Patents Examined by Natasha Figueroa
  • Patent number: 6765748
    Abstract: A method of interleaving servo information fields on a recording medium, and a corresponding recording medium having interleaved servo information fields, that reduce the amount of disk surface area needed for servo information, to thus increase disk surface area available for data storage. The track layout includes regular sector servo fields and reduced sector servo fields interleaved with data fields. The regular sector servo fields include servo correction information such as repetitive run-out (RRO) cancellation values. The servo correction information of the reduced sector servo field does not include servo correction information. The servo correction information of the reduced sector servo field is merged into the regular sector servo field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Andrew B. Shu