Patent ID: 11948602
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
determining, on a storage medium of a data storage device, a plurality of servo sectors configured for single revolutions of the storage medium;
writing, to the storage medium of the data storage device, a plurality of data tracks along at least one continuous spiral pattern, wherein the plurality of data tracks is comprised of data sectors and has track lengths that are different than a single revolution of the storage medium; and
moving, during a seek back operation, a head of the data storage device a seek distance from an end of a target track to a beginning of the target track, wherein:
the target track is among the plurality of data tracks;
the track lengths of the plurality of data tracks are less than a first number of revolutions by at least a second number of data sectors; and
the second number of data sectors is at least the seek distance.