Electronic system with data refresh mechanism and method of operation thereof

• US 9,269,393 B1
• Filed: 12/08/2014
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: Western Digital Technologies Incorporated (Western Digital Corporation)
• Inventors: Tsai, Chun Sei, Pei, Anthony L., Barlow, Carl E., Webb, Steven L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hindi, Nabil
• Application Number:
  US14/563,871
• Time in Patent Office: 442 Days
• Field of Search: 360/77.01, 360/75, 360/31, 360/39, 360/48, 360/53, 360/72.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10009 Improvement or modification of read or write signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2020/10898 Overwriting or replacing recorded data
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/36 Monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing for digital recording G11B20/00 and s.gr.; for monitoring, testing or measuring of TV recorders of the type covered by H04N5/76 and subgroups, see H04N17/06

Abstract

An apparatus includes: a media; a head configured to write data on the media; a read channel, coupled to the head, configured to detect servo data from the media; and control circuitry, coupled to the read channel, configured to: generate a position error signal (PES), associated with a write operation of an aggressor track, from the servo data, compare a first threshold to the PES for detecting a write unsafe condition, compare a second threshold, within the first threshold, to the PES for detecting a write squeeze condition, and control a refresh operation of a victim track based on at least one of the comparisons.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a media;

a head configured to write data on the media;

a read channel, coupled to the head, configured to detect servo data from the media; and

control circuitry, coupled to the read channel, configured to;

generate a position error signal (PES), associated with a write operation of an aggressor track, from the servo data,

compare a first threshold to the PES for detecting a write unsafe condition,

compare a second threshold, within the first threshold, to the PES for detecting a write squeeze condition, and

control a refresh operation of a victim track based on at least one of the comparisons.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to refresh sectors of data of the victim track when the PES exceeds the first threshold.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to refresh data of the victim track, before completing any other write command, when the PES exceeds the first threshold.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify the victim track when the PES exceeds the first threshold; and

refresh data of the victim track in a background task.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify the victim track when the PES exceeds the second threshold; and

refresh data of the victim track in a background task.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to detect an inner diameter drift (IDD), an outer diameter drift (ODD), or a combination thereof from the PES.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to track a count based at least in part on one or more of:

a detected write unsafe condition; and

a detected write squeeze condition.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to compare a third threshold, within the first threshold, to the PES for detecting an off-track write condition, and the count is additionally based on the detected off-track write condition.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to assign different weights to the detected write unsafe condition and write squeeze condition.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to control refresh of sectors of data in the victim track based at least in part on the count.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to calibrate a seek-settle time based at least in part on the count.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 7 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to extend a seek-settle time when executing a background task based at least in part on the count.

13. A method of operating an apparatus, the method comprising:

generating a position error signal (PES), associated with a write operation of an aggressor track, from servo data;

comparing a first threshold to the PES for detecting a write unsafe condition;

comparing a second threshold, within the first threshold, to the PES for detecting a write squeeze condition; and

controlling a refresh operation, of a victim track, based on at least one of the comparisons.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13 further comprising refreshing sectors of data of the victim track when the PES exceeds the first threshold.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13 further comprising refreshing data of the victim track, before completing any other write command, when the PES exceeds the first threshold.

16. The method as claimed in claim 13 further comprising:

identifying the victim track when the PES exceeds the first threshold; and

refreshing data of the victim track in a background task.

17. The method as claimed in claim 13 further comprising:

identifying the victim track when the PES exceeds the second threshold; and

refreshing data of the victim track in a background task.

18. The method as claimed in claim 13 further comprising detecting an inner diameter drift (IDD), an outer diameter drift (ODD), or a combination thereof from the PES.

19. The method as claimed in claim 13 further comprising tracking a count based at least in part on one or more of:

detecting a write unsafe condition; and

detecting a write squeeze condition.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19 further comprising comparing a third threshold, within the first threshold, to the PES for detecting an off-track write condition, and the count is additionally based on detecting the off-track write condition.

21. The method as claimed in claim 19 further comprising assigning different weights to detecting the write unsafe condition and the write squeeze condition.

22. The method as claimed in claim 19 further comprising controlling refresh of data in the victim track based at least in part on the count.

23. The method as claimed in claim 19 further comprising calibrating a seek-settle time based at least in part on the count.

24. The method as claimed in claim 19 further comprising extending a seek-settle time when executing a background task based at least in part on the count.