Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Data storage device having dual actuators and method for data egress throttling during emergency power off retract (EPOR)
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Application No.: US17716296Application Date: 2022-04-08
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Publication No.: US11837264B2Publication Date: 2023-12-05
- Inventor: Brian Johnson , Jaesoo Byoun , Gaku Ikedo , Hideaki Ito , Naoyuki Kagami , Hiroki Watanabe
- Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Neugeboren O'Dowd PC
- Main IPC: G11B5/55
- IPC: G11B5/55 ; G11B5/48

Abstract:
A data storage device comprises a lead actuator that actuates a first read-write head over a first disk and a support actuator that actuates a second read-write head over a second disk. A spindle motor rotates the first and second disks. In response to an emergency power off (EPO) event, a processing device retracts and parks the actuators using an internal supply voltage generated from a back electromotive force (BEMF) voltage of the spindle motor, and egresses data from a volatile to a non-volatile semiconductor memory. Egress is throttled before the actuators are retracted and parked when the internal supply voltage falls to or below a first egress throttling threshold voltage. Egress is throttled after the actuators are retracted and parked when the internal supply voltage falls to or below a second egress throttling threshold voltage.
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