Heat assisted magnetic recording for bit-patterned media
First Claim
1. A storage device comprising:
- a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head including a heat source; and
a controller that selects a power for the heat source to write data to a target data track based on whether the target data track is bounded by any data-storing tracks, the controller configured to relax a positioning requirement of the HAMR head when writing data while operating the heat source at a first power and tighten the positioning requirement of the HAMR head while operating the heat source at a second power.
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Abstract
A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) device includes a controller that selects a power for operating a heat source for a data write to a target data track. According to one implementation, the controller selects the power based on an assessment of whether the target data track is bounded by any data-storing tracks. A first power is selected when the data track is not bounded by any data-storing tracks and a second lower power is selected when the data track is bounded by one or more data-storing tracks. In another implementation, the controller writes to different partitioned regions of a storage media with different powers of the heat source. The controller selects a storage location for data based on an expected write error rate and environmental conditions within the HAMR device.
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18 Claims
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1. A storage device comprising:
- a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head including a heat source; and
a controller that selects a power for the heat source to write data to a target data track based on whether the target data track is bounded by any data-storing tracks, the controller configured to relax a positioning requirement of the HAMR head when writing data while operating the heat source at a first power and tighten the positioning requirement of the HAMR head while operating the heat source at a second power. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head including a heat source; and
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5. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoding computer-executable instructions for executing on a computer system a computer process, the computer process comprising:
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operating a heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head heat source at a first power to write data to a target data track of a storage medium; receiving an instruction to re-write the target data track; and determining whether the target data track is bounded by a data-storing track; and based on the determination, selecting a second lower power if the target data track is directly adjacent to one or more data storing tracks. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media encoding computer-executable instructions for executing on a computer system a computer process, the computer process comprising:
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selecting between a first region and a second region of a storage medium to write data of a write command; if the first region is selected, writing data to a series of alternating data tracks while operating a heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) head heat source at a first power; and if the second region is selected, writing data to a series of directly adjacent consecutive data tracks while operating the HAMR head heat source at a second power lower than the first power. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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