Abstract: The invention relates generally to rotating magnetic storage disk drive and, more particularly, to a method of seamlessly recording circumferentially overlapping servo bursts on a magnetic disk with successive passes of a write head that is guided by a servo track writer wherein the servo bursts are contained in at least two servo burst groups that each have at least one circumferential burst position which may contain a servo burst.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 21, 1997
Date of Patent:
August 31, 1999
Assignee:
Western Digital Corporation
Inventors:
Raffi Codilian, Timothy Elliott, Ara W. Nazarian, Brian Tanner