Hard Disk Drive Servo Systems


Ben M. Chen, Tong H. Lee, V. Venkataramanan
National University of Singapore

Springer, New York, London, 2002 (¥ PDF ¥)

Advances in Industrial Control Series, xix/273 pages / ISBN 1-85233-500-9


From the Back Cover:

This monograph provides a systematic treatment of the design of modern hard disk drive servo systems. In particular, it focuses on the applications of some newly developed results in control theory, i.e., robust and perfect tracking control and composite nonlinear feedback control which are suitable for track following and seeking respectively. Emphasis is placed on hard disk drive servo systems with single- or dual-stage actuation using a voice-coil-motor actuator enhanced in the latter case by the addition of a micro-actuator providing faster responses and therefore higher bandwidth in track following. Other issues such as disturbance rejection and resonance compensation are also addressed. The techniques and applications involved include:

Hard Disk Drive Servo Systems should be of great value to practising engineers in the hard disk and CD-ROM drive industries and to researchers in areas related to servo systems.

Advances in Industrial Control aims to report and encourage the transfer of technology in control engineering. The rapid development of control technology has an impact on all areas of the control discipline. The series offers an opportunity for researchers to present an extended exposition of new work in all aspects of industrial control.


Table of Contents

 
 
  1  Introduction and Preview  {1}
     1.1 Introduction 
     1.2 Mechanical Structure of Hard Disk Drives
     1.3 Historical Development of Hard Disk Drives
         1.3.1 Chronological List of Developments in HDDs
         1.3.2 Trends in the Development of HDD Systems
     1.4 Implementation Setup
     1.5 Preview of Each Chapter
     1.6 Nomenclature
 
  2  System Identification Techniques  {15}
     2.1 Introduction
     2.2 Time Domain Methods
         2.2.1 Impulse Response Analysis
         2.2.2 Step Response Analysis
     2.3 Frequency Domain Methods
         2.3.1 Prediction Error Identification Approach
         2.3.2 Least Square Estimation Method
 
  3  Linear System Tools  {29}
     3.1 Introduction
     3.2 Jordan Canonical Forms
         3.2.1 Jordan Canonical Form
         3.2.2 Real Jordan Canonical Form
     3.3 Structural Decompositions of Matrix Pairs
         3.3.1 Controllability Structural Decomposition
         3.3.2 Block Diagonal Control Canonical Form
     3.4 Structural Decomposition of Linear Systems
     3.5 Bilinear Transformations
         3.5.1 Continuous to Discrete
         3.5.2 Discrete to Continuous
 
  4  Linear Control Techniques  {57}
     4.1 Introduction
     4.2 PID Control
     4.3 H2 Optimal Control
         4.3.1 Continuous-time Systems
         4.3.2 Discrete-time Systems
     4.4 H∞ Control and Disturbance Decoupling
         4.4.1 Continuous-time Systems
         4.4.2 Discrete-time Systems
     4.5 Robust and Perfect Tracking Control
         4.5.1 Continuous-time Systems
         4.5.2 Discrete-time Systems
     4.6 Loop Transfer Recovery Technique
         4.6.1 LTR at Input Point
         4.6.2 LTR at Output Point
 
  5  Nonlinear Control Techniques  {121}
     5.1 Introduction
     5.2 Time Optimal Control
         5.2.1 Open-loop Bang-bang Control
         5.2.2 Closed-loop Bang-bang Control
     5.3 Proximate Time-Optimal Servomechanism
         5.3.1 Continuous-time Systems
         5.3.2 Discrete-time Systems
     5.4 Mode Switching Control
         5.4.1 Stability Analysis and Mode Switching Conditions
     5.5 Composite Nonlinear Feedback Control
         5.5.1 Continuous-time Systems
         5.5.2 Discrete-time Systems
         5.5.3 Tuning of Nonlinear Feedback Gains
     5.6 Can We Beat Time Optimal Control?
 
  6  Track Following of a Single-stage Actuator  {169}
     6.1 Introduction
     6.2 VCM Actuator Model
     6.3 Track Following Controller Design
     6.4 Implementation Results
         6.4.1 Track Following Test
         6.4.2 Position Error Signal Test
 
  7  Single-stage Actuated Servo Systems  {183}
     7.1 Introduction
     7.2 Servo System with PTOS Control
     7.3 Servo System with Mode Switching Control
     7.4 Servo System with CNF Control
     7.5 Simulation and Implementation Results
         7.5.1 Track Seeking and Following Test
         7.5.2 Runout Disturbance Test
         7.5.3 Position Error Signal Test
 
  8  Design of a Piezoelectric Actuator System  {203}
     8.1 Introduction
     8.2 Linearization of Nonlinear Hysteretic Dynamics
     8.3 Almost Disturbance Decoupling Controller Design
     8.4 Final Controller and Simulation Results
 
  9  Dual-stage Actuated Servo Systems  {225}
     9.1 Introduction
     9.2 Modeling of Dual-stage Actuator
     9.3 Dual-stage Servo System Design
     9.4 Simulation and Implementation Results
         9.4.1 Track Seeking and Following Test
         9.4.2 Runout Disturbance Test
         9.4.3 Position Error Signal Test
     9.5 Discussion
 
  10 Resonance and Disturbance Rejection  {251}
     10.1 Introduction
     10.2 Disturbance Rejection
          10.2.1 Repeatable Runout
          10.2.2 Nonrepeatable Runout
     10.3 Resonance Compensation
 
     References  {259}
 
     Index  {271}
 

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