Appeal No. 2006-2321
Application No. 10/706,254
The disclosed invention relates to the self-servo writing of
a hard disk drive (HDD) in which write control bits are
associated with servo pattern data bits to selectively disable or
enable a write gate in a HDD write channel, the write gate being
disabled or enabled without deenergizing the write channel. More
particularly, from one timing mark to the next, a single write
delay is calculated which enables the writing of the next timing
mark and portions of the radial pattern and servo pattern between
the timing marks.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A HDD, comprising:
at least one write channel including at least one write
gate; and
control circuitry encoding write control bits for
controlling the write gate to selectively enable writing data
bits associated with a servo pattern onto at least one disk.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Hussein 6,285,521 Sep. 04, 2001
Bryant et al. (Bryant) 6,785,075 Aug. 31, 2004
(filed July 26, 2001)
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