N, where N is an integer.
- 8. The storage medium as recited in claim 7, wherein said phase difference is approximately 180 degrees.
- 9. The storage medium as recited in claim 7, wherein said phase difference is approximately 30 degrees.
- 10. A storage device, comprising:
a storage medium; a transducer; an actuator provided to move said transducer relative to said storage medium; a motor provided to move said storage medium relative to said transducer at a rated storage medium velocity; said storage medium comprising a plurality of tracks having a first edge and a second edge, said first edge and said second edge each comprise surface profile variations having a frequency at said rated storage medium velocity, said surface profile variations of said first edge having a phase difference relative to said surface profile variations of said second edge; a controller coupled to said actuator and provided to control movement of said transducer relative to said storage medium based on a response of said transducer to said surface profile variations of at least one of said first and second edges.
- 11. The storage device as recited in claim 10, wherein said transducer is a magnetoresistive (MR) head, said frequency of said surface profile variations of said first edge at said rated storage medium velocity and said frequency of said surface profile variations of said second edge at said rated storage medium velocity being equivalent and falling within a frequency range associated with a thermal response of said MR head.
- 12. The storage device as recited in claim 11, wherein said surface profile variations of said first edge and said second edge each comprise a repeating track marker pattern of mesas and valleys.
- 13. The storage device as recited in claim 11, farther comprising:
a wave generator coupled to said motor to receive a synchronization signal and coupled to said controller, said wave generator generating a wave signal based on said synchronization signal; an inverter coupled to said wave generator to receive said wave signal, said inverter generating an inverted wave signal based on said wave signal.
- 14. The storage device as recited in claim 13, wherein said controller comprises:
a first matched filter coupled to said wave generator to receive said wave signal and coupled to said MR head to receive said thermal response, said first matched filter generating an output A based on said wave signal and said thermal response; a second matched filter coupled to said inverter to receive said inverted wave signal and coupled to said MR head to receive said thermal response, said second matched filter generating an output B based on said inverted wave signal and said thermal response; a comparator coupled to said first and second matched filters to receive said outputs A and B, said comparator generating a position error signal (PES) based on a comparison of said outputs A and B.
- 15. The storage device as recited in claim 10, wherein said storage medium comprises a disk.
- 16. A method of positioning a transducer relative to a storage medium in a storage device, the storage device having a motor for moving the storage medium relative to the transducer at a rated storage medium velocity, the storage medium comprising a plurality of tracks having a first edge and a second edge, the first edge and the second edge each comprise surface profile variations having a frequency at the rated storage medium velocity, the method comprising the steps of:
inducing a first response in the transducer when the transducer is positioned over the surface profile variations of the first edge; inducing a second response in the transducer when the transducer is positioned over the surface profile variations of the second edge, said first and second responses respectively having a phase difference relative to one another; moving the transducer based on at least one of said first and second responses.
- 17. The method as recited in claim client of claim 16, wherein the step of moving the transducer comprises the steps of:
generating a first wave signal based on a synchronization signal from the motor; generating a second wave signal based on said first wave signal; generating an output A based on said first wave signal and at least one of said first and second responses from the transducer; generating an output B based on said second wave signal and at least one of said first and second responses from the transducer; generating a position error signal (PES) based on a comparison of said outputs A and B.
- 18. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the transducer is a magnetoresistive (MR) head, the frequency of the surface profile variations of the first edge at the rated storage medium velocity and the frequency of the surface profile variations of the second edge at the rated storage medium velocity being equivalent and falling within a frequency range associated with a thermal response of said MR head.
- 19. The method as recited in claim 16, wherein the transducer is a magnetoresistive (MR) head, the frequency of the surface profile variations of the first edge at the rated storage medium velocity and the frequency of the surface profile variations of the second edge at the rated storage medium velocity being equivalent and falling within a frequency range associated with a thermal response of said MR head.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This patent application is related to IBM Docket No.: ROC9-2000-0211-US1, filed concurrently, entitled “Storage Disk having Surface Profile Variations Patterned to Reduce Airbearing Modulation”, which is assigned to the assignee of the instant application.