阅读说明：本技术 磁盘装置、伺服扇区的写方法以及伺服解调位置的修正方法 (Magnetic disk device, servo sector writing method and servo demodulation position correcting method ) 是由 田上尚基 于 2019-07-15 设计创作，主要内容包括：实施方式提供一种能够提高伺服解调位置的精度的磁盘装置、伺服扇区的写方法以及伺服解调位置的修正方法。实施方式涉及的磁盘装置具备具有两个第1伺服扇区和至少一个第2伺服扇区的盘,第1伺服扇区具有突发数据、和写入到突发数据的前方的第1数据图形,第2伺服扇区具有突发数据、写入到突发数据的前方的第1数据图形以及写入到突发数据的后方的第2数据图形,第2数据图形的第2频率与第1数据图形的第1频率不同,第2数据图形的第2长度与第1数据图形的第1长度不同。(Embodiments provide a magnetic disk device capable of improving the accuracy of a servo demodulation position, a method for writing a servo sector, and a method for correcting the servo demodulation position. A magnetic disk device according to an embodiment includes a disk having two 1 st servo sectors and at least one 2 nd servo sector, the 1 st servo sector having burst data and a1 st data pattern written in front of the burst data, the 2 nd servo sector having burst data, a1 st data pattern written in front of the burst data and a2 nd data pattern written behind the burst data, a2 nd frequency of the 2 nd data pattern being different from a1 st frequency of the 1 st data pattern, and a2 nd length of the 2 nd data pattern being different from a1 st length of the 1 st data pattern.)

1. A magnetic disk device is provided with:

a disk having two 1 st servo sectors arranged in a circumferential direction and at least one 2 nd servo sector located between the two 1 st servo sectors;

a head that writes data to the disk and reads data from the disk; and

a controller for demodulating all data of the 1 st servo sector and demodulating a part of data of the 2 nd servo sector,

the 1 st servo sector has burst data and a1 st data pattern written to the front in the circumferential direction of the burst data,

the 2 nd servo sector has the burst data, the 1 st data pattern written to the front in the circumferential direction of the burst data, and the 2 nd data pattern written to the rear in the circumferential direction of the burst data,

the 1 st frequency of the 1 st data pattern is different from the 2 nd frequency of the 2 nd data pattern,

a1 st length in the circumferential direction of the 1 st data pattern is different from a2 nd length in the circumferential direction of the 2 nd data pattern.

2. The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 1,

the 2 nd length is shorter than the 1 st length.

3. The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 1,

the 1 st data pattern has a preamble, and the 1 st frequency is the same as a3 rd frequency of the preamble.

4. The magnetic disk device according to claim 3,

the 2 nd frequency is equal to one half of the 3 rd frequency and is the same as the 4 th frequency of the burst data.

5. The magnetic disk device according to claim 3,

the 2 nd length is greater than or equal to the sum of the reciprocal of the 2 nd frequency and 2 times the reciprocal of the 3 rd frequency.

6. The magnetic disk device according to claim 3,

the 1 st data pattern has a servo mark written behind the preamble and a gray code written behind the servo mark.

7. The magnetic disk device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

in the 1 st servo sector, the controller demodulates the 1 st data pattern in the order of the burst data, and in the 2 nd servo sector, the controller demodulates the burst data in the order of the 2 nd data pattern.

8. The magnetic disk device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the 1 st phase of the 2 nd data pattern is the same with a1 servo track as a period in a radial direction of the disc.

9. The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 8,

the controller corrects the servo demodulation position demodulated from the 2 nd servo sector when an absolute value of a difference between the 1 st phase of the 2 nd data pattern and a reference phase is equal to or greater than a threshold value.

10. The magnetic disk device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the controller overwrites the 1 st data pattern of the 2 nd servo sector with user data.

11. The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 1,

the 1 st servo sector has a3 rd data pattern written to the rear of the circumferential direction of the burst data, a 5 th frequency of the 3 rd data pattern is different from a2 nd frequency of the 2 nd data pattern, and a3 rd length in the circumferential direction of the 3 rd data pattern is different from a2 nd length in the circumferential direction of the 2 nd data pattern.

12. The magnetic disk apparatus according to claim 11,

the 2 nd length is shorter than the 3 rd length.

13. A method of writing a servo sector, applied to a magnetic disk apparatus having a disk and a head that writes data to the disk and reads data from the disk, the method comprising:

the 1 st data pattern is written in,

writing burst data behind the 1 st data pattern,

and writing a2 nd data pattern having a1 st phase identical to a1 st servo track in a radial direction of the disk, behind the burst data.

14. A method of correcting a servo demodulation position, applied to a magnetic disk device having a disk and a head, the disk having two 1 st servo sectors arranged in a circumferential direction and at least one 2 nd servo sector located between the two 1 st servo sectors, the head writing data to the disk and reading data from the disk, the 1 st servo sector having burst data and a1 st data pattern written to the front in the circumferential direction of the burst data, and the 2 nd servo sector having the burst data, the 1 st data pattern written to the front in the circumferential direction of the burst data, and a2 nd data pattern written to the back in the circumferential direction of the burst data, the method comprising:

demodulating the 2 nd data pattern to obtain the 1 st phase of the 2 nd data pattern,

calculating the difference between the 1 st phase and the reference phase,

and correcting the servo demodulation position demodulated from the 2 nd servo sector when the absolute value of the difference is greater than or equal to a threshold value.

Technical Field

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a magnetic disk device, a method of writing servo sectors, and a method of correcting servo demodulation positions.

Background

A magnetic disk device having a short servo sector whose length in the circumferential direction is shorter than that of a normal servo sector is being studied. In a normal Servo sector, the disk device demodulates a preamble (preamble), a Servo Mark (Servo Mark), a Gray Code (Gray Code), Burst data (Burst data), and a Post Code (Post Code) in sequence. In the short servo sector, the disk apparatus demodulates only burst data. Since the servo data read in the short servo sector is smaller than the servo data read in the normal servo sector, the magnetic disk device cannot synchronize the read timing based on the servo mark, for example, the read timing varies, and the quality of the demodulation process in the short servo sector may deteriorate. In addition, burst data is written in a data pattern whose phase is reversed by 180 ° with 1 servo track as a cycle in the radial direction of the disk. Therefore, when burst data is read in a short servo sector, it may be difficult to determine whether the read timing is shifted or the radial direction is shifted.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic disk device, a method for writing servo sectors, and a method for correcting servo demodulation positions, which can improve the accuracy of servo demodulation positions.

The magnetic disk device according to the present embodiment includes: a disk having two 1 st servo sectors arranged in a circumferential direction and at least one 2 nd servo sector located between the two 1 st servo sectors; a head that writes data to the disk and reads data from the disk; and a controller that demodulates all data of the 1 st servo sector and demodulates a part of data of the 2 nd servo sector, wherein the 1 st servo sector has burst data and a1 st data pattern written in front of the burst data in the circumferential direction, the 2 nd servo sector has the burst data, the 1 st data pattern written in front of the burst data in the circumferential direction and a2 nd data pattern written in back of the burst data in the circumferential direction, a1 st frequency of the 1 st data pattern is different from a2 nd frequency of the 2 nd data pattern, and a1 st length of the 1 st data pattern in the circumferential direction is different from a2 nd length of the 2 nd data pattern in the circumferential direction.

A method of writing a servo sector according to the present embodiment is a writing method applied to a magnetic disk device including a disk and a head that writes data to the disk and reads data from the disk, the writing method including: and writing a1 st data pattern, writing burst data behind the 1 st data pattern, and writing a2 nd data pattern having a1 st phase identical to a1 st servo track in a radial direction of the disk behind the burst data.

A method of correcting a servo demodulation position according to the present embodiment is a method of correcting a servo demodulation position applied to a magnetic disk device including a disk and a head, the disk including two 1 st servo sectors arranged in a circumferential direction and at least one 2 nd servo sector located between the two 1 st servo sectors, the head writing data to the disk and reading data from the disk, the 1 st servo sector including burst data and a1 st data pattern written to the front in the circumferential direction of the burst data, and the 2 nd servo sector including the burst data, the 1 st data pattern written to the front in the circumferential direction of the burst data, and a2 nd data pattern written to the back in the circumferential direction of the burst data, the method including: the 2 nd data pattern is demodulated to obtain the 1 st phase of the 2 nd data pattern, the difference between the 1 st phase and the reference phase is calculated, and when the absolute value of the difference is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the servo demodulation position demodulated from the 2 nd servo sector is corrected.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a magnetic disk device according to an embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the arrangement of the normal servo and the short servo according to the embodiment.

Fig. 3A is a schematic diagram showing an example of a configuration of a normal servo according to the embodiment.

Fig. 3B is a schematic diagram showing an example of the structure of the short servo according to the embodiment.

Fig. 3C is a schematic diagram showing an example of a configuration of a normal servo according to the embodiment.

Fig. 4A is a diagram showing an example of demodulation processing of a predetermined normal servo for a predetermined track.

Fig. 4B is a diagram showing an example of demodulation processing of a predetermined short servo of a predetermined track.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of demodulation processing of N bursts, Q bursts, and additional patterns of Short Servo by the Short Servo mode (Short Servo mode).

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the phase of each additional pattern corresponding to each circumferential position of a scheduled track demodulated in the Normal Servo mode (Normal Servo mode) and the phase of each additional pattern corresponding to each circumferential position of a scheduled track demodulated in the short Servo mode.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a path of a servo demodulation position after correcting a servo demodulation position based on a short servo pattern in the case where a head is shifted in a radial direction at a predetermined circumferential position.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a method for correcting a servo demodulation position according to the embodiment.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of write processing of an additional graphic according to the embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of write processing of an additional graphic according to the embodiment.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of write processing of an additional graphic according to the embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the structure of the short servo according to modification 1.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings are exemplary and do not limit the scope of the invention.

(embodiment mode)

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a magnetic disk device 1 according to an embodiment.

The magnetic disk device 1 includes a Head Disk Assembly (HDA), a driver IC20, a head amplifier integrated circuit (hereinafter referred to as a head amplifier IC or a preamplifier) 30, a volatile memory 70, a nonvolatile memory 80, a cache memory (cache memory) 90, and a system controller 130 which is an integrated circuit of one chip, which will be described later. The magnetic disk device 1 is connected to a host system (hereinafter, simply referred to as a host) 100.

The HDA includes a magnetic disk (hereinafter, referred to as a disk) 10, a spindle motor (hereinafter, referred to as an SPM)12, an arm 13 on which a head 15 is mounted, and a voice coil motor (hereinafter, referred to as a VCM) 14. The disk 10 is mounted to the SPM12 and rotated by driving of the SPM 12. The arm 13 and the VCM14 constitute an actuator. The actuator controls the movement of the head 15 mounted on the arm 13 to a predetermined position of the disk 10 by driving the VCM 14. The number of the disks 10 and the heads 15 may be two or more.

The disc 10 is allocated a user data area 10a that can be utilized by a user and a system area 10b in which information necessary for system management is written, to an area to which data can be written. Hereinafter, a direction perpendicular to the radial direction of the disk 10 is referred to as a circumferential direction. The predetermined position in the radial direction of the disk 10 may be referred to as a radial position, and the predetermined position in the circumferential direction of the disk 10 may be referred to as a circumferential position. The radial positions correspond to tracks, for example, and the circumferential positions correspond to sectors, for example. The radial position and the circumferential position may be simply referred to as positions.

The head 15 is mainly composed of a slider, and includes a write head 15W and a read head 15R mounted on the slider. The write head 15W writes data onto the disk 10. The read head 15R reads data recorded on a track on the disc 10. The write head 15W may be simply referred to as the head 15, the read head 15R may be simply referred to as the head 15, and the write head 15W and the read head 15R may be collectively referred to as the head 15. The center of the head 15 is sometimes referred to as the head 15, the center of the write head 15W is sometimes referred to as the write head 15W, and the center of the read head 15R is sometimes referred to as the read head 15R. The "track" is used in one of a plurality of areas obtained by being divided in the radial direction of the disk 10, data extending in the circumferential direction of the disk 10, data written in the track, and other various meanings. The "sector" is used in one of a plurality of areas obtained by dividing a track in the circumferential direction, data written to a predetermined position of the disc 10, data written to a sector, and other various meanings. The width of the track in the radial direction is referred to as a track width, and the center position of the track width is referred to as a track center.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the arrangement of the normal servo and the short servo according to the embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, a direction toward the outer periphery of the disk 10 in the radial direction is referred to as an outward direction (outer side), and a direction opposite to the outward direction is referred to as an inward direction (inner side). In addition, the rotation direction of the disk 10 is shown in fig. 2. Further, the rotation direction may be the opposite direction.

The disc 10 has a plurality of servo regions SV. Hereinafter, the servo region SV may be referred to as a servo sector. The plurality of servo regions SV extend radially in the radial direction of the disk 10 and are arranged discretely at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. A recording area where user data and the like are written is arranged between two servo areas SV which are continuous in the circumferential direction. The servo region SV has, for example, a servo region NSV (hereinafter referred to as a normal servo) and a servo region SSV (hereinafter referred to as a short servo, a short servo sector, or a short servo region) different from the servo region NSV. The length of the data pattern in the circumferential direction of the short servo SSV (hereinafter, also simply referred to as the length) is shorter than the length of the normal servo NSV. In the example shown in fig. 2, the normal servo NSV and the short servo SSV are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction. In other words, one short servo SSV is arranged between two normal servo NSVs in succession in the circumferential direction. In addition, two or more short servo SSVs may be arranged between two consecutive normal servo NSVs in the circumferential direction.

Fig. 3A and 3C are schematic diagrams showing an example of the structure of the normal servo NSV according to the present embodiment. A predetermined normal servo NSV written to a predetermined track TRn is shown in fig. 3A and 3C. As shown in fig. 3A and 3C, the direction in which reading and writing are performed in the circumferential direction is referred to as a reading and writing direction. The read/write direction corresponds, for example, to the direction opposite to the rotation direction shown in fig. 2. The read/write direction is from the front to the back. The front corresponds to a temporally forward direction, and the rear corresponds to a temporally rearward direction. Hereinafter, the front side may be simply referred to as front or front, and the rear side may be simply referred to as rear.

Typically, the Servo NSV includes Servo data, such as a Preamble (Preamble), a Servo Mark (Servo Mark), a Gray Code (Gray Code), a PAD, burst data, and a Post Code (Post Code). In addition, as shown in fig. 3C, the servo NSV may not include the sector code. The preamble, the servo mark, the gray code, the PAD, the burst data, and the area code are arranged in this order in succession from the front to the rear in the read/write direction. The preamble includes preamble information for synchronizing with a reproduced signal of a servo pattern composed of servo marks, gray codes, and the like. The servo marks contain servo mark information indicating the start of the servo pattern. The gray code is composed of an address (cylinder address) of a predetermined track and an address of a servo sector of the predetermined track. The burst data is data (relative position data) used for detecting a position shift (position error) in the radial direction and/or the circumferential direction of the head 15 with respect to the track center of a predetermined track, and is composed of a repetitive pattern of a predetermined cycle. Hereinafter, a position deviation (position error) of the head 15 in the radial direction from the track center of a predetermined track detected using burst data is referred to as a servo demodulation position, a servo off-track position, or a demodulation position. The PAD includes PAD information of a gap and a synchronization signal such as a servo AGC. The burst data is written in a data pattern in which the phase of the burst data is reversed by 180 ° with 1 servo track as a cycle in the radial direction of the disk 10. In other words, the phase of the waveform of burst data calculated by demodulating predetermined burst data by Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), for example, is inverted by 180 ° with respect to the phase of adjacent burst data calculated by demodulating predetermined burst data adjacent to the burst data in the radial direction (hereinafter referred to as adjacent burst data). The servo track (servo cylinder) corresponds to a track to be subjected to write processing or read processing by a command from the host 100 or the like. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, "the phase of the waveform of predetermined data calculated by demodulating the predetermined data by discrete fourier transform or the like" will be simply referred to as "the phase of the predetermined data". The burst data is used, for example, to obtain a position of the head 15 on the disk 10 in the radial direction and/or the circumferential direction (hereinafter, also referred to as a head position). The Burst data includes, for example, an N Burst (N Burst) and a Q Burst (Q Burst). The N burst and the Q burst are written in data patterns that are shifted in phase by 90 ° from each other in the radial direction of the disc 10. In other words, the phase of the N burst and the phase of the Q burst are shifted by 90 ° in the radial direction, for example. The area code includes data (hereinafter referred to as RRO correction data) for correcting an error caused by distortion of a track from a track center (target path) concentric with the disk 10, which occurs due to jitter (runout of repeatability: RRO) synchronized with rotation of the disk 10 when servo data is written to the disk, and the like. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, an error caused by deformation of the track with respect to the track center due to the RRO may be simply referred to as RRO. In addition, the region code may also include a region code corresponding to the short servo SSV. The frequency of the waveform of the predetermined area code calculated by demodulating the predetermined area code by discrete fourier transform or the like is equal to the frequency of the waveform of the predetermined preamble calculated by demodulating the predetermined preamble by discrete fourier transform or the like. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, "the frequency of the waveform of predetermined data calculated by demodulating the predetermined data by discrete fourier transform or the like" will be simply referred to as "the frequency of the data". The phase of the area code varies irregularly in the circumferential direction. The length PCL of the area code is, for example, several tens of dibits. Here, 1dibit is the inverse of the frequency of the preamble (servo preamble). In other words, the 1dibit corresponds to a period of a waveform of a predetermined preamble calculated by demodulating the preamble by discrete fourier transform or the like, for example. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, "the period of the waveform of predetermined data calculated by demodulating the predetermined data by discrete fourier transform or the like" will be simply referred to as "the period of data". When the frequency of the preamble is set to FP, 1dibit is represented by 1/FP.

Fig. 3B is a schematic diagram showing an example of the structure of the short servo SSV according to the present embodiment. The predetermined short servo SSV written to the predetermined track TRn is shown in fig. 3B.

The short servo SSV includes servo data, such as a preamble, a servo mark, a gray code, a PAD, burst data (N burst and Q burst), and an Additional Pattern (Additional Pattern). The preamble, the servo mark, the gray code, the PAD, the burst data, and the additional pattern are arranged in this order from the front to the rear in the read/write direction. The length of the preamble of the short servo SSV is equal to the length of the preamble of the normal servo NSV, for example. Further, the length of the preamble of the short servo SSV may be different from the length of the preamble of the normal servo NSV. The length of the servo marks of the short servo SSV is, for example, equal to the length of the servo marks of the normal servo NSV. In addition, the length of the servo mark of the short servo SSV may be different from the length of the servo mark of the normal servo NSV. The length of the gray code of the short servo SSV is equal to the length of the gray code of the normal servo NSV, for example. The length of the gray code of the short servo SSV may be different from the length of the gray code of the normal servo NSV. The PAD length of the short servo SSV is, for example, equal to the PAD length of the normal servo NSV. Further, the PAD length of the short servo SSV may also be different from the PAD length of the normal servo NSV. The length of the burst data of the short servo SSV is, for example, equal to the length of the burst data of the normal servo NSV. Further, the length of the burst data of the short servo SSV may be different from the length of the burst data of the normal servo NSV. The length of the N burst of the short servo SSV is, for example, equal to the length of the N burst of the normal servo NSV. Further, the length of the N burst of the short servo SSV may be different from the length of the N burst of the normal servo NSV. The length of the Q burst of the short servo SSV is, for example, equal to the length of the Q burst of the normal servo NSV. Further, the length of the Q burst of the short servo SSV may be different from the length of the Q burst of the normal servo NSV. The additional pattern is data different from the region code. The frequency of the additional pattern is different from the frequency FP of the preamble. In other words, the frequency of the additional pattern is different from the frequency of the region code. For example, the frequency of the additional pattern is equal to the frequency of the burst data, for example, the frequency of the N burst and the frequency of the Q burst. For example, the frequency of the additional pattern is FP/2. The phase of the additional pattern changes periodically in the circumferential direction. The additional pattern is written by data patterns having phases equal to each other in a radial direction of the disk 10 with a1 servo track as a period. In other words, the phase of the predetermined additional pattern is equal to the phase of an additional pattern adjacent to the additional pattern in the radial direction (hereinafter referred to as an adjacent additional pattern). The length APL of the additional pattern is shorter than the length PCL of the region code. For example, when the frequency of the additional pattern is FAD, the length APL of the additional pattern is expressed by the following equation.

PCL＞APL≧(2/FP+1/FAD)

Here, the 2/FP is, for example, 2 dibit. In other words, the length APL of the additional pattern is not less than the sum of 2 times the 1 cycle of the preamble and 1 cycle of the additional pattern. For example, the length APL of the additional pattern is 4dibit or more and smaller than the length PCL of the region code. The length APL of the additional pattern is smaller than the sum SVL of the lengths of the preamble, the servo mark, the gray code, and the PAD.

SVL≧PCL＞APL≧(2/FP+1/FAD)

The driver IC20 controls the driving of the SPM12 and the VCM14 under the control of the system controller 130 (specifically, an MPU60 described later).

The head amplifier IC (preamplifier) 30 includes a read amplifier and a write driver. The read amplifier amplifies a read signal read from the disk 10 and outputs the amplified signal to a system controller 130 (to be more specific, a read/write (R/W) channel 40 described later). The write driver outputs a write current corresponding to the signal output from the R/W channel 40 to the head 15.

The volatile memory 70 is a semiconductor memory in which data held is lost when power supply is cut off. The volatile memory 70 stores data and the like necessary for processing of each unit of the magnetic disk device 1. The volatile memory 70 is, for example, a dram (Dynamic Random Access memory) or an sdram (synchronous Dynamic Random Access memory).

The nonvolatile memory 80 is a semiconductor memory that records stored data even when power supply is cut off. The nonvolatile Memory 80 is, for example, a Flash ROM (FROM) of a NOR type or a NAND type.

The cache memory 90 is a semiconductor memory that temporarily stores data and the like transmitted and received between the magnetic disk device 1 and the host 100. The cache memory 90 may be integrated with the volatile memory 70. The cache Memory 90 is, for example, a DRAM (dynamic Random Access Memory), an SDRAM (synchronous dynamic Random Access Memory), a FeRAM (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory), an mram (magnetic Random Access Memory), or the like.

The System controller (controller) 130 is implemented, for example, using a large scale integrated circuit (LSI) called a System-on-a-chip (soc) in which a plurality of elements are integrated on a single chip. The system controller 130 includes a read/write (R/W) channel 40, a Hard Disk Controller (HDC)50, and a Microprocessor (MPU) 60. The system controller 130 is electrically connected to, for example, the driver IC20, the head amplifier IC30, the volatile memory 70, the nonvolatile memory 80, the cache memory 90, and the host 100.

The R/W channel 40 executes signal processing of read data transferred from the disk 10 to the host 100 and write data transferred from the host 100 in accordance with an instruction from an MPU60 described later. The R/W channel 40 has a circuit or function of measuring the signal quality of read data. The R/W channel 40 is electrically connected to, for example, a head amplifier IC30, HDC50, and MPU 60.

The HDC50 controls data transfer between the host 100 and the R/W channel 40 in accordance with an instruction from an MPU60 described later. The HDC50 is electrically connected to the R/W channel 40, MPU60, volatile memory 70, nonvolatile memory 80, and cache memory 90, for example.

The MPU60 is a main controller that controls each unit of the magnetic disk apparatus 1. The MPU60 controls the VCM14 via the driver IC20, and executes servo control for positioning the head 15. Further, the MPU60 controls the SPM12 via the driver IC20 to rotate the disk 10. The MPU60 controls the write operation for writing data to the disk 10, and selects a storage destination of the write data. Further, the MPU60 controls the reading operation of reading data from the disk 10, and also controls the processing of reading data. The MPU60 is connected to each unit of the magnetic disk device 1. The MPU60 is electrically connected to, for example, the driver IC20, the R/W channel 40, and the HDC 50.

The MPU60 includes a read/write control unit 610, a demodulation unit 620, a correction unit 630, and a graphics writing unit 640. The MPU60 executes the processing of these units, for example, the read/write control unit 610, the demodulation unit 620, the correction unit 630, the graphic writing unit 640, and the like on firmware. The MPU60 may also include these units as a circuit, for example, the read/write control unit 610, the demodulation unit 620, the correction unit 630, and the graphic writing unit 640.

The read/write control unit 610 controls the read processing and write processing of data in accordance with a command from the host 100. The read/write control unit 610 controls the VCM14 via the driver IC20 to position the head 15 at a predetermined position on the disk 10, and reads or writes data.

The demodulating section 620 positions the head 15 (read head 15R) at a predetermined position (hereinafter referred to as a servo demodulating position) of the servo region SV of the predetermined track via the R/W channel 40, and performs a demodulating process on read data read at a predetermined timing (hereinafter referred to as a read timing). Hereinafter, the servo demodulation position in the radial direction may be referred to as a servo radial position or simply as a servo demodulation position, the servo demodulation position in the circumferential direction may be referred to as a servo circumferential position or simply as a servo demodulation position, and the servo demodulation positions in the radial direction and the circumferential direction may be referred to as a servo demodulation position. The demodulation unit 620 may be provided in the R/W channel 40. The demodulating unit 620 positions the head 15 (read head 15R) at a target servo demodulation position (hereinafter referred to as a target servo demodulation position) calculated based on predetermined data of the normal servo NSV of a predetermined track, starts reading of the normal servo NSV at a predetermined read timing (hereinafter referred to as a start timing), starts reading of the area code from the preamble, demodulates the area code, and ends reading of the normal servo NSV at a predetermined read timing (hereinafter referred to as an end timing). In addition, when the normal servo NSV does not include the sector code, the demodulation unit 620 may read a burst from the preamble. The demodulating unit 620 positions the head 15 (read head 15R) at a target servo demodulation position of the short servo SSV calculated based on the predetermined data of the normal servo NSV read immediately before, starts reading the short servo SSV at a predetermined start timing based on the timing when the predetermined data is read with the normal servo NSV read immediately before, reads the N burst, the Q burst, and the additional pattern, demodulates them, and ends reading the short servo SSV at a predetermined end timing. The read/write control unit 610 sets the time for reading the N burst, Q burst, and additional pattern with the short servo SSV to be shorter than the time for reading the N burst, Q burst, and area code with the normal servo NSV by an amount of time corresponding to the difference between the length of the area code and the length of the additional pattern, for example. When the normal servo NSV does not include the sector code, the read/write control unit 610 sets the time for reading the N burst, the Q burst, and the additional pattern with the short servo SSV to be longer than the time for reading the N burst and the Q burst with the normal servo NSV by the time corresponding to the length of the additional pattern, for example.

Fig. 4A is a diagram showing an example of demodulation processing of a predetermined normal servo NSV of a predetermined track TRn. Fig. 4A shows a normal Servo gate (normal sg (servogate)) for demodulating all the Servo data written in the Servo region SV and a Servo Mark Found (Servo Mark Found) indicating the timing at which the Servo Mark is detected (read). The SG normally rises at a start timing T4a1 corresponding to the front end of the preamble and falls at an end timing T4a2 corresponding to the rear end of the section code. The Servo Mark Found (Servo Mark Found) rises at a timing T4a3 corresponding to the trailing end of the Servo Mark.

The demodulation unit 620 positions the read head 15R at a predetermined track TRn based on the preamble, servo mark, gray code, and the like of the normal servo NSV of the track TRn, starts reading of the normal servo NSV at the start timing T4a1, positions the read head 15R at a target servo demodulation position of the predetermined track TRn, reads and demodulates the servo mark, gray code, PAD, N burst, Q burst, and the region code in this order, and ends reading at the end timing T4a2 at which the region code is read. The demodulation unit 620 detects the timing T4a3 at which the servo mark is detected (read). For example, the demodulation unit 620 reads the N burst and the Q burst based on the timing T4a3 at which the servo mark is detected.

Fig. 4B is a diagram showing an example of demodulation processing of a predetermined short servo SSV of a predetermined track TRn. The short servo SSV shown in fig. 4B corresponds to the servo region SV located immediately after the normal servo NSV shown in fig. 4A. Fig. 4B shows a servo gate (short SG) for demodulating a part of the servo data written in the servo region SV. The short SG rises at a start timing T4B1 corresponding to the leading end of the N burst and falls at a timing T4B2 corresponding to the trailing end of the additional pattern.

The demodulation unit 620 sets a start timing T4B1 based on, for example, the timing T4A3 of Servo Mark Found (Servo Mark Found) shown in fig. 4A. For example, the demodulation unit 620 sets a timing T4B1, which is a fixed time after the timing T4A3 shown in fig. 4A, as a start timing for starting demodulation of the short servo SSV. The demodulating unit 620 positions the read head 15R at the predetermined track TRn based on the preamble, the servo mark, the gray code, and the like of the normal servo NSV of the track TRn read immediately before, starts reading the short servo SSV at the start timing T4B1, positions the read head 15R at the target servo demodulation position of the predetermined track TRn, reads and demodulates the N burst, the Q burst, and the additional pattern in this order, and ends reading the short servo SSV at the end timing T4B2 at which the additional pattern is read. The demodulation unit 620 sets the end timing T4B2 based on, for example, the time for reading the N burst, Q burst, and sector code of the normal servo NSV shown in fig. 4A, the start timing T4B1, the length of the sector code, and the length of the additional pattern. In one example, the demodulation unit 620 sets, as the end timing for ending the reading of the short servo SSV, the timing T4B2 after the elapse of the time corresponding to the difference between the time for reading the N burst, the Q burst, and the sector code of the normal servo NSV shown in fig. 4A and the difference between the length of the sector code and the length of the additional pattern from the start timing T4B 1. The demodulation unit 620 can also select whether to demodulate the predetermined servo region SV with the normal SG or demodulate the predetermined servo region SV with the short SG. Hereinafter, the process of demodulating the normal servo NSV and the short servo SSV in the servo region SV by the normal SG may be referred to as a normal servo mode, and the process of demodulating the normal servo NSV in the servo region SV by the normal SG and demodulating the short servo SSV in the servo region SV by the short SG may be referred to as a short servo mode. For example, in the normal servo pattern, the demodulation unit 620 demodulates the preamble, the servo mark, the gray code, the PAD, the N burst, the Q burst, and the section code of the normal servo NSV, and demodulates the preamble, the servo mark, the gray code, the PAD, the N burst, the Q burst, and the additional pattern of the short servo SSV. For example, in the short servo pattern, the demodulation unit 620 demodulates a preamble, a servo mark, a gray code, a PAD, an N burst, a Q burst, and a zone code of the normal servo NSV, and demodulates an N burst, a Q burst, and an additional pattern of the short servo SSV. The demodulation unit 620 may demodulate the data using a normal servo pattern during a seek operation, and switch to a short servo pattern to demodulate the data before performing data writing and reading operations after the seek operation.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of demodulation processing of the N burst, Q burst, and additional pattern of the short servo SSV based on the short servo pattern. The short servo SSV shown in FIG. 5 corresponds to the short servo SSV shown in FIG. 4B. Fig. 5 shows a short SG, a Gate (Burst Gate: BG) for demodulating Burst data (N Burst and Q Burst), and a Gate (Additional Pattern Read Gate: Additional Pattern RG) for demodulating an Additional Pattern. BG rises at a start timing T511 corresponding to the front end of the N burst, falls at an end timing T512 corresponding to the rear end of the N burst, rises at a start timing T513 corresponding to the front end of the Q burst, and falls at an end timing T514 corresponding to the rear end of the Q burst. The additional pattern RG rises at a start timing T521 corresponding to the front end of the additional pattern and falls at an end timing T522 corresponding to the rear end of the additional pattern.

The demodulation unit 620 positions the read head 15R at a predetermined track TRn based on the preamble, servo mark, gray code, and the like of the normal servo NSV of the track TRn read immediately before, starts reading of the N burst at a start timing T511 set based on the gray code, and the like of the normal servo NSV read immediately before, reads the N burst, performs demodulation by, for example, discrete fourier transform, and the like, calculates the phase and amplitude of the N burst, ends reading of the N burst at an end timing T512, starts reading of the Q burst at a start timing T513, reads the Q burst, performs demodulation by, for example, discrete fourier transform, and calculates the phase and amplitude of the Q burst, and ends reading of the Q burst at an end timing T514. Instead of the phase and amplitude, the sin component and the cos component of the N burst or the Q burst may be calculated by discrete fourier transform or the like. The demodulation unit 620 starts reading of the additional pattern at the start timing T521, reads the additional pattern, performs demodulation, for example, by discrete fourier transform or the like, calculates the phase of the additional pattern, and ends reading of the additional pattern at the end timing T522. Further, not only the phase of the additional pattern may be calculated by reading the additional pattern and discrete fourier transform or the like, but also the amplitude may be calculated at the same time. Alternatively, the sin component and the cos component may be calculated instead of the phase and the amplitude.

When demodulating the short servo SSV in the short servo pattern, the demodulation unit 620 does not read the preamble, the servo mark, the gray code, and the like of the short servo SSV, and therefore the start timing T4B1 and/or the end timing T4B2 of the short servo SSV are/is shifted from the target timing (hereinafter referred to as a target timing), and therefore the servo demodulation position (servo circumferential position) may be shifted in the circumferential direction from the target servo demodulation position, for example, the target servo circumferential position (hereinafter referred to as a target servo circumferential position). Further, when demodulating the short servo SSV in the short servo mode, the demodulation unit 620 does not read the preamble, the servo mark, the gray code, and the like of the short servo SSV, and therefore, there is a possibility that the servo demodulation position (servo radial position) is offset in the radial direction from the target servo demodulation position, for example, the target servo radial position (hereinafter, referred to as a target servo radial position).

The correcting unit 630 corrects the servo demodulation position. For example, the correction unit 630 corrects the servo demodulation position of the short servo SSV based on the phase of the N burst, the phase of the Q burst, and the phase of the additional pattern, which are obtained by demodulating the N burst, the Q burst, and the additional pattern of the short servo SSV, respectively. When determining that the phase of the additional pattern is shifted by a predetermined value (threshold value) or more from the phase to be the reference (hereinafter referred to as the reference additional pattern phase), the correction unit 630 determines that the servo circumferential position is shifted from the target servo circumferential position due to the shift of the read timing of the short servo SSV, and corrects the servo demodulation position (radial position) of the short servo SSV so that the servo demodulation position (radial position) where an error has occurred is a correct servo demodulation position (radial position). In other words, when determining that the absolute value of (the phase of the additional pattern — the reference additional pattern phase) is equal to or larger than the threshold value, the correcting unit 630 determines that the read timing of the short servo SSV, for example, the read timing of the N burst, the Q burst, and the additional pattern are shifted, and corrects the servo demodulation position (radial position) of the short servo SSV.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the phase of each additional pattern corresponding to each circumferential position of a predetermined track demodulated in the normal servo mode and the phase of each additional pattern corresponding to each circumferential position of a predetermined track demodulated in the short servo mode. In fig. 6, the horizontal axis represents the circumferential direction, and the vertical axis represents the phase [ dibit ]. Fig. 6 shows the phase NMG of each additional pattern corresponding to each circumferential position of a predetermined track demodulated in the normal servo mode (hereinafter referred to as the phase group of the additional pattern of the normal servo mode), the phase SMG of each additional pattern corresponding to each circumferential position of the predetermined track demodulated in the short servo mode (hereinafter referred to as the phase group of the additional pattern of the short servo mode, or simply the phase group of the additional pattern), and the reference additional pattern phase Ref. The reference additional pattern phase Ref is set based on the phase calculated by demodulating each of the plurality of additional patterns written in the plurality of servo areas of the plurality of tracks. For example, the reference additional pattern phase Ref is set based on the average value of the phase group NMG of the additional pattern of the normal servo pattern. A part of the phase group SMG of the additional pattern is shifted by 1dibit, for example, 180 ° from the reference additional pattern phase Ref (phase group NMG of the additional pattern of the normal servo pattern).

The correcting unit 630 corrects the servo demodulation position (radial position) of the short servo SSV when it is determined that the phase SMP of the additional pattern in the phase group SMG of the additional pattern is shifted from the reference additional pattern phase Ref by a threshold value or more. When determining that the phase SMP of the additional pattern in the phase group SMG of the additional pattern is shifted from the reference additional pattern phase Ref by a threshold value, for example, 0.5 or more, the correction unit 630 performs 1-servo track correction on the servo demodulation position of the short servo SSV. The servo demodulation position (Demodpos) that can be calculated from the N burst and the Q burst is calculated within a range of ± 1 servo track. In other words, the servo demodulation position calculated from the N burst and the Q burst is within a range of + -1 servo track with respect to the servo cylinder. Based on the symbols of the servo demodulation positions calculated from the N burst and the Q burst, the following correction is performed: in the case of positive sign, 1 servo track is subtracted, and in the case of negative sign, 1 servo track is added.

If Demodpos is not less than 0, after the Demodpos correction, the Demodpos correction is equal to-1 before the Demodpos correction

If DemodPos is less than 0, after the Demodpos correction, the Demodpos correction is equal to +1 before the Demodpos correction

When determining that the phase SMP of the additional pattern in the phase group SMG of the additional pattern is not shifted by 0.5 or more from the reference additional pattern phase Ref, the correction unit 630 does not correct the servo demodulation position (radial position) of the short servo SSV. The phase obtained from the additional pattern may be used for initial phase correction of the N burst and the Q burst and/or DSW (Disk Synchronous Write) correction. In addition, the amplitude obtained from the additional pattern may not be used for the levitation correction.

When it is determined that the phase of the N burst and the phase of the Q burst of the short servo SSV are offset from the phase to be the reference (hereinafter referred to as a reference burst phase) and the phase of the additional pattern is not offset from the phase of the reference additional pattern, the correction unit 630 determines that the servo radial position of the short servo SSV is offset from the target servo radial position.

For example, when the correction unit 630 determines that the phase of the N burst and the phase of the Q burst of the short servo SSV are reversed and shifted by 180 ° with respect to the reference burst phase and the servo radial position is smaller than the target servo radial position (hereinafter referred to as a target servo radial position), it determines that the servo demodulation position is shifted by 1 track in the outward radial direction and reflects the shift in the position control of the subsequent servo sector. Here, the target servo radius position corresponds to, for example, the track center of a predetermined track. For example, the target servo radial position may be set to 0. For example, when it is determined that the phase of the N burst and the phase of the Q burst of the short servo SSV are reversed and shifted by 180 ° from the reference burst phase and the servo radial position is equal to or more than the target servo radial position, the correction unit 630 determines that the servo demodulation position is shifted by 1 track in the inner direction of the radial direction and reflects the shift in the position control of the subsequent servo sector. For example, when the phase of the N burst and the phase of the Q burst of the short servo SSV are determined to be reversed and shifted by 180 ° with respect to the reference burst phase and the servo radial position is smaller than the target servo radial position, the correction unit 630 may determine that the servo demodulation position is shifted by 1 track in the inner direction of the radial direction and reflect the shifted position in the position control of the next servo sector. For example, when the correction unit 630 determines that the phase of the N burst and the phase of the Q burst of the short servo SSV are reversed and shifted by 180 ° with respect to the reference burst phase and the servo radial position is equal to or greater than the target servo radial position, it may determine that the servo demodulation position is shifted by 1 track in the outward radial direction and be reflected in the position control of the subsequent servo sector.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a path of a servo demodulation position in which a servo demodulation position based on a short servo pattern is corrected when the head 15 is shifted in the radial direction at a predetermined circumferential position. In fig. 7, the horizontal axis represents the circumferential direction, and the vertical axis represents the error with respect to the target servo radial position. Fig. 7 shows a variation TGR of the deviation of the servo demodulation position from the target servo radial position at each circumferential position predicted by analysis or the like when the head 15 is deviated in the radial direction at a predetermined circumferential position (hereinafter referred to as a path), and a path NSR of the servo demodulation position obtained by demodulating each short servo SSV arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction by a normal servo pattern when the head 15 is deviated in the radial direction at a predetermined circumferential position, and a path SSR of a servo demodulation position (hereinafter referred to as a corrected servo demodulation position) obtained by correcting, by the correction unit 630, a servo demodulation position obtained by demodulating, by the short servo pattern, each of the short servos SSV arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction when the head 15 is offset in the radial direction at the predetermined circumferential position.

As shown in fig. 7, the corrected servo demodulation position SSR coincides with the path NSR of the servo demodulation position. That is, as described above, the servo demodulation position (radial position) calculated by demodulating each servo field SV of the predetermined track with the short SG can be demodulated without an error by the correction unit 630, and can be made to coincide with the servo demodulation position calculated by demodulating each servo field SV of the predetermined track with the normal SG.

The pattern writing section 640 writes the servo region SV to the disk 10 in the manufacturing process. For example, the pattern writing section 640 discretely writes a plurality of servo regions SV radially in the radial direction of the disk 10 at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction in the manufacturing process. The pattern writing unit 640 writes, for example, a preamble, a servo mark, a gray code, a PAD, an N burst, a Q burst, and an additional pattern in this order in the circumferential direction in each servo region SV of the predetermined track, and sets each servo region SV of the predetermined track as a short servo SSV. The pattern writing section 640 writes a preamble, a servo mark, a gray code, and a PAD in the radial direction, respectively. The pattern writing section 640 writes the N burst in the radial direction after the PAD such that the phase of the N burst is reversed by 180 ° in the radial direction with 1 servo track as a period. The pattern writing section 640 writes the Q burst in the radial direction after the N burst such that the phase of the Q burst in the radial direction is reversed by 180 ° with 1 servo track as a period. The pattern writing section 640 writes the Q burst in the radial direction behind the N burst such that the phase of the N burst and the phase of the Q burst are offset by 90 ° in the radial direction. The pattern writing unit 640 writes an additional pattern in the radial direction behind the Q burst such that the phases of the additional pattern become equal in the radial direction with a1 servo track as a period. The pattern writing unit 640 overwrites the area code with an additional pattern of odd-numbered short servo SSV among a plurality of servo regions SV, for example, all servo regions SV (short servo SSVs) numbered sequentially from 1 in the circumferential direction, and sets the odd-numbered short servo SSV among all short servo SSVs numbered sequentially from 1 in the circumferential direction as the normal servo NSV. Further, the pattern writing section 640 may overwrite the area code with an additional pattern of short servo SSVs even-numbered times among all the short servo SSVs numbered sequentially from 1 in the circumferential direction in a predetermined track.

The pattern writing unit 640 writes, for example, a preamble, a servo mark, a gray code, a PAD, an N burst, and a Q burst in this order in the circumferential direction in each servo region SV of a predetermined track. The pattern writing unit 640 may alternately write the region code and the additional pattern to the rear of the Q burst in all the servo regions SV of the predetermined track. For example, the pattern writing unit 640 writes a region code to the back of a Q burst of servo regions SV odd-numbered times of all servo regions SV numbered sequentially from 1 in the circumferential direction, writes an additional pattern to the back of a Q burst of servo regions SV even-numbered times of all servo regions SV numbered sequentially from 1 in the circumferential direction as a normal servo NSV, and writes a servo region SV even-numbered times of all servo regions SV numbered sequentially from 1 in the circumferential direction as a short servo SSV. The pattern writing unit 640 may write the additional pattern only after the Q burst of the servo region SV demodulated in the short servo pattern.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the method for correcting the servo demodulation position according to the present embodiment.

The MPU60 demodulates the additional pattern to acquire the phase of the additional pattern (B801). The MPU60 calculates the absolute value of the difference between the phase of the additional pattern and the phase of the reference additional pattern (position of the additional pattern — phase of the reference additional pattern) (B802). The MPU60 determines whether the difference between the phase of the additional pattern and the phase of the reference additional pattern is equal to or greater than a threshold value or smaller than the threshold value (B803). If it is determined that the difference between the phase of the additional pattern and the phase of the reference additional pattern is equal to or greater than the threshold value (B803: yes), the MPU60 corrects the servo demodulation position (B804). For example, if the MPU60 determines that the difference between the phase of the additional pattern and the phase of the reference additional pattern is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the MPU60 corrects the servo demodulation position of the short servo SSV so that the servo demodulation position where the error has occurred is corrected to be the correct servo demodulation position, and the process proceeds to B805. Using the servo demodulation position corrected in B804 or the servo demodulation position when it is determined that the difference is smaller than the threshold value (B803: no), the MPU60 synthesizes the servo demodulation position and the radial position of the servo track (servo cylinder address), calculates the radial position of the head 15 on the disk 10 (B805), and ends the process.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the write processing of the additional graphics according to the present embodiment.

The MPU60 writes each servo region SV of the predetermined track in the order of the preamble, the servo mark, the gray code, the N burst, and the Q burst (B901). The MPU60 writes an additional pattern behind the Q burst in each servo region SV (B902), and ends the processing. For example, the MPU60 writes an additional pattern in the radial direction behind the Q burst such that the phases of the additional pattern become equal in the radial direction with a period of 1 servo track. Further, the MPU60 overwrites the area code with the additional pattern of the servo region SV in even-numbered multiples of all the servo regions SV numbered sequentially from 1 in the circumferential direction after writing the additional pattern in the rear of the Q burst of each servo region SV.

Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the write processing of the additional graphics according to the present embodiment.

The MPU60 writes a preamble, a servo mark, a gray code, an N burst, and a Q burst in this order in each servo region SV of a predetermined track (B901), and determines whether or not an additional pattern is written behind the Q burst (B1001). If it is determined that the additional graphics are not to be written (B1001: no), the MPU60 ends the process. If it is determined that the additional pattern is written (B1001: yes), the MPU60 writes the additional pattern to the rear of the Q burst (B1002), and the process ends. For example, the MPU60 writes an additional pattern in the radial direction behind the Q burst such that the phases of the additional pattern become equal in the radial direction with a period of 1 servo track. Further, the MPU60 writes additional patterns for servo regions SV that are even multiples of all servo regions SV numbered sequentially from 1 in the circumferential direction.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the write processing of the additional graphics according to the present embodiment.

The MPU60 writes a preamble, a servo mark, a gray code, an N burst, and a Q burst in this order in each servo region SV of a predetermined track (B901), and determines whether or not an additional pattern is written behind the Q burst (B1001). If it is determined that the additional pattern is not to be written (B1001: no), the MPU60 writes a region code to the rear of the Q burst (B1101), and ends the processing. For example, the MPU60 writes the area codes of odd-numbered servo areas SV in all servo areas SV numbered sequentially from 1 in the circumferential direction, and ends the processing. If it is determined that the additional pattern is written (B1001: yes), the MPU60 writes the additional pattern to the rear of the Q burst (B1002), and the process ends. For example, the MPU60 writes an additional pattern in the radial direction behind the Q burst such that the phases of the additional pattern become equal in the radial direction with a period of 1 servo track. The MPU60 writes additional patterns for servo regions SV that are even multiples of all servo regions SV numbered sequentially from 1 in the circumferential direction, and ends the processing. After B901 is executed in the servo writing step, the next test step may be performed, and it may be determined whether or not an additional pattern of B1001 is written.

According to the present embodiment, the magnetic disk apparatus 1 has at least one short servo SSV between two normal servos NSV that are continuous in the circumferential direction in a predetermined track. The servo NSV generally includes a preamble, a servo mark, a gray code, a PAD, an N burst, a Q burst, and a section code. The frequency of the region code is equal to the frequency of the preamble code. The short servo SSV includes a preamble, a servo mark, a gray code, a PAD, an N burst, a Q burst, and an additional pattern. The frequency of the additional pattern is different from the frequency of the preamble and the frequency of the area code. The additional patterns have equal phases with a1 servo track cycle in the radial direction of the disk 10. In other words, the phase of the predetermined additional pattern and the phase of the adjacent additional pattern are equal. The length APL of the additional pattern is shorter than the length PCL of the region code. The magnetic disk device 1 demodulates the normal servo NSV with the normal SG and demodulates the short servo SSV with the short SG. When the short servo SSV is demodulated with the short SG, the magnetic disk device 1 demodulates the additional pattern to obtain the phase of the additional pattern. The magnetic disk device 1 calculates the absolute value of the difference between the phase of the additional pattern and the phase of the reference additional pattern. When the difference between the phase of the additional pattern and the phase of the reference additional pattern is determined to be equal to or greater than the threshold value, the magnetic disk device 1 corrects the servo demodulation position of the short servo SSV. Therefore, the magnetic disk device can obtain a correct servo demodulation position (radial position) without using an erroneous servo demodulation position (radial position), and therefore, the accuracy of the servo demodulation position can be improved. Further, since the short servo SSV is demodulated with the short SG, the length APL of the additional pattern is shorter than the length PCL of the region code until the preamble of the short servo SSV is written, and thus the magnetic disk device 1 can increase the recording area in which user data can be written. Therefore, the magnetic disk apparatus 1 can improve the servo format efficiency.

Next, a magnetic disk device according to a modification will be described. In the modification, the same portions as those of the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

(modification 1)

The configuration of the short servo SSV of the magnetic disk apparatus 1 of modification 1 is different from that of the foregoing embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the structure of the short servo SSV according to modification 1.

When writing user data to two circumferentially consecutive servo regions SV, for example, a recording region between a normal servo NSV and a short servo SSV located behind the normal servo NSV, the MPU60 overwrites a part of the servo data not read with a short SG, out of the servo data of the short servo SSV. For example, when writing user data in a recording area between a normal servo NSV and a short servo SSV located behind the normal servo NSV, the MPU60 overwrites the user data with a part of a preamble of the short servo SSV. Further, the MPU60 may overwrite the user data with the preamble code, the servo mark, the gray code, and the PAD of the short servo SSV when writing the user data in the recording area between the normal servo NSV and the short servo SSV located behind the normal servo NSV.

According to modification 1, when writing user data in a recording area between a normal servo NSV and a short servo SSV located after the normal servo NSV, the magnetic disk device 1 overwrites a part of the servo data not read with a short SG, out of the servo data of the short servo SSV. Therefore, the magnetic disk apparatus 1 can improve the servo format efficiency.

Although several embodiments have been described above, these embodiments are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These new embodiments can be implemented in various other ways, and various omissions, substitutions, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and spirit of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.