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Digital servo control system for use in disk drives
Assignee: QED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICES Ltd
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Filing: 1995-06-01
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Granted: 1997-06-10
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Expires: 2015-06-01
Abstract
Abstract A servo control system provides adaptive compensation for a variety of tracking and seek problems found in disk drive. The servo control system is ideally implemented in digital form for accuracy, speed and compactness. A first embodiment includes two modes, a tracking (or position) mode and a seek (or velocity) mode, each mode employing a variety of compensation functions. A second embodiment includes a single comprehensive control system which functions during both tracking and seek operations.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald J. Kadlec
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 19:54
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/48; G11B5/58; G11B5/596; G11B5/59605; G11B5/59622; G11B21/00; G11B21/02; G11B21/08; G11B21/081; G11B21/083; G11B21/085; G11B21/10; G11B5/54; G11B5/55; G11B5/5521; G11B5/5526; G11B5/553; G11B5/5534; G11B5/5547; G11B5/59616; G11B5/59633; G11B5/5965
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
In an information storage apparatus having (1) a recording medium, (2) a reading device, (3) a position control system for providing effort signals to control the position of the reading device relative to the recording medium during a seek operation in which a distance between the reading device and a requested locating relative to the recording medium is reduced, and (4) a driver that is responsive to the effort signals to affect the relative position of the reading device and the recording medium; an arrangement in the position control system comprising: a) means for determining seek length, the means for determining seek length providing an intermediate seek length signal indicating that a current seek length lies within an intermediate range; and b) means for compensating for saturation of the driver during intermediate-length seeks, responsive to the intermediate seek length signal, the compensating means including means for providing a modified effort signal including: 1) an acceleration pulse having a trailing portion set to a predetermined clamp value that is smaller in magnitude than a maximum value of the acceleration pulse; and 2) a deceleration pulse occurring after the acceleration pulse.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
In an information storage apparatus having (1) a recording medium, (2) a reading device, (3) a position control system for providing effort signals to control the position of the reading device relative to the recording medium during a seek operation in which a distance between the reading device and a requested locating relative to the recording medium is reduced, and (4) a driver that is responsive to the effort signals to affect the relative position of the reading device and the recording medium; an arrangement in the position control system comprising: a) means for determining seek length, the means for determining seek length providing an intermediate seek length signal indicating that a current seek length lies within an intermediate range; and b) means for compensating for saturation of the driver during intermediate-length seeks, responsive to the intermediate seek length signal, the compensating means including means for providing a modified effort signal including: 1) an acceleration pulse having a trailing portion set to a predetermined clamp value that is smaller in magnitude than a maximum value of the acceleration pulse; and 2) a deceleration pulse occurring after the acceleration pulse.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
110 words
The arrangement of claim 1, wherein: a) the means for determining seek length provides the intermediate seek length signal on predetermined conditions, the predetermined conditions being fulfilled when: 1) the seek is long enough to cause the driver to become saturated; but 2) the seek is not long enough for the driver to recover from saturation before the reading device is stably settled about the requested location; and b) the velocity of the reading device with respect to the requested location would not follow a prescribed optimum velocity profile if (1) the effort signal were provided by the position control system but (2) the modified effort signal were not provided.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The arrangement of claim 2, wherein: the recording medium includes tracks of information, the tracks having characteristic track widths; and the means for determining seek length provides the intermediate seek length signal when the seek length is between about 25 and about 125 track widths.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
The arrangement of claim 1, wherein: the compensating means provides the modified effort signal in response to a signal representing an error between: (1) a prescribed reference velocity profile; and (2) an estimate velocity variable derived from a measured position of the reading device relative to the requested location.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The arrangement of claim 4, wherein: the position control system includes a state space observer providing a state feedback velocity variable; and the error signal constitutes a difference between (1) the reference velocity profile and (2) the state feedback velocity variable.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The arrangement of claim 5, wherein: the reference velocity profile is derived from a positional error signal state variable provided by the state space observer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The arrangement of claim 1, wherein: the means for compensating is responsive to the intermediate seek length signal, for providing the modified effort signal to substantially reduce saturation of the driver during transition of the driver from an acceleration period to a deceleration period.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The arrangement of claim 1, wherein: the means for compensating includes a switch to choose either (1) an unmodified effort signal or (2) the clamp value, in response to the means for determining seek length.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
76 words
The arrangement of claim 8, wherein: the means for compensating provides an interim effort signal directly to a state space observer which provides a positional error state variable and a velocity state variable from which a velocity error is determined, the interim effort signal affecting the effort signal which controls the position of the reading device only after passing through a combiner for modifying the interim effort signal by combining it with an integral compensation term.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
204 words
In an information storage apparatus having (1) a recording medium, (2) a reading device, (3) a position control system for providing effort signals to control the position of the reading device relative to the recording medium during a seek operation in which a distance between the reading device and a requested locating relative to the recording medium is reduced, and (4) a driver that is responsive to the effort signals to affect the relative position of the reading device and the recording medium; an arrangement in the position control system comprising: a) means for determining seek length, the means for determining seek length providing an intermediate seek length signal indicating that a current seek length lies within an intermediate range; and b) means for compensating for saturation of the driver during intermediate-length seeks, responsive to the intermediate seek length signal, the compensating means including means for providing a modified effort signal including: 1) an acceleration pulse including: i) a leading portion which is set to a substantially constant maximum value; and ii) a trailing portion which is set to a predetermined clamp value that is smaller in magnitude than the maximum value; and 2) a substantially square deceleration pulse occurring after the acceleration pulse.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
204 words
In an information storage apparatus having (1) a recording medium, (2) a reading device, (3) a position control system for providing effort signals to control the position of the reading device relative to the recording medium during a seek operation in which a distance between the reading device and a requested locating relative to the recording medium is reduced, and (4) a driver that is responsive to the effort signals to affect the relative position of the reading device and the recording medium; an arrangement in the position control system comprising: a) means for determining seek length, the means for determining seek length providing an intermediate seek length signal indicating that a current seek length lies within an intermediate range; and b) means for compensating for saturation of the driver during intermediate-length seeks, responsive to the intermediate seek length signal, the compensating means including means for providing a modified effort signal including: 1) an acceleration pulse including: i) a leading portion which is set to a substantially constant maximum value; and ii) a trailing portion which is set to a predetermined clamp value that is smaller in magnitude than the maximum value; and 2) a substantially square deceleration pulse occurring after the acceleration pulse.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
110 words
The arrangement of claim 10, wherein: a) the means for determining seek length provides the intermediate seek length signal on predetermined conditions, the predetermined conditions being fulfilled when: 1) the seek is long enough to cause the driver to become saturated; but 2) the seek is not long enough for the driver to recover from saturation before the reading device is stably settled about the requested location; and b) the velocity of the reading device with respect to the requested location would not follow a prescribed optimum velocity profile if (1) the effort signal were provided by the position control system but (2) the modified effort signal were not provided.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
45 words
The arrangement of claim 10, wherein: the recording medium includes tracks of information, the tracks having characteristic track widths; and the means for determining seek length provides the intermediate seek length signal when the seek length is between about 25 and about 125 track widths.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
49 words
The arrangement of claim 10, wherein: the compensating means provides the modified effort signal in response to a signal representing an error between: (1) a prescribed reference velocity profile; and (2) an estimate velocity variable derived from a measured position of the reading device relative to the requested location.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
41 words
The arrangement of claim 13, wherein: the position control system includes a state space observer providing a state feedback velocity variable; and the error signal constitutes a difference between (1) the reference velocity profile and (2) the state feedback velocity variable.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
The arrangement of claim 14, wherein: the reference velocity profile is derived from a positional error signal state variable provided by the state space observer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
44 words
The arrangement of claim 10, wherein: the means for compensating is responsive to the intermediate seek length signal, for providing the modified effort signal to substantially reduce saturation of the driver during transition of the driver from an acceleration period to a deceleration period.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
35 words
The arrangement of claim 10, wherein: the means for compensating includes a switch to choose either (1) an unmodified effort signal or (2) the clamp value, in response to the means for determining seek length.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
76 words
The arrangement of claim 17, wherein: the means for compensating provides an interim effort signal directly to a state space observer which provides a positional error state variable and a velocity state variable from which a velocity error is determined, the interim effort signal affecting the effort signal which controls the position of the reading device only after passing through a combiner for modifying the interim effort signal by combining it with an integral compensation term.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
211 words
In an information storage apparatus having (1) a recording medium, (2) a reading device, (3) a position control system for providing effort signals to control the position of the reading device relative to the recording medium during a seek operation in which a distance between the reading device and a requested locating relative to the recording medium is reduced, and (4) a driver that is responsive to the effort signals to affect the relative position of the reading device and the recording medium; an arrangement in the position control system comprising: a) means for determining seek length, the means for determining seek length providing an intermediate seek length signal indicating that a current seek length lies within an intermediate range; and b) means for compensating for saturation of the driver during intermediate-length seeks, responsive to the intermediate seek length signal, the compensating means including means for providing a modified effort signal including: 1) an acceleration pulse whose trailing end is reduced in magnitude in direct response to a monitored condition in which (i) an estimate velocity variable, derived from a measured position of the reading device relative to the requested location, crosses over and exceeds (ii) a prescribed reference velocity profile; and 2) a deceleration pulse occurring after the acceleration pulse.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
211 words
In an information storage apparatus having (1) a recording medium, (2) a reading device, (3) a position control system for providing effort signals to control the position of the reading device relative to the recording medium during a seek operation in which a distance between the reading device and a requested locating relative to the recording medium is reduced, and (4) a driver that is responsive to the effort signals to affect the relative position of the reading device and the recording medium; an arrangement in the position control system comprising: a) means for determining seek length, the means for determining seek length providing an intermediate seek length signal indicating that a current seek length lies within an intermediate range; and b) means for compensating for saturation of the driver during intermediate-length seeks, responsive to the intermediate seek length signal, the compensating means including means for providing a modified effort signal including: 1) an acceleration pulse whose trailing end is reduced in magnitude in direct response to a monitored condition in which (i) an estimate velocity variable, derived from a measured position of the reading device relative to the requested location, crosses over and exceeds (ii) a prescribed reference velocity profile; and 2) a deceleration pulse occurring after the acceleration pulse.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
110 words
The arrangement of claim 19, wherein: a) the means for determining seek length provides the intermediate seek length signal on predetermined conditions, the predetermined conditions being fulfilled when: 1) the seek is long enough to cause the driver to become saturated; but 2) the seek is not long enough for the driver to recover from saturation before the reading device is stably settled about the requested location; and b) the velocity of the reading device with respect to the requested location would not follow a prescribed optimum velocity profile if (1) the effort signal were provided by the position control system but (2) the modified effort signal were not provided.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
45 words
The arrangement of claim 20, wherein: the recording medium includes tracks of information, the tracks having characteristic track widths; and the means for determining seek length provides the intermediate seek length signal when the seek length is between about 25 and about 125 track widths.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
26 words
The arrangement of claim 19, wherein: the position control system includes a state space observer providing a state feedback velocity variable constituting the estimate velocity variable.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
25 words
The arrangement of claim 22, wherein: the reference velocity profile is derived from a positional error signal state variable provided by the state space observer.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
44 words
The arrangement of claim 19, wherein: the means for compensating is responsive to the intermediate seek length signal, for providing the modified effort signal to substantially reduce saturation of the driver during transition of the driver from an acceleration period to a deceleration period.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
24 words
The arrangement of claim 19, wherein: the trailing portion of the acceleration pulse of the modified effort signal takes on a predetermined clamp value.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
35 words
The arrangement of claim 25, wherein: the means for compensating includes a switch to choose either (1) an unmodified effort signal or (2) the clamp value, in response to the means for determining seek length.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
76 words
The arrangement of claim 26, wherein: the means for compensating provides an interim effort signal directly to a state space observer which provides a positional error state variable and a velocity state variable from which a velocity error is determined, the interim effort signal affecting the effort signal which controls the position of the reading device only after passing through a combiner for modifying the interim effort signal by combining it with an integral compensation term.
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