Disk drive biasing refresh zone counters based on write commands

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7974029
APP PUB NO 20110026159A1
SERIAL NO

12533950

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A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk comprising a plurality of tracks, and a head actuated over the disk. A plurality of refresh zones are defined, wherein each refresh zone corresponds to a plurality of the tracks. Data is written to a first refresh zone, and a first zone counter is updated for a second refresh zone at a first rate. Data is written to a third refresh zone, and the first zone counter is updated for the second refresh zone at a second rate different than the first rate.

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  • WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brunnett, Don Pleasanton, US 45 1336
Gibbons, Kent W Trabuco Canyon, US 10 368
Huynh, Sang Corona, US 12 927
Kasraee, Jahangir John Irvine, US 1 156
Pei, Anthony L Irvine, US 4 370
Tsai, Chun Sei Tustin, US 39 2733

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