Abstract:
The invention relates to a servosystem used in a random access disk memory system which comprises a magnetic disk having servo tracks recorded such that the magnetic domains within the servo tracks are aligned radially from the center of the disk and data tracks which have the magnetic domains are aligned concentrically about the center of the disk, and a transducer capable of developing a data signal as a function of the rate of change of the magnetic flux associated with the data tracks and a servo signal generated by the magnitude of the absolute flux magnitude that it presented to the transducer by the transducer''s relationship to the servo tracks on the magnetic disk, the servo signal and the data signals being generated either simultaneously or alternately in the magnetic transducer.
Abstract:
A control system for positioning a magnetic disk transducer head includes a primary carriage which provides large magnitude positioning movements and supports in a ''''piggyback'''' arrangement a low mass secondary carriage which positions the head relative to the primary carriage to provide highly accurate, extremely fast response over small distances on the order of one track width. Improved operating characteristics are obtained to permit increased track density by simultaneously and continuously controlling both carriages in response to a single position error signal with the secondary carriage being biased toward a zero displacement position relative to the primary carriage.