Method of controlling movement of a transducer and disk drive using same

• Main Authors: LEE YEONG-KYUN, KIM GYU-TAEK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.08.2007
• Subjects: INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS

A method and apparatus for controlling movement of a transducer to limit its stopping time at a certain position of a disk regardless of whether the disk drive performs a read/write operation, an etching or clustering effect of a lube layer coated on the disk is prevented, thereby preventing perform...