Magnetic recording disk drive with write driver to write head transmission line having non-uniform sections for optimal write current pulse overshoot

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8189281
APP PUB NO 20110149441A1
SERIAL NO

12641362

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An interconnect between the write driver and the write head in a magnetic recording disk drive enables an inherent write current overshoot. The interconnect includes an integrated lead suspension (ILS) and a short flex cable that connects the write driver circuitry to the ILS. The interconnect is a two-segment transmission line, with the first segment connected to the write driver having multiple sub-segments or sections with non-uniform impedance levels. The section of the first segment that connects to the write driver is the short flex cable and has an impedance substantially higher than the source impedance ZWD of the write driver. The multiple sections of the first segment have non-uniform impedance values that have an effective impedance Z01-eff that substantially matches ZWD. The second segment of the transmission line has an effective impedance Z02-eff that is substantially less than Z01-eff. The write lines for the +W and −W signals are preferably interleaved on the transmission line sections.

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WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES INC5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY SAN JOSE CA 95119

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Alex, Michael Fremont, US 20 749
Contreras, John Thomas Palo Alto, US 44 768
Nishiyama, Nobumasa Yokohama, JP 50 543

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