Head-Positioning Control of Hard Disk Drives Through the Integrated Design of Mechanical and Control Systems

Takenori Atsumi

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IJAT Vol.3 No.3 pp. 277-285

doi: 10.20965/ijat.2009.p0277

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Head-Positioning Control of Hard Disk Drives Through the Integrated Design of Mechanical and Control Systems

Takenori Atsumi

Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Research & Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
1 Kirihara, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8588, Japan

Received:

January 15, 2009

Accepted:

April 28, 2009

Published:

May 5, 2009

Keywords:

hard disk drives, positioning control, motion control, robust control, mechanical resonance

Abstract

A Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is an inexpensive mass-production product, but the head-positioning control systems of HDDs require nanometer-scale positioning performance. Therefore, we have studied head-positioning control systems of HDD using designs which integrate mechanical and control systems to improve their control performance while curbing cost increases. In this paper, we introduce “disturbance suppression in high-frequency ranges through phase stable design for high-order mechanical resonances” and “high servo-bandwidth design through mode shape design of mechanical resonance” as examples of techniques that have been developed and are easily applied to products.

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T. Atsumi, “Head-Positioning Control of Hard Disk Drives Through the Integrated Design of Mechanical and Control Systems,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.3 No.3, pp. 277-285, 2009.

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[4] [4] M. Kobayashi, S. Nakagawa, T. Atsumi, and T. Yamaguchi, “High-Bandwidth Servo Control Designs for Magnetic Disk Drives,” AIM Proceedings, Como, pp. 1124-1129, 2001.

[5] [5] S. Nakagawa, M. Kobayashi, and T. Yamaguchi, “A higher bandwidth servo design with strain feedback control for magnetic disk drives,” Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 2547-2552, 2003.

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[9] [9] M. Karaman, Y. Lu, and M. Bedillion, “Comparison of suspension-based and slider-based microactuators for track following performance,” Proceedings of The 8th IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, pp. 347-351, 2004.

[10] [10] T. Atsumi, T. Arisaka, T. Shimizu, and T. Yamaguchi, “Vibration Servo Control Design for Mechanical Resonant Modes of a Hard-Disk-Drive Actuator,” JSME International Journal, C, Vol.46, No.3, pp. 819-827, 2003.

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