Patents Represented by Attorney Allison Olenginski
  • Patent number: 7508611
    Abstract: A disk drive clock circuit includes a servo clock generator and a disk locked frequency converter. The servo clock generator generates a servo clock signal in response to servo information read from a data storage disk in a disk drive. The disk locked frequency converter responds to the servo clock signal by generating a modified clock signal having a different frequency, and adjusts timing of an edge of the modified clock signal in response to a timing event identified from the servo information read from the disk. The disk locked frequency converter can include a divide-by-n counter that is configured to divide the frequency of the servo clock signal by a number n to generate the modified clock signal. The disk locked frequency converter can reset the divide-by-n counter to a defined value in response to the timing event. The modified clock signal can thereby be phase locked to the servo information on the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Seagate Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Buch, Pei-hui Zheng