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This manual describes MHV2100AH, MHV2080AH, MHV2060AH,
MHV2040AH model of the MHV Series, 2.5-inch hard disk drives. These drives
have a built-in controller that is compatible with the ATA interface.
This manual describes the specifications and functions of the drives and explains
in detail how to incorporate the drives into user systems. This manual assumes
that the reader has a basic knowledge of hard disk drives and their
implementations in computer systems.
This manual consists of seven chapters and sections explaining the special
terminology and abbreviations used in this manual:
Overview of Manual
CHAPTER 1 Device Overvie w
Preface
This chapter gives an overview of the disk drive and describes their features.
CHAPTER 2 Device Configuration
This chapter describes the internal configurations of the disk drive and the
configuration of the systems in which they operate.
CHAPTER 3 Installa tion Conditions
This chapter describes the external dimensions, installation conditions, and switch
settings of the disk drive.
CHAPTER 4 Theory of Devi ce Operation
This chapter describes the operation theory of the disk drive.
CHAPTER 5 Interface
This chapt er d es cri b es t h e i n t erface s p eci fi cat i o n s o f t h e d i s k dr i v e.
CHAPTER 6 Operations
This chapter describes the operations of the disk drive.
Glossary
The glossary describes the technical terms that need to be understood to read this
manual.
Acronyms and Abbreviations
This section gives the meanings of the definitions used in this manual.
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Conventions for Alert Messages
This manual uses the following conventions to show the alert messages. An alert
message consists of an alert signal and alert statements. The alert signal consists
of an alert symbol and a signal word or just a signal word.
The following are the alert signals and their meanings:
This indicates a hazardous situation could result in
minor or moderate personal injury if the user does
not perform the procedure correctly. This alert
signal also indicates that damages to the product or
other property may occur if the user does not perform
the procedure correctly.
This indicates information that could help the user
use the product more efficiently.
In the text, the alert signal is centered, followed below by the indented message.
A wider line space precedes and follows the alert message to show where the alert
message begins and ends. The following is an example:
(Example)
Data corruption: Avoid mounting the disk drive near strong
magnetic sources such as loud speakers. Ensure that the disk drive
is not affected by external magnetic fields.
The main alert messages in the text are also listed in the “Important Alert Items.”
Operating Environment
This product is designed to be used in offices or computer rooms.
Conventions
An MHV series device is sometimes simply referred to as a "hard disk drive,"
"HDD," "drive," or "device" in this document.
Decimal numbers are represented normally.
Hexadecimal numbers are represented as shown in the following examples:
X'17B9', 17B9h, 17B9
Binary numbers are represented as shown in the following examples: 010 or
010b.
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Attention
Please forward any comments you may have regarding this manual.
To make this manual easier for users to understand, opinions from readers are
needed. Please write your opinions or requests on the Comment at the back of
this manual and forward it to the address described in the sheet.
Liability Exception
“Disk drive defects” refers to defects that involve adjustment, repair, or
replacement.
Fujitsu is not liable for any other disk drive defects, such as those caused by user
misoperation or mishandling, inappropriate operating environments, defects in the
power supply or cable, problems of the host system, or other causes outside the
disk drive.
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Important Aler t Items
Important Alert Messages
The important alert messages in this manual are as follows:
A hazardous situation could result in minor or moderate personal injury if the user does not perform the procedure correctly. Also,
damage to the product or other property, may occur if the user does not
perform the pro ced u re co rrect l y .
Task Alert message Page
Normal Operatio n
Data corruption: Avoid mounting the disk near strong
magnetic sources such as loud speakers. Ensure that the disk
drive is n o t affect ed b y ex t ern al m ag n et i c fi elds.
Damage: Do not press the cover of the disk drive. Pressing
it too hard, the cover and the spindle motor contact, which
may cause damage to the disk drive.
Static: When handling the device, disconnect the body
ground (500 kΩ or greater). Do not touch the printed circuit
Table 5.23 Features register values and settable modes.................................... 5-89
Table 5.24 Contents of SECURITY SET PASSWORD data............................ 5-93
Table 5.25 Relationship between combination of Identifier and
Security level, and operation of the lock function ........................... 5-93
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Table 5.26 Contents of security password...................................................... 5-101
Table 5.27 Command code and parameters ................................................... 5-127
Table 5.28 Recommended series termination for Ultra DMA......................... 5-148
Table 5.29 Ultra DMA data burst timing requirements ................................... 5-152
Table 5.30 Ultra DMA sender and recipient timing requirements................... 5-154
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CHAPTER 1 Device Overview
1.1 Features
1.2 Device Specifications
1.3 Power Requirements
1.4 Environmental Specifications
1.5 Acoustic Noise
1.6 Shock and Vibration
1.7 Reliability
1.8 Error Rate
1.9 Media Defects
1.10 Load/Unload Function
1.11 Advanced Power Management
Overview and featu res are d es cri b ed i n t h i s ch ap t er, and specifi cat i o n s and p o wer
requirement are described.
The disk drive is 2.5-inch hard disk drives with built-in disk controllers. These
disk dri v es us e t h e AT -b us h ard d i s k i nterface protocol and are co m p act an d
reliable.
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1.1 Features
1.1.1 Functions and performance
The following features of the disk drive are described.
(1) Compact
The disk drive has up to 2 disks of 65 mm (2.5 inches) diameter, and its height is
9.5 mm (0.374 inch).
(2) Green product
The disk drive is lead (Pb)-free products and the European Parliament and Council
Directive on the Res t ri cti on of t h e use of cert ai n Hazardous S ubs t ances i n
electrical and electronic equipment (the RoHS Directive) compliant.
(3) Large capacity
The disk drive can record up to 50 GB (formatted) on one disk using the RLL
recording method and 30 recording zone technology. The disk drive has a
formatted capacity of 100 GB (MHV2100AH), 80 GB (MHV2080AH), 60 GB
(MHV2060AH) and 40 GB (MHV2040AH) respectively.
(4) High-speed Transfer rate
The disk drive (the MHV Series) has an internal data rate up to 59.4 MB/s. The
disk drive supports an external data rate up to 100 MB/s (U-DMA mode 5).
(5) Average positioning time
Use of a rotary voice coil motor in the head positioning mechanism greatly
increases the positioning speed. The average positioning time is 12 ms (at read).
1.1.2 Adaptability
(1) Power save mode
The power save mode feature for Idle operation, Standby and Sleep modes and
automatically power down by APM function makes the disk drive ideal for mobile
use where power consumption is a factor.
(2) Wide temperature range
The disk drive can be used over a wide temperature range (5 °C to 55 °C).
(3) Low noise and vibration
In Ready status (while the device is waiting for any commands), the Sound Power
level of the disk drives in idle mode is 2.2B [MHV2040AH]/2.6B [MHV2060AH,
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MHV2080AH, MHV2100AH]. The Sound Pressure level is
22dB [MHV2040AH]/28dB [MHV2060AH, MHV2080AH, MHV2100AH], as
measured 0.3 m from the drive in Idle mode.
(4) High resistance against shock
The Load/Unload mechanism is highly resistant against non-operation shock up to
8820 m/s
2
(900G).
1.1.3 Interface
(1) Connection to ATA interface
The disk drive has built-in controllers compatible with the ATA interface.
(2) Data buffer
The disk drive uses 8MB data buffer to transfer data between the host and the disk
media.
In combination with t h e read -ah ead cach e s y s t em d es cri b ed i n i t em (3 ) an d the
write cache describ ed i n item (7), t he b u ffer co nt ributes to efficient I/O
processing.
(3) Read-ahead cache system
After the execution of a disk read command, the disk drive automatically reads the
subsequent data block a nd wr ite s it to the da ta buff e r ( re a d a h e a d ope ra tion) . This
cache system enables fast data access. The next disk read command would normally
cause another disk access. But, if the read ahead data corresponds to the data requested
by the next read command, the data in the buffer can be transferred instead.
(4) Master/slave
The disk d ri v e can b e con n ect ed t o ATA interface as dais y ch ai n con fi g u rat ion.
Drive 0 is a m as t er d ev i ce, drive 1 i s a s l av e d evice.
(5) Error correction and retry by ECC
If a recoverable error occurs , the disk d ri ve itself att em pts error recovery. The
ECC has im p ro ved b uffer erro r co rrect i o n fo r co rrect ab l e dat a erro rs .
(6) Self-diagnosis
The disk drive has a dia gnostic func tion to c h e c k ope ra tion of the c ontr olle r a nd disk
drive. Executing a diagnostic f unc tion of the sma r t c omma nd invoke s se lf - dia gnosis.
(7) Write cache
When the di s k dr i v e recei v es a wri t e co m m an d , the dis k d rive posts t h e co m m an d
completion at completion of transferring data to the data buffer completion of
writing t o t h e d i s k m ed i a. This featu re red u ces t h e acces s time at writing.
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1.2 Device Specifications
1.2.1 Specifications summary
Table 1.1 shows the specifications of the disk drives.
Table 1.1 Specifications (1 of 2)
Format Capacity (*1) 100 GB 80GB 60GB 40GB
Number of Sectors (User) 195,371,568 156,301,488 117,210,240 78,140,160
Bytes per Sector 512 bytes
Rotational Speed 5,400 rpm ± 1%
Average Latency 5.56 ms
Positioning time (read and
(Height × Width × Depth)
Weight 101 g (max) 96 g (max)
*1: 1GB is equal to 1,000,000,000 bytes and 1MB is equal to 1,000,000 bytes.
*2: 1MB is equal to 1,048,576 bytes.
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100 MB/s Max (U-DMA mode5)
9.5 mm × 100.0 mm × 70.0 mm
1.2 Device Specifications
Table 1.1 lists the formatted capacity, number of logical cylinders, number
of heads, and number of sectors of every model for which the CHS mode
has been selected using the BIOS setup utility on the host.
Table 1.1 Specifications (2 of 2)
Model Capacity No. of Cylinder No. of Heads No. of Sectors
Table 1.2 lists the model names and product numbers of the disk drive.
The model name does not necessarily correspond to the product number as listed
in Table 1.2 since some models have been customized and have specifications that
are different from t ho s e fo r t h e s t an dard m o del .
If a disk drive is ordered as a repl acem ent dri ve, the product number mus t be th e
same as that of the dri ve b ei n g rep l aced .
Table 1.2 Examples of mode l names and product numbers
+5 V
Maximum 100 mV (peak to peak)
Frequency DC to 1 MHz
(3) A negative voltage like the bottom figure isn't to occur at +5 V when power is turned
off and, a thing with no ringing.
Permissible level: −0.2 V
5
4
3
2
Voltage [V]
1
0
-1
0100 200300400500600700800
Time [ms]
Figure 1.1 Negative voltage at +5 V when power is turned off
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1.3 Power Requirements
(4) Current Requirements and Power Dissipation
Table 1.3 lists the current and power dissipation (typical).
Table 1.3 Current and power diss ipation
Typical RMS Current Typical Power (*3)
Spin up (*1)
Idle
R/W (on track) (*2)
Seek (*5)
Standby
Sleep
Energy
Efficiency (*4 )
1.0 A 5.0 W
120 mA 0.60 W
380mA 1.9 W
420 mA 2.1 W
40 mA 0.20 W
20 mA 0.1 W
0.006 W/GB (rank E / MHV2100AH)
0.008 W/GB (rank E / MHV2080AH)
—
0.010 W/GB (rank E / MHV2060AH)
0.015 W/GB (rank D / MHV2040AH)
*1 Maximum current at starting spindle motor.
*2 Curren t an d p ow er l ev el wh en t h e o p erat i o n (command) that acco m p an i es a
transfer of 63 sectors is executed 3 times in 100 ms
*3 Power requirements reflect typical values for +5 V power.
*4 Energy efficiency based on the Law concerning the Rational Use of Energy
indicates the value obtained by dividing power consumption by the storage
capacity. (J ap an o n l y )
*5 The seek average current is specified based on three operations per 100
msec.
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(5) Current fluctuation (Typ.) at +5 V when power is turned on
Figure 1.2 Current fluctuation (Typ.) at +5 V when power is turned on
(6) Power on/off sequence
The voltage detector circuits monitor +5 V. The circuits do not allow a write
signal if either voltage is abnormal. These prevent data from being destroyed and
eliminate the need to be concerned with the power on/off sequence.
1.4 Environmental Specifications
Table 1.4 lists the environmental specifications.
Table 1.4 Environmental specifications
Item Specification
Temperature
• Operating
• Non-operating
• Thermal Gradient
Humidity
• Operating
• Non-operating
• Maximum Wet Bulb
Altitude (relative to sea level)
• Operating
• Non-operating
5 °C to 55 °C (ambient)
5 °C to 60 °C (d i s k en cl o s ur e s urface)
–40 °C to 65 °C
20 °C/h or less
8 % to 90 % RH (Non-condensing)
5 % to 95 % RH (Non-condensing)
29 °C (Operating)
40 °C (Non-operating)
–300 to 3,000 m
–300 to 12,000 m
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1.5 Acoustic Noise
1.5 Acoustic Noise
Table 1.5 lists the acoustic noise specification.
Table 1.5 Acoustic noise specificati on
Item Specification (typical)
• Idle mode (DRIVE READY)
Sound Power 2.8B [MHV2040AH]
2.6B [MHV2100AH/MHV2080AH/MHV2060AH]
Sound Pressure (at 0.3m) 22dB [MHV2040AH]
28dB [MHV2100AH/MHV2080AH/MHV2060AH]
Note:
Measure the noise from the cover top surface.
1.6 Shock and Vibration
Table 1.6 lists the shock and vibration specification.
Table 1.6 Shock and vibration specificati on
Item Specification
Vibration (Swept sine, 1/4 octave per minute)
Conditions of 300,000 h Power-on time 250H/month or less 3000H/years
or less
Operating time 20 % or less of power-on time
Environment 5 to 55 °C/8 to 90 %
But humidity bulb temperature
29 °C or less
MTBF is defined as follows:
Total operation time in all fields
MTBF= (H)
number of device failure in all fields (*1)
*1 “Disk drive defects” refers to defects that involve repair, readjustment, or
replacement. Disk dri ve d efect s d o n ot include fai l u res cau s ed by ex t ern al fact o rs ,
such as damage caused by handling, inappropriate operating environments, defects
in the power supply host s y st em , or i n terface cabl e.
(2) Mean time to repair (MTTR)
The mean time to repair (MTTR) is 30 minutes or less, if repaired by a specialist
maintenance staff member.
(3) Service life
In situations where management and handling are correct, the disk drive requires
no overhaul fo r fi v e y ears wh en t h e DE s u rface t em p erat u re i s l es s t h an 4 8 °C .
When the DE su rface t em p erat u re ex ceed s 4 8 °C, the di s k d ri v es req uires no
overhaul for five years or 20,000 hours of operation, whichever occurs first. Refer
to item (3 ) i n Subsectio n 3 .2 for the meas u rem en t p oint of the DE s u rface
temperature. Also th e op erat ing conditions excep t t h e en vironment t em p erat u re
are based on the MTBF conditions.
(4) Data assurance in the event of power failure
Except for the data block being written to, the data on the disk media is assured in
the event of any power supply abnormalities. This does not include power supply
abnormalities during disk media initialization (formatting) or processing of
defects (alternative block assignment).
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1.8 Error Rate
1.8 Error Rate
Known defects, for which alternative blocks can be assigned, are not included in
the error rate count below. It is assumed that the data blocks to be accessed are
evenly distributed on the disk media.
(1) Unrecoverable read error
Read errors that cannot be recovered by maximum read retries of drive without
user’s retry and ECC corrections shall occur no more than 10 times when reading
data of 10
recovery procedure, and include read retries accompanying head offset
operations.
(2) Positioning error
14
bits. Read retries are executed according to the disk drive’s error
Positioning (seek) errors that can be recovered by one retry shall occur no more
than 10 times in 10
7
seek operations.
1.9 Media Defects
Defective sectors are replaced with alternates when the disk drive is formatted
prior to shipment from the factory (low level format). Thus, the hosts see a
defect-free device.
Alternate sectors are automatically accessed by the disk drive. The user need not
be concerned with access to alternate sectors.
1.10 Load/Unload Function
The Load/Unload function is a mechanism that loads the head on the disk and
unloads the head from the disk.
The product supports a minimum of 600,000 Load/Unload cycles.
Unload is a normal head unloading operation and the commands listed below are
executed.
• Hard Reset
• STANDBY
• STANDBY IMMEDIATE
• SLEEP
• IDLE
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Emergency Unload other than Unload is performed when the power is shut down
while the heads are still loaded on the disk.
The product supports the Emergency Unload a minimum of 20,000 times.
When the power is shut down, the controlled Unload cannot be executed.
Therefore, the number of Emergency other than Unload is specified.
Remark:
We recommend cutting the power supply of the HDD for this device after the
Head Unload operation completes. The recommended power supply cutting
sequence for this device is as follows:
1) Disk Flush
Flush Cache command execution.
2) Head Unload
Standby Immediate command execution.
3) Wait Status
Checking whether bit 7 of the status register was set to '0'.
(wait to complete STANDBY IMMEDIATE command)
4) HDD power supply cutting
1.11 Advanced Power Management
The disk drive automatically shifts to the power saving mode according to the
setting of the APM mode under the idle condition.
The APM mode can be chosen with a Sector Count register of the SET
FEATURES (EF) command.
The disk drive complies with the three kinds of APM modes that a command
from the host is required.
FR = 05h : Enable APM
SC = C0h - FEh :
SC = 80h - BFh :
Mode-0 Active Idle → Low Power Idle
Mode-1 Active Idle → Low Power Idle (Default)
SC = 01h - 7Fh :
FR = 85h : Disable APM (Set Mode-0)
Active Idle: The head is in a position of extreme inner in disk
Low Power Idle: The head is unloaded from disk.
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Mode-2 Active Idle → Low Power Idle → Standby
medium. (VCM Lock)
The spindle motor rotates.
1.11 Advanced Power Management
Standby: The spindle motor stops.
In APM Mode-1, which is the APM default mode, the operation status shifts till it
finally reaches "Low Power Idle."
When the maximum time that the HDD is waiting for commands has been
exceeded:
Mode-0: Mode shifts from Active condition to Active Idle in 0.2-1.2, and to Low
Power Idle in 15 minutes.
Mode-1: Mode shifts from Active condition to Active Idle in 0.2-1.2 seconds and
to Low Power Idle in 10.0-40.0 seconds.
Mode-2: Mode shifts from Active condition to Active Idle in 0.2-1.2 seconds and
to Low Power Idle in 10.0-40.0 seconds. After 10.0-40.0 seconds in
Low Power Idle, the mode shifts to standby.
Active Idle
(VCM Lock)
Low Power Idle
(Unload)
Standby
(Spin Off)
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CHAPTER 2 Device Configuration
2.1 Device Configuration
2.2 System Configuration
This chapter describes the internal configurations of the hard disk drives and the
configuration of the systems in which they operate.
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2.1 Device Configuration
Figure 2.1 shows the disk drive. The disk drive consists of a disk enclosure (DE),
read/write preamplifier, and controller PCA. The disk enclosure contains the disk
media, heads, spindle motors, actuators, and a circulating air filter.
Figure 2.1 Disk drive outer view
(1) Disk
The outer diameter of the disk is 65 mm. The inner diameter is 20 mm.
(2) Head
The heads are of the load/unload (L/UL) type. The head unloads the disk out of
while the disk is not rotating and loads on the disk when the disk starts.
(3) Spindle motor
The disks are rotated by a direct drive Sensor-less DC motor.
(4) Actuator
The actuator uses a revolving voice coil motor (VCM) structure which consumes
low power and generates very little heat. The head assembly at the edge of the
actuator arm is controlled and positioned by feedback of the servo information
read by the read/write head. If the power is not on or if the spindle motor is
stopped, the head assembly stays on the ramp out of the disk and is fixed by a
mechanical lock.
(5) Air circulation syste m
The disk en cl o s u re (DE) is sealed to p rev en t d us t and dirt fro m en t eri n g . T h e d i s k
enclosure features a closed loop air circulation system that relies on the blower
effect of the rotating disk. This system continuously circulates the air through the
circulation filter to maintain the cleanliness of the air within the disk enclosure.
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(6) Read/write circuit
The read/write circuit uses a LSI chip for the read/write preamplifier. It improves
data reliability by preventing errors caused by external noise.
(7) Controller circuit
The controller circuit consists of an LSI chip to improve reliability. The highspeed microprocessor unit (MPU) achieves a high-performance AT controller.
2.2 System Configuration
2.2.1 ATA interface
Figures 2 .2 and 2.3 s h ow t h e ATA i n t erface s y s t em co n fi g u rat i o n . T h e drive has
a 44pin PC AT interface connector and s upports P IO m ode 4 trans fer at 16.6
MB/s, Multiword DMA mode 2 transfer at 16.6 MB/s and also U-DMA mode 5
(100 MB/s).
2.2 System Configuration
2.2.2 1 drive connection
Figure 2.2 1 drive system configuration
MHV2100AH
MHV2080AH
MHV2060AH
MHV2040AH
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2.2.3 2 drives connection
(Host ada pto r )
MHV2100AH
MHV2080AH
MHV2060AH
MHV2040AH
MHV2100AH
MHV2080AH
MHV2060AH
MHV2040AH
Note:
When the drive that is not conformed to ATA is connected to the disk drive above
configuration, the operation is not guaranteed.
Figure 2.3 2 drives configuration
HA (host adapt o r) co ns i s t s o f ad d res s deco d er, d ri v er, and receiver.
ATA is an abbrev i at i o n of “AT at t ach m en t ”. The disk d ri v e i s
conformed to t he AT A-6 i nterface.
At high-speed data transfer (PIO mode 4 or DMA mode 2 U-DMA
mode 5), occurrence of ringing or crosstalk of the signal lines (AT
bus) between the HA and the disk drive may be a great cause of the
obstruction of system reliability. Thus, it is necess ary t h at t h e
capacitance of the signal lines including the HA and cable does not
exceed the ATA-6 s t and ard , and the cable l en g t h bet w een the HA
and the disk drive should be as short as possible.
No need to push the top cover of the disk drive. If the over-power
worked, the cover could be contacted with the spindle motor. Thus,
that could be made it the cause of failure.
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CHAPTER 3 Installation Conditions
3.1 Dimensions
3.2 Mounting
3.3 Cable Connections
3.4 Jumper Settings
This chapt er g i v es t h e ex t ern al d i m en s i o n s , install at i o n con d i t ions, s urface
temperature conditions, cable connections, and switch settings of the hard disk
drives.
For information about handling this hard disk drive and the system installation
procedure, refer to the following Integration Guide.
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3.1 Dimensions
Figure 3.1 illustrates the dimensions of the disk drive and positions of the
mounting screw holes. All dimensions are in mm.
Figure 3.1 Dime nsions
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3.2 Mounting
For information on m ounti ng, see the "FUJITS U 2. 5-INC H HDD
INTEGRATION GUIDANCE (C141-E144)."
(1) Orientation
Figure 3.2 illustrates the allowable orientations for the disk drive.
3.2 Mounting
gravity
(a) Horizontal – 1
(c) Vertical –1
(b) Horizontal –1
(d) Vertical –2
gravity
gravity
(e) Vertical –3
Figure 3.2 Orientation
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(2) Frame
The MR head bias of the HDD disk enclosure (DE) is zero. The mounting frame
is connect ed t o SG.
Use M3 screw for the mounting screw and the screw length should
satisfy the specification in Figure 3.3.
The tightening torque must be 0.49N•m (5kgf•cm).
When attaching the HDD to t h e sy s tem fram e, do not al l ow t h e
system frame to touch parts (cover and base) other than parts to
which the HDD is attached.
(3) Limitation of mounting
Note) These dimensions are recommended values; if it is not possible to satisfy
them, co n t act u s .
Bottom surface m ount i ng
2
A
Frame of sy s t em
cabinet
3.0 or less
DE
2.5
2.5
Frame of sy s t em
cabinet
Screw
3.0 or less
Details of A
Details of B
Figure 3.3 Mounting frame structure
Side surface
mounting
PCA
Screw
2.5 2.5
B
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3.2 Mounting
Because of breather hole mounted to the HDD, do not allow this to
close during mounting.
Locating of breather hole is shown as Figure 3.4.
For breather hole of Figure 3.4, at least, do not allow its around
φ 2.4 to block.
Figure 3.4 Location of breather
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(4) Ambient temperature
The temperature conditions for a disk drive mounted in a cabinet refer to the
ambient temperature at a po int 3 cm from the disk d ri v e. The ambien t t emperature
must satisfy the temperature conditions described in Section 1.4, and the airflow
must be co ns idered to preven t the DE surface tem perature from exceedi n g 6 0 °C.
Provide ai r circulation i n t h e cab i n et s u ch t h at t h e P CA side, i n p art i cu l ar, receives
sufficient co o l i n g . To check the co o l i n g effi ci en cy , measure th e s urface
temperatures o f t h e DE . Regardless o f t h e am b i en t t em p erat u re, this su rface
temperature must meet the standards listed in Table 3.1. Figure 3.5 shows the
temperatur e m eas u rem en t p o i n t .
1
•
Figure 3.5 Surface temperature measurement points
Table 3.1 Surface temperature measurement points and standard values
No. Measurement point Temperature
1 DE cover 60 °C max
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(5) Service area
Figure 3.6 shows h o w t h e d ri v e m u s t b e acces s ed (s ervice areas) during an d after
installation.
3.2 Mounting
Mounting screw hole
Cable connection
Mounting screw hole
Figure 3.6 Service area
Data corruption: Avoid mounting the disk drive near strong
magnetic sources such as loud speakers. Ensure that the disk drive
is not affect ed b y ex t ern al m ag n et i c fi elds.
Damage: Do not press the cover of the disk drive. Pressing it too
hard, the cover and the spindle motor contact, which may cause
damage to the disk drive.
Static: When handling the device, disconnect the body ground
(500 kΩ or greater). Do not touch the printed circuit board, but hold
it by the edges.
(6) Handling cautions
Please keep the following cautions, and handle the HDD under the safety
environment.
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y
p
- General notes
ESD mat
Wrist strap
Use the Wrist strap.
Do not hit HDD each other. Do not stack when carr
Do not place HDD
verticall
to avoid falling
Shock absorbing mat
Place the shock absorbing mat on the
operation table, and place ESD mat on it.
Do not dro
.
.
Figure 3.7 Ha ndling cautions
- Installation
(1) Please use the drive r of a low im pa ct when you use a n el e ct ri c dri ve r.
HDD is occasionally damaged by the impact of the driver.
(2) Please observe the t i ghte ni ng torque of t he scre w stric tl y.
The disk drive has the connectors and terminals listed below for connecting
external devices. Fi gure 3.8 shows the locations of these connectors and
terminals.
3.3 Cable Connections
Connector,
setting pins
PCA
Figure 3.8 Connector locations
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3.3.2 Cable connector specifications
Table 3.2 l i s t s the recommend ed s pecifications fo r t h e cab l e co n nectors.
Table 3.2 Cable connector specifications
Name Model Manufacturer
ATA interface and po wer
supply cable (44-pin type)
For the host i nt erface cabl e, use a ri bbon cabl e. A t wi s t ed cable or a
cable with wires that have become separated from the ribbon may
cause crosst al k b et ween s i g n al lines. T his is becaus e t h e interface is
designed for ribbon cables and not for cables carrying differential
signals.
3.3.3 Device connection
Figure 3.9 shows how to connect the devices.
Host system
Cable sock et
(44-pin type)
ATA-cable
89361-144 FCI
Disk Drive #0
ATA-cable
DC
Power supply
Power supply cable
Disk Drive #1
Figure 3.9 Cable connections
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3.3.4 Power supply connector (CN1)
Figure 3.10 shows the pin assignment of the power supply connector (CN1).
3.4 Jumper Settings
Figure 3.10 Power supply connector pins (CN1)
3.4 Jumper Settings
3.4.1 Location of setting jumpers
Figure 3.11 shows the location of the jumpers to select drive configuration and
functions.
Figure 3.11 Jumper location
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3.4.2 Factory default setting
Figure 3.12 shows the default setting position at the factory.
Open
Figure 3.12 Factory defaul t setting
3.4.3 Master drive-slave drive setting
Master drive (disk drive #0) or slave drive (disk drive #1) is selected.
Open
1C
2
A
BD
Open
Open
AC1
Short
BD2
(b) Slave drive(a) Master drive
Figure 3.13 Jumper setting of master or slave drive
Note:
Pins A and C should be open.
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3.4.4 CSEL setting
Figure 3.14 shows the cable select (CSEL) setting.
Open
AC1
BD2
Short
Note:
The CSEL setting is not depended on setting between pins Band D.
3.4 Jumper Settings
Figure 3.14 CSEL setting
Figure 3 . 1 5 an d 3 . 1 6 s h o w ex am p l es o f cab l e s election us i n g u n i q u e i n t erface
cables.
By connecting the CSEL of the master drive to the CSEL Line (conducer) of the
cable and connecting it to ground further, the CSEL is set to low level. The drive
is identified as a master drive. At this time, the CSEL of the slave drive does not
have a conductor. Thus, since the slave drive is not connected to the CSEL
conductor, the CSEL is set to high level. The drive is identified as a slave drive.
drivedrive
Figure 3.15 Example (1) of cable select
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drivedrive
Figure 3.16 Example (2) of cable select
3.4.5 Power up in standby setting
When pin C is grounded, the drive does not spin up at power on.
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CHAPTER 4 Theory of Device Operation
4.1 Outline
4.2 Subassemblies
4.3 Circuit Configuration
4.4 Power-on Sequence
4.5 Self-calibration
4.6 Read/write Circuit
4.7 Servo Control
This chapt er ex p l ai n s b as i c d es i g n co n cep t s o f t h e d i s k drive. Also , this chap t er
explains s u bas s emblies of t h e disk drive, each sequence, s erv o co n t ro l , and
electrical ci rcu i t b l o ck s .
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4.1 Outline
This chapter consists of two parts. First part (Section 4.2) explains mechanical
assemblies of the disk drive. Second part (Sections 4.3 through 4.7) explains a
servo information recorded in the disk drive and drive control method.
4.2 Subassemblies
The disk drive consists of a disk enclosure (DE) and printed circuit assembly
(PCA).
The DE contains all movable parts in the disk drive, including the disk, spindle,
actuator, read/write head, and air filter. For details, see Subsections 4.2.1 to 4.2.4.
The PCA contains the control circuits for the disk drive. The disk drive has one
PCA. For details, see Sections 4.3.
4.2.1 Disk
The DE contains disks with an outer diameter of 65 mm and an inner diameter of
20 mm.
Servo data is recorded on each cylinder (tot al 134). Servo data written at factory
is read out by the read head. For servo data, see Section 4.7.
4.2.2 Spindle
The spind l e co n s i s ts of a disk s tack assembl y an d s p i n d l e m o t o r. The disk s t ack
assembly is activated by the direct drive sensor-less DC spindle motor, which has
a speed of 5,400 rpm ±1%. The spindle is controlled with detecting a PHASE
signal generated by counter electromotive voltage of the spindle motor at starting.
4.2.3 Actuator
The actuator co n s i s t s o f a v oi ce co i l motor (VCM ) an d a h ead carri age. The VCM
moves the head carriage along the inner or outer edge of the disk. The head
carriage position is controlled by feeding back the difference of the target position
that is d et ect ed an d repr od u ced from the servo i n formation read b y the read/writ e
head.
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4.2.4 Air filter
There are two types of air filters: a breather filter and a circulation filter.
The breather filter makes an air in and out of the DE to prevent unnecessary
pressure around the spindle when the disk starts or stops rotating. When disk
drives are transported under conditions where the air pressure changes a lot,
filtered air is circulated in the DE.
The circulation filter cleans out dust and dirt from inside the DE. The disk drive
cycles air continuously through the circulation filter through an enclosed loop air
cycle system operated by a blower on the rotating disk.
4.3 Circuit Configuration
Figure 4.1 shows the power supply configuration of the disk drive, and Figure 4.2
shows the disk drive circuit configuration.
(1) Read/write circuit
4.3 Circuit Configuration
The read/write circuit consists of two circuits; read/write preamplifier (PreAMP)
and read channel (RDC).
The PreAMP consists of the write current switch circuit, that flows the write
current to the head coil, and the voltage amplifier circuit, that amplitudes the read
output from the head.
The RDC is the read demodulation circuit using the Modified Extended Partial
Response (MEEPR), and contains the Viterbi detector, programmable filter,
adaptable transversal filter, times base generator, data separator circuits,
RLL (Run Length Limited) encoder and servo demodulation circuit.
(2) Servo circuit
The position and speed of the voice coil motor are controlled by closed-loop servo
using th e s erv o i nfo rm ation recorded o n t he d at a s u rface. The servo in formation is
an analog signal converted to digital for processing by a MPU and then
reconverted to an analog signal for control of the voice coil motor.
The MPU preci s el y s et s each head o n t h e t rack acco rding on the s erv o i n formation
on the med i a s u rface.
(3) Spindle motor driver circuit
The circuit measures the interval of a PHASE signal generated by counterelectromotive voltage of a motor and controls the motor speed comparing target
speed.
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(4) Controller circuit
Major functions are listed below.
• ATA interface control and data transfer control
• Data buffer management
• Sector format control
• Defect management
• ECC control
• Error recovery and self-diagnosis
Figure 4.1 Power supply configuration
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PCA
4.3 Circuit Configuration
ATA Interface
Data Buffe r
SDRAM
Serial
Flash ROM
SVC
TLS2291A
Shock
Sensor
Resonator
20MHz
MCU & HDC & RDC
88i6632
MCU
HDC
RDC
DE
SP Motor
Media
VCM
HEAD
Thermisto
Figure 4.2 Circuit configuration
R/W Pre-Amp
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4.4 Power-on Sequence
Figure 4.3 describes the operation sequence of the disk drive at power-on. The
outline is described below.
a) After the power i s t u rn ed o n , the disk drive executes t he M PU bus test ,
internal register read/write test, and work RAM read/write test. When the
self-diagnosis term i nat es s ucces s full y , t h e di s k dri ve s t art s t he s pi ndl e m o t or.
b) The disk drive executes self-diagnosis (data buffer read/write test) after
enabling response to the ATA bus.
c) After confirming that t h e s p i n dle motor has reach ed rated speed, t h e h ead
assembly is loaded on the disk.
d) The disk drive positions the heads onto the SA area and reads out the system
information.
e) The drive beco m es read y . The host can i s s u e co m m an d s .
f) The disk drive executes self -calibration. This collects data for VCM torque
and mechanical external forces applied to the actuator, and updates the
calibrating value.
Power-on
Start
a)
Self-diagnosis 1
- MPU bus test
- Internal register
write/read test
- Work RAM write/read
test
The spindle motor starts.
b)
c)
Self-diagnosis 2
- Data buffer write/read
test
Confirming spindle motor
speed
Load the head assembl
d)
Initial on-track and read
out of system information
e)
Drive ready state
(command waiting state)
f)
Execute self-calibration
End
Figure 4.3 Pow er-on operation seque nce
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4.5 Self-calibration
The disk d ri v e occas ionally perfo rm s s el f-cal ibration i n o rder t o s en s e an d
calibrate mech an i cal ex t ern al fo rces on t h e act u at o r, and VCM to rq u e. T h i s
enables preci s e s eek an d read / w ri t e o p erat i o n s .
4.5.1 Self-calibration contents
(1) Sensing and compensating for external forces
The actuator s u ffers from torque due to the FPC forces an d wi n ds acco m p an yi n g
disk revolution. The torque varies with the disk drive and the cylinder where the
head is pos itioned. To execute stable fast seek o p erat i o n s , ex t ern al fo rces are
occasional l y s en s ed .
The firmware of t h e drive measures an d s t o res t h e force (v al u e o f t h e act u at o r
motor drive current) that balances the torque for stopping head stably. This
includes the current offset in the power am p l i fi er ci rcu i t an d DAC s y s t em .
The forces are comp en s at ed b y ad d i n g t h e m eas u red v al ue to the speci fi ed cu rren t
value to the power amplifier. This makes the stable servo control.
4.5 Self-calibration
To compensate torque varying by the cylinder, the disk is divided into 13 areas
from the innermost to the outermost circumference and the compensating value is
measured at the measurin g cy l i n d er o n each area at factory cali b rat i o n . The
measured val u es are s t o red i n t h e S A cylinder. In the self-cali bration, t h e
compensating value is updated using the value in the SA cylinder.
(2) Compensating open loop gain
Torque const an t v al u e of the VCM has d i s pers ion for each driv e, and varies
depending on the cylinder that the head is positioned. To realize the high speed
seek operation, the value that compensates torque constant value change and loop
gain change of the whole servo system due to temperature change is measured and
stored.
For sensing, the firmware mixes the disturbance signal to the position signal at the
state that the head is positioned to any cylinder. The firmware calculates the loop
gain from the position signal and stores the compensation value against to the
target gain as ratio.
For compensating, the direction current value to the power amplifier is multiplied
by the compensation value. By this compensation, loop gain becomes constant
value and t he s table servo co ntrol is real i zed .
To compensate torque constant value change depending on cylinder, whole
cylinders from most inner to most outer cylinder are divided into 13 partitions at
calibration in the factory, and the compensation data is measured for
representati v e cy l i n d er o f each par tition. This measured value is stored in the SA
area. The comp en s at i o n v al u e at s el f-calibratio n is calculat ed u s ing the val u e i n
the SA area.
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4.5.2 Execution timing of self-calibration
Self-calibration is performed once when power is turned on. After that, the disk
drive does not perform self-calibration until it detects an error.
That is, s el f-calibration i s p erformed each time one of the following events occur:
• When it passes from the power on for about 10 seconds except that the disk
drive shifts to Idle mode, Standby mode, and Sleep mode by execution of any
commands.
• The num ber o f ret r i es t o wri t e o r s eek d at a reaches the specified v al u e.
• The error rate of data reading, writing, or seeking becomes lower than the
specified v al u e.
4.5.3 Command processing during self-calibration
This enables the host to execute the command without waiting for a long time,
even when the d i s k dr i v e i s p erform ing self-cali b rat i o n . The command ex ecu t i o n
wait time is about maximum 72 ms.
When the error rate o f d at a read i n g, writing , or seeking beco m es l o wer t h an t h e
specified value, self-calibration is performed to maintain disk drive stability.
If the disk drive receives a com m an d ex ecu t i o n req ues t fro m the host while
performing self-calibration, it stops the self-calibration and starts to execute the
command. In other words, i f a d i s k read o r wri t e s erv i ce i s n eces sary , the disk
drive positions the head to the track requested by the host, reads or writes data,
and then restarts calibration after about 3 seconds.
If the error rate recovers t o a v al u e ex ceedi n g t h e s p eci fi ed v al ue, self-calib rat i o n
is not performed.
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4.6 Read/write Circuit
The read/write circuit consists of the read/write preamplifier (PreAMP), the write
circuit, the read circuit, and the time base generator in the read channel (RDC).
Figure 4.4 is a block diagram of the read/write circuit.
4.6.1 Read/write preamplifier (PreAMP)
PreAMP equ i p s a read preamplifier and a wri te current switch, that s et s t h e b i as
current to t h e M R d ev i ce an d t h e curren t in writin g. Each channel i s co n nected to
each data head, an d PreAMP swi t ch es ch an n el b y s eri al I/O. In th e ev ent of any
abnormalities, including a head short-circuit or head open circuit, the write unsafe
signal is generated so that abnormal write does not occur.
4.6.2 Write circuit
The write data is output from the hard disk controller (HDC) and sent to the RDC.
The write data is sent to the PreAMP as differential signal, and the data is written
onto the media.
4.6 Read/write Circuit
(1) Write precompensation
Write precompensation compensates, during a write process, for write nonlinearity generated at reading.
Figure 4.4 Read/write circuit block diagram
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4.6.3 Read circuit
The head read si g nal from the P reAM P is regulated b y t h e automatic gai n co n t ro l
(AGC) circuit. Then the output is converted into the sampled read data pulse by
the programmable filter circuit and the flash digitizer circuit. This signal is
converted into the read data by the ENDEC circuit based on the read data
maximum-likelihood-detected by the Viterbi detection circuit.
(1) AGC circuit
The AGC circuit automatically regulates the output amplitude to a constant value
even when the input amplitude level fluctuates. The AGC amplifier output is
maintai ned at a co n s t an t l ev el ev en wh en t h e head o u t p u t fl u ct u at es d u e t o t h e
head characteris t i cs o r o u t er/ i n n er h ead p o s i t ions.
(2) Programmable filter circuit
The programmable filter circuit has a low-pass filter function that eliminates
unnecessary high frequency noise component and a high frequency boost-up
function that equalizes the waveform of the read signal.
-3 dB
Cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter and boost-up gain are controlled from the
register in read channel block. The MPU optimizes the cut-off frequency and
boost-up gain according to the t rans fer frequency of each zone.
Figure 4.5 shows the frequency characteristic sample of the programmable filter.
Figure 4.5 Frequency characteristic of programmable filter
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(3) FIR circuit
This circuit is 10-tap sampled analog transversal filter circuit that equalizes the
head read signal to the Modified Extended Partial Response (MEEPR) waveform.
(4) A/ D c onverter circuit
This circuit changes Sampled Read Data Pulse from the FIR circuit into Digital
Read Data.
(5) Viterbi detection circuit
The sample hold waveform output from the flash digitizer circuit is sent to the
Viterbi detection ci rcuit . The Viterbi detection ci rcui t demodul at es dat a according
to the survivor path sequence.
4.6.4 Digital PLL circuit
The drive uses constant density recording to increase total capacity. This is
different from the conventional method of recording data with a fixed data transfer
rate at all data area. In the constant density recording method, data area is divided
into zones by radius and the data transfer rate is set so that the recording density of
the inner cy l i n d er of each zo n e i s n earl y co nstant. T he d rive divid es d at a area i n t o
30 zones to set the data transfer rate.
4.6 Read/write Circuit
The MPU set the data transfer rate setup data (SD/SC) to the RDC that includes
the Digital PLL circuit to change the data transfer rate.
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4.7 Servo Control
The actuator motor and the spindle motor are submitted to servo control. The
actuator motor is controlled for moving and positioning the head to the track
containing the desired data. To turn the disk at a constant velocity, the actuator
motor is con t ro l l ed acco rdi n g t o t h e s ervo d at a t hat is written on the data side
beforehand.
4.7.1 Servo control circuit
Figure 4.6 is the block diagram of the servo control circuit. The following
describes the functions of the blocks:
(1)
MPU/HDC/RDC
(2)
Head
Servo
burst
capture
Position Sense
CSR: Current Sense Resister
VCM: Voice Coil Motor
Figure 4.6 Block diagram of servo control circuit
MPU
core
(3)
(5)
DAC
Spindle
motor
control
SVC
(4)
Power
Amp
(6)
Driver
(7)
VCM
CSR
VCM
Spindle
motor
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(1) Microproce ssor unit (MPU)
The MPU executes startup o f t h e s p i n dle motor, m o v em ent to the reference
cylinder, seek to the specified cylinder, and calibration operations.
The main internal operations of the MPU are shown below.
a. Spindle motor start
Starts t h e s p i n dle motor and accel erat es i t to normal s p eed wh en p o wer i s
applied.
b. Move head to reference cylinder
Drives the VC M to posit i o n t h e head at the any cyli nd er i n t h e d at a area. The
logical initial cylinder is at the outermost circumference (cylinder 0).
c. Seek t o s pecified cylin d er
Drives the VC M t o p o s i t i o n t he h ead t o t h e s p eci fi ed cylinder.
d. Calibration
4.7 Servo Control
Senses and s t o res the thermal o ffs et b et w een head s an d t h e m ech an i cal fo rces
on the actuator, and stores the calibration value.
(2) Servo burst capture circuit
The servo burst capture circuit reproduces signals (position signals) that indicate
the head pos i t ion from th e s ervo d at a o n t h e data surface. Fro m the servo area on
the data area surface, via the dat a head , the burst si g n al s of EVEN1 , ODD,
EVEN2 are output as shown in Figure 4.8 in subsequent to the servo mark, gray
code that indicates the cylinder position, and index information. The servo signals
do A/D-convert by Fourier-demodulator in the servo burst capture circuit. At that
time the AGC circuit is in hold mode. The A/D converted data is recognized by
the MPU as position information.
(3) D/A c onverter (DAC)
The control program calculates the specified data value (digital value) of the VCM
drive current, and the value is converted from digital-to-analog so that an analog
output voltage is sent to the power amplifier.
(4) Power amplifier
The power amplifier feeds currents, corresponding to the DAC output signal
voltage to the VCM.
(5) Spindle mo tor cont rol circuit
The spindle motor control circuit controls the sensor-less spindle motor. A
spindle driver IC with a built-in PLL(FLL) circuit that is on a hardware unit
controls the sensor-less spindle motor.
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(6) Driver circuit
The driver circu i t is a power am plitude circu i t that receives s ignals from t h e
spindle motor control circuit and feeds currents to the spindle motor.
(7) VCM c urrent sense resi s tor (CSR)
This resistor controls current at the power amplifier by converting the VCM
current into voltage and feeding back.
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4.7.2 Data-surface servo format
Figure 4.7 describes the physical layout of the servo frame. The three areas
indicated by (1) to (3) in Figure 4.7 are described below.
(1) Inner guard band
This area is l o cat ed i n s i d e t h e us er area, and the rot ational sp eed o f t h e VC M can
be controlled on this cylinder area for head moving.
(2) Data area
This area is u s ed as the user dat a area SA area.
(3) Outer guard band
This area is l o cat ed at o u t er p o s i t i o n o f t h e u s er d at a area, and the rot at i o n al s p eed
of the spindle can be controlled on this cylinder area for head moving.
4.7 Servo Control
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area
Servo frame
(134 servo frames per
IGB
Data area
expand
OGB
CYLn +
CYLn CYLn –1 (n: even number)
Diameter
W/R Recovery
Servo Mark
Gray Code
W/R Recovery
Servo Mark
Gray Code
W/R Recovery
Servo Mark
Gray Code
direction
EVEN1
ODD
Circumference
Direction
EVEN2
PAD
Erase: DC erase
Figure 4.7 Physical sector servo configuration on disk surface
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4.7.3 Servo frame format
As the servo information, the IDD uses the phase signal servo generated from the
gray code and servo EVEN and ODD. This servo informati on is used for
positioning operation of radius direction and position detection of circumstance
direction.
The servo frame consists of 5 blocks; write/read recovery, servo mark, gray code,
Burst EVEN1, Burs t ODD, Burst EVEN2, and PAD. Figure 4.8 shows th e servo
frame format.
4.7 Servo Control
Write/read
recovery
(1) Write/read recovery
This area is us ed t o ab s o rb the write/read transient an d t o s t ab i l i ze t h e AGC.
(2) Servo mark
This area generates a timing for demodulating the gray code and positiondemodulating the burst signal by detecting the servo mark.
(3) Gray code (including sector address bits)
This area is used as cylinder address. The data in this area is converted into the
binary data by the gray code demodulation circuit
Servo
mark
Gray code Burst
Figure 4.8 Servo frame format
EVEN1
Burst
ODD
Burst
EVEN2
PAD
(4) Burst Even1, Burst Odd, Burst Even2
These areas are used as p os i tion sig n al s b et ween t rack s an d the IDD control s o
that target phase signal is generated from Burst Even and Burst Odd.
(5) PAD
This area is used as a gap between servo and data.
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4.7.4 Actuator motor control
The voice coi l m o t o r (VC M ) is control l ed by feed i n g back t h e s erv o dat a reco rd ed
on the data s u rface. The MPU fetch es t h e po sition sense data on the servo frame
at a constant interval of sampling time, executes calculation, and updates the
VCM drive cu rrent .
The servo control of the actuator includes the operation to move the head to the
reference cylinder, the seek op erat i o n t o m o v e t h e head t o t h e t arg et cy l i n d er t o
read or write data, and the track-following operation to position the head onto the
target track.
(1) Operation to move the head to the reference cylinder
The MPU mo ves the head to th e referen ce cy l i n d er when t h e p ow er i s t u rn ed. The
reference cylinder is in the d at a area.
When power is applied the heads are moved from the outside of media to the
normal servo data zone in the following sequence:
a) Micro current i s fed t o t h e VC M t o p res s t h e head ag ai n s t t h e o u t er d i rect i o n .
b) T h e h ead i s l o ad ed o n the disk.
c) When the servo m ark i s d et ect ed t h e h ead is moved s l ow l y t o ward t he inner
circumference at a co n s t an t s p eed .
d) If the head is stopped at the reference cylinder from there. Track following
control starts.
(2) Seek operation
Upon a data read/write request from t h e host , the MPU confirms t he neces s i ty of
access to th e d i s k. If a read/write instructi o n i s i s s u ed , the MPU seeks t h e d es i red
track.
The MPU feeds the VCM current via the D/A converter and power amplifier to
move the head . The MPU cal culates the di fferen ce (s p eed erro r) b et ween t h e
specified t arg et p os ition and t h e curren t p o s i t i o n fo r each s am p l ing timing during
head movin g . The MPU th en feeds the VCM driv e cu rren t b y s et t ing the
calculated result into the D/A converter. The calculation is digitally executed by
the firmware. Wh en t h e head arri v es at t h e t arg et cy l i n d er, the track is fo l l o wed .
(3) Track following operation
Except during head movement to the reference cylinder and seek operation under
the spindle rotates in steady speed, the MPU does track following control. To
positi o n t h e h ead at the center of a t rack , the DSP d ri v es t h e VC M b y feed i n g
micro current . For each sampl i n g time, the VCM drive current is determined by
filtering the position difference between the target position and the position
clarified by the detected position sense data. The filtering includes servo
compensation. These are digitally controlled by the firmware.
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4.7.5 Spindle motor control
Hall-less three-phase twelve-pole motor is used for the spindle motor, and the 3phase full/half-wave analog current control circuit is used as the spindle motor
driver (called SVC hereafter). The firmware operates on the MPU manufactured
by Fujitsu. The spindle motor is controlled by sending several signals from the
MPU to t he SVC. There are t h ree m o d es for the spindl e co n t ro l ; s t art mode,
acceleration m o d e, and stabl e ro t at ion mode.
(1) Start mode
When power is supplied, the spindle motor is started in the following sequence:
a) After the power is turned on, the MPU sends a signal to the SVC to charge
the charge pump capacitor of the SVC. The charged amount defines the
current that flows in the spindle motor.
b) When the charge pump capacitor is charged enough, the MPU sets the SVC to
the motor start mode. Then, a current (approx. 0.3 A) flows into the spindle
motor.
c) A phase switching signal is generated and the phase of the current flowed in
the motor is changed in the order of (V-phase to U-phase), (W-phase to Uphase), (W-phase to V-phase), (U-phase to V-phase), (U-phase to W-phase),
and (V-phase to W-phase) (after that, repeating this order).
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d) During phase switching, the spindle motor starts rotating in low speed, and
generates a counter electromotive force. The SVC detects this counter
electromot i v e fo rce and rep orts to the M P U u s i n g a P HASE signal fo r s p eed
detection.
e) The MPU is waiting for a PHASE signal. When no phase signal is sent for a
specific period, the MPU resets the SVC and starts from the beginning.
When a PHASE s i g n al i s s en t , the SVC en t ers t h e accel erat i o n m o d e.
(2) Acceleration mode
In this mode, the MPU stops to send the phase switching signal to the SVC. The
SVC starts a phase switching by itself based on the counter electromotive force.
Then, rot at i o n o f t h e s pindle mot o r accel erat es . The MPU cal cu l at es a ro t at i o n al
speed of the spindle motor based on the PHASE signal from the SVC, and waits
till the rotational speed reaches 5,400 rpm. When t he rot at i onal sp eed reaches
5,400 rpm, the SVC enters the stable rotation mode.
(3) Stable rotation mode
The SVC builds the FLL/PLL circuit into, and to become the rotational speed of
the target, controls a stable rotation with hardware.
The firmware calculates time of one rotation from PHASE signal. PHASE signal
is outputted from the SVC. And the firmware observes an abnormal rotation.
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CHAPTER 5 Interface
5.1 Physical Interface
5.2 Logical Interface
5.3 Host Commands
5.4 Command Protocol
5.5 Ultra DMA Feature S et
5.6 Timing
This chapter gives detail s about t he i n terface, and t h e i nt erface comm ands and
timings.
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5.1 Physical Interface
5.1.1 Interface signals
Figure 5.1 shows t h e i n t erface s i g n al s .
Host
DATA 0-15: DATA BUS
DMACK-: DMA ACKNOWLEDGE
DMARQ: DMA REQUEST
INTRO: INTERRUPT RE
DIOW-: I/O WRITE
STOP: STOP DURING ULTRA DMA DATA BURSTS
DIOR-:I/ O READ
HDMARDY:DMA READY DURING ULTRA DMA DATA IN BURSTS
HSTROBE:DATA STROBE D URING ULT RA DMA DATA OUT BURST
ENCSEL I This signal is used to set master/sla ve using the CSEL signal (pin 28).
Pins B and D Open: Sets master/slave using the CSEL signal is
disabled.
Short: Sets master/slave using the CSEL signal is
enabled.
MSTR- I MSTR, I, Master/slave setting
Pin A, B, C, D open: Master setting
Pin A, B Short: Slave setting
PUS- I When pin C is grounded, the drive does not spin up at power on.
RESET- I Reset signal from the host. This signal is low active and is asserted
for a minimum of 25 µs during power on.
DATA 0-15 I/O Sixteen-bit bi-directional data bus between the host and the device.
These sign al s are u s ed for d at a t r ans fer
DIOW- I Signal asserted by the host to write to the device register or data port.
STOP I DIOW- must be negated by the host before starting the Ultra DMA
transfer. The STOP signal must be negated by the host before data is
transferred during the Ultra DMA transfer. During data transfer in
Ultra DMA mode, the assertion of the STOP signal asserted by the
host lat er i n d i cates that t he transfer has been s u s pen d ed .
DIOR- I Read strobe signal from the host to read the device register or data
port
HDMARDY- I Flow control s i gn al for Ul t ra DM A d ata In t rans fer (R EAD DM A
command). This signal is asserted by the host to inform the device
that the h os t is ready to recei ve t h e Ul tra DMA data In tran sf er. T h e
host can negate the HDMARDY- signal to suspend the Ultra DMA
data In transfer.
HSTROBE I Data Out Strobe signal from the host during Ultra DMA data Out
transfer (WRITE DMA command). Both the rising and falling edges
of the HSTROBE signal latch data from Data 15-0 into the device.
The host can suspend the inversion of the HSTROBE signal to
suspend the Ultra DMA data Out transfer.
INTRQ O Interrupt signal to the host.
This signal is negated in the following cases:
− Assertion of RESET- signal
− Reset by SRST of the Device Control register
− Write to the command register by the host
− Read of the status register by the host
− Completion of sector data transfer
(without reading the Status register)
The signal output line has a high impedance when no devices are
selected or interruption is disabled.
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[Signal] [I/O] [Description]
CS0- I C hip select signal decoded from the host address bus. This signal
is used by the host to select the command block registers.
CS1- I C hip select signal decoded from the host address bus. This signal
is used by the host to select the control block registers.
DA 0-2 I Bin ary d ecod ed add res s s i g n al s as s ert ed b y t he h o s t t o acces s t as k
file registers.
KEY - Key pin for prevention of erroneous connector insertion
PDIAG- I/O This signal is an input mode for the master device and an output
mode for the slave device in a daisy chain configuration. This
signal indicates that the s l av e dev ice has been com p l et ed s el f -
diagnostics.
This signal is pulled up to +5 V through 10 kΩ resistor at each device.
CBLID- I/O This signal is used to detect the type of cable installed in the
system.
This signal is pulled up to +5 V through 10 kΩ resistor at each device.
DASP- I/O This is a time-multiplexed signal that indicates that the device is
active and a s l av e d ev i ce i s p r es ent.
This signal is pulled up to +5 V through 10 kΩ resistor at each device.
IORDY O This signal requests the host system to delay the transfer cycle
when the device is not ready to respond to a data transfer request
from the host system.
DDMARDY- O Flow control s i gnal for Ul t ra DM A data Out t ransfer (WR ITE
DMA command). This signal is asserted by the device to inform
the host that the device is ready to recei v e t he Ultra DMA data
Out transfer. T he d evi ce can n egat e t h e DDM AR DY- s i g nal t o
suspend the Ultra DMA data Out transfer.
DSTROBE O Data In Strobe signal from the device during Ultra DMA data In
transfer. Both the rising and falling edges of the DSTROBE
signal latch data from Data 15-0 into the host. The device can
suspend the inversion of the DSTROBE signal to suspend the
Ultra DMA data In transfer.
CSEL I This si g n al t o co n fi g u re t h e d ev i ce as a m as t er o r a s lave device.
− When CSEL signal is grounded, the IDD is a master device.
− When C SEL signal i s o p en , the IDD is a slav e d ev i ce.
This signal is pulled up with 240 kΩ resistor at each d evice.
DMACK- I The host system asserts this signal as a response that the host
system receives data or t o i n d i cate that dat a i s v al i d .
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[Signal] [I/O] [Description]
DMARQ O This signal is used for DMA transfer between the host system and
the device. T h e d evice asserts t his signal wh en t h e dev i ce
completes the preparation of DMA data transfer to the host system
(at reading) or from the host system (at writing).
The direction of data transfer is controlled by the DIOR and
DIOW signals. This signal hand shakes with the DMACK-signal.
In other words, the device negates the DMARQ signal after the
host sys t em as s ert s t h e DMACK signal. Wh en t h ere i s ot h er d at a
to be transferred , the device as s ert s the DMARQ sig n al again.
When the DMA dat a t rans fer is performed, IOC S16-, CS 0 - an d
CS1- si g nal s are n o t as s ert ed. The DMA data t ran sf er i s a 16 -b i t
data transfer.
+5 VDC I +5 VDC power supplying to the device.
GND - Grounded si gnal at each s i gnal wire.
Note:
“I” indicates input signal from the host to the device.
“O” indicates output signal from the device to the host.
“I/O” indicates common output or bi-directional signal between the host
and the device.
5.2 Logical Interface
The device can o perate for command execu t ion in eit h er ad d res s -s p eci fi ed m o d e;
cylinder-head-sector (CHS) or Logical block address (LBA) mode. The
IDENTIFY DEVICE information indicates whether the device supports the LBA
mode. When the host system specifies the LBA mode by setting bit 6 in the
Device/Head regi s t er t o 1, HS3 to HS 0 b i t s o f t h e Dev i ce/ Head register indi cat es
the head No. under the LBA mode, and all bits of the Cylinder High, Cylinder
Low, and S ect or Nu m b er reg i s t ers are LB A b i t s .
The sector No. under the LBA m ode proceeds i n t h e ascendi ng order wi t h th e s tart
point of LBA0 (defined as follows).
LBA0 = [Cylinder 0, Head 0, Sector 1]
Even if th e h o s t s y s t em ch an g es t h e as s i g n m en t of the CHS mode by t h e
INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETER command, th e sector LBA address is not
changed.
LBA = [((Cylin der No.) × (Number of head ) + (Head No . )) × (Number of
sector/track )] + (S ector No.) − 1
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5.2.1 I/O registers
Communication between the host system and the device is done through inputoutput (I/O) registers of the device.
These I/O registers can be selected by the coded signals, CS0-, CS1-, and DA0 to
DA2 from the host system. Table 5.2 shows the coding address and the function
of I/O registers.
5.2 Logical Interface
Table 5.2 I/O registers
I/O registers
DA0 DA1 DA2 CS1– CS0–
Read operation Write operation
Command block registers
L H L L L Data Data X’1F0’
L H L L H Error Register Features X’1F1’
L H L H L Sector Count Sector Count X’1F2’
L H L H H Sector Number Sector Number X’1F3’
L H H L L Cylinder Low Cylinder Low X’1F4’
L H H L H Cylinder High Cylinder High X’1F5’
L H H H L Device/Head Device/Head X’1F6’
L H H H H Status Command X’1F7’
L L X X X (Invalid) (Invalid) —
Control block registers
H L H H L Alternate Status Device Control X’3F6’
H L H H H — — X’3F7’
Host I/O
address
Notes:
1. T he Data register for read or write operatio n can b e acces s ed b y 1 6 b i t d at a
bus (DATA0 to DATA15).
2. The registers for read or write operation other than the Data registers can be
accessed by 8 bit d ata b us (DATA0 t o DAT A7).
3. Wh en read i n g the Drive Addres s reg i s t er, bit 7 i s high-imped an ce s t at e.
4. H indicates signal level High and L indicates signal level Low.
There are two methods for specifying the LBA mode. One method is to
specify the LBA mode with 28-bit address information, and the other is to
specify it with 48-bit address information (command of EXT system). If
the LBA mode is specified with 28-bit address information, the
Device/Head, Cylinder High, Cylinder Low, Sector Number registers
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indicate LBA bits 27 to 24, bits 23 to 16, bits 15 to 8, and bits 7 to 0,
respectively.
If the LBA mode is specified with 48-bit address information, the Cylinder
High, Cy l i n d er Lo w, Sector Number reg i s t ers are s et twice. In th e fi rs t
time, the registers indicate LBA bits 47 to 40, bits 39 to 32, and bits 31 to
24, respectively. In the second time, the registers indicate LBA bits 23 to
16, bits 15 to 8, and bits 7 to 0, respectively.
5.2.2 Command block registers
(1) Data register (X’1F0’)
The Data register is a 16-bit register for data block transfer between the device and
the host system. Data transfer mode is PIO or DMA mode.
(2) Error register (X’1 F1’)
The Error regis t er i n d i cat es t h e s t atus of the co m m an d ex ecuted by the dev i ce.
The content s o f t h i s reg i s t er are v al i d wh en t h e ER R bit of t h e S t atus regist er i s 1 .
This register contains a diagnostic code after power is turned on, a reset, or the
EXECUTIVE DEVICE DIAGNOSTIC comm and is executed.
[Status at the completion of command execution other than diagnostic command]
Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
ICRC UNC X IDNF X ABRT TK0NF AMNF
X: Unused
- Bit 7: Interface CRC Error (ICRC). This bit indicates that a CRC error
occurred during Ultra DMA transfer.
- Bit 6: Uncorrectable Data E rror (UNC). This b i t i n d i cat es t h at an
uncorrectable data error has been encountered.
- Bit 5: Unused
- Bit 4: ID Not Found (IDNF). This bit indicates an error except for bad
sector, uncorrectable error and SB not found.
- Bit 3: Unused
- Bit 2: Aborted Command (ABRT). This bit indicates that the requested
command was aborted due to a device status error (e.g. Not R eady,
Write Fault) or the command code was invalid.
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- Bit 1: Track 0 Not Found (TK0NF). This bit indicates that track 0 was not
found during RECALIBRATE command execution.
- Bit 0: Address Mark Not Found (AMNF). This bit indicates that the SB Not
Found error occurred.
[Diagnostic code]
X’01’: No Error Detected.
X’02’: HDC Diagnostic Error
X’03’: Data Buffer Diagnostic Error.
X’04’: Memory Diagnostic Error.
X’05’: Reading the system area is abnormal.
X’06’: Calibration is abnormal.
X’80’: Device 1 (slave device) Failed.
Error register of the master device is valid under two devices (master
and slave) con figuration . If the slave d ev i ce fai ls, the m as t er d ev i ce
posts X’80’ OR (the diagnostic code) with its own status (X’01’ to
X’06’).
However, when the host system selects the slave device, the diagnostic
code of the slave device is posted.
(3) Features register (X’1F1’)
The Features reg i s t er p ro v i d es s p eci fi c feat u re to a command . For ins t an ce, it is
used with SET FEATUR ES command t o enab l e o r d i s able caching.
(4) Sector Count register (X’1F2’)
The Sector Count register indicates the number of sectors of data to be transferred
in a read or writ e o p erat i o n b et ween t h e h o s t s y s t em an d t h e d evice. When th e
value in this register is X’00’, the sector count is 256. With the EXT system
command, the sector count is 65536 when value of this register is X'00' in the first
setting and X'00' in the second setting.
When this reg i s t er i n d i cat es X’0 0 ’ at the complet ion of the co m m an d execu tion,
this indicates that the command is completed successfully. If the command is not
completed successfully, this register indicates the number of sectors to be
transferred to complete the request from the host system. That is, this register
indicates the number of remaining sectors that the data has not been transferred
due to the erro r.
The contents of this register have other definition for the following commands;
INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS , S ET FEATURES, IDLE, S T ANDBY
and SET MULTIPLE MODE.
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(5) Sector Number register (X’1F3’)
The contents of this register indicate the starting sector number for the subsequent
command. The sector number should be between X’01’ and [the number of
sectors per track defined by INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS command.
Under the LBA mode, this register indicates LBA bits 7 to 0.
Under the LBA mode of the EXT system command, LBA bits 31 to 24 are set in
the first setting, and LBA bits 7 to 0 are set in the second setting.
(6) Cylinder Low register (X’1F4’)
The contents of this register indicate low-order 8 bits of the starting cylinder
address for any d i s k-acces s .
At the end of a command, the contents of this register are updated to the current
cylinder number.
Under the LBA mode, this register indicates LBA bits 15 to 8.
Under the LBA mode of the EXT system command, LBA bits 39 to 32 are set in
the first setting, and LBA bits 15 to 8 are set in the second setting.
(7) Cylinder High register (X’1F5’)
The content s o f t h i s reg i s t er indicate hi g h -o rd er 8 b i ts of the di s k -acces s s t art
cylinder address.
At the end of a command, the contents of this register are updated to the current
cylinder number. The high-order 8 bits of the cylinder address are set to the
Cylinder High register.
Under the LBA mode, this register indicates LBA bits 23 to 16.
Under the LBA mode of the EXT system command, LBA bits 47 to 40 are set in
the first setting, and LBA bits 23 to 16 are set in the second setting.
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(8) Device/Head register (X’1F6’)
The contents of this register indicate the device and the head number.
When executing INITIALIZE DEVICE PARAMETERS command, t he contents
of this register defines “the number of heads minus 1” (a maximum head No.).
Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
X L X DEV HS3 HS2 HS1 HS0
- Bit 7: Unused
- Bit 6: L. 0 for CHS mode and 1 for LBA mode.
- Bit 5: Unused
- Bit 4: DEV bit. 0 for the master device and 1 for the slave device.
- Bit 3: HS3 C HS mode head address 3 (2
under the LBA mode of the EXT command.
- Bit 2: HS2 C HS mode head address 2 (2
under the LBA mode of the EXT command.
- Bit 1: HS1 C HS mode head address 1 (2
under the LBA mode of the EXT command.
- Bit 0: HS0 C HS mode head address 0 (2
under the LBA mode of the EXT command.
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3
). bit 27 for LBA mode. Unused
2
). bit 26 for LBA mode. Unused
1
). bit 25 for LBA mode. Unused
0
). bit 24 for LBA mode. Unused
(9) Status register (X’1F7’)
The content s o f this regis ter indicat e t h e s t at u s o f t h e d ev i ce. The conten t s o f t h i s
register are updated at the com pl eti on of each com m and. When t he B SY bit is
cleared, other bits in this register should be validated within 400 ns. When the
BSY bit is 1, other bits of this register are invalid. When the host system reads
this register while an interrupt is pending, it is considered to be the Interrupt
Acknowledge (the host system acknowledges the interrupt). Any pending interrupt
is cleared (negating INTRQ s i gn al ) wh en ever this regis t er i s read .
Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
BSY DRDY DF DSC DRQ 0 0 ERR
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- Bit 7:Busy (BSY) bit. This bit is set whenever the Command register is
accessed. Then this bit is cleared when the command is completed.
However, even if a command is being executed, this bit is 0 while data
transfer is being requested (DRQ bit = 1). When BSY bit is 1, the host
system should not write the command block registers. If the host
system reads any command block register when BSY bit is 1, the
contents of the Status register are posted. This bit is set by the device
under following conditions:
(a) Within 400 ns after RESET- is negated or SRST is set in the
Device Control register, the BSY bit is set. The BSY bit is
cleared, when the reset process is completed.
The BSY bit is set for no longer than 15 seconds after the IDD
accepts reset.
(b) Within 400 ns from the host system starts writing to the
Command register.
(c) Within 5 µs following transfer of 512 bytes data during execution
of the READ SECTOR(S), WRITE SECTOR(S), or WRITE
BUFFER command.
- Bit 6:Device Ready (DRDY) bit. This bit indicates that the device is
capable to respond to a command.
The IDD checks its status when it receives a command. If an error is
detected (not ready state), the IDD clears this bit to 0. This is cleared
to 0 at power-on and it is cleared until the rotational speed of the
spindle motor reaches the steady speed.
- Bit 5:The Device Write Fault (DF) bit. This bit indicates that a device fault
(write fault) condition has been detected.
If a write fault is detected during command execution, this bit is
latched and retained until the device accepts the next command or
reset.
- Bit 4:Device Seek Complete (DSC) bit. This bit indicates that the device
heads are positioned over a track.
In the IDD, this bit is always set to 1 after the spin-up control is
completed.
- Bit 3:Data Request (DRQ) bit. This bit indicates that the device is ready to
transfer data of word unit or byte unit between the host system and the
device.
- Bit 2:Always 0.
- Bit 1:Always 0.
- Bit 0:Error (ERR) bit. This bit indicates that an error was detected while the
previous command was being executed. The Error register indicates
the additional information of the cause for the error.
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(10) Command register (X’1F7’)
The Command register contains a command code being sent to the device. After
this register is written, the command execution starts immediately.
Table 5.3 lists the executable commands and their command codes. This table
also lists the necessary parameters for each command which are written to certain
registers before the Command register is written.
5.2.3 Control block registers
(1) Alternate Status register (X’3F6’)
The Alternate Status register contains the same information as the Status register
of the command block register.
The only difference from the Status register is that a read of this register does not
imply Interrupt Acknowledge and INTRQ signal is not reset.
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Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
BSY DRDY DF DSC DRQ 0 0 ERR
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(2) Devic e Control register (X’3F6’)
The Device Control register contains device interrupt and software reset.
Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
HOB X X X X SRST nIEN 0
- Bit 7: High Order Byte (HOB) is the selector bit that selects higher-order
information or lower-order information of the EXT system command.
If HOB = 1, LBA bits 47 to 24 and the higher-order 8 bits of the sector
count are displayed in the task register.
If HOB = 0, LBA bits 23 to 0 and the lower-order 8 bits of the sector
count are displayed in the task register.
- Bit 2: Software Reset (SRST) is the host software reset bit. When this bit is
set, th e d ev i ce i s h el d res et s tate. When t w o dev i ces are d ai sy chained
on the in t erface, s e tting this bit resets both devices simultaneously.
The slave device is not required to execute the DASP- handshake.
- Bit 1: nIEN bit enables an interrupt (INTRQ signal) from the device to the
host. When this bit is 0 and the device is selected, an interruption
(INTRQ signal) can be enabled through a tri-state buffer. When this
bit is 1 or the device is not selected, the INTRQ signal is in the highimpedance s t ate.
5.3 Host Commands
The host system issues a command to the device by writing necessary parameters
in related registers in the command block and writing a command code in the
Command register.
The device can accept the comman d wh en the BSY bi t i s 0 (t h e d evice is not i n
the busy status).
The host system can h al t the uncom p l eted command ex ecu t i o n o n l y at ex ecu t i o n
of hardware or software res et .
When the BSY bit is 1 or the DRQ bit is 1 (the device is requesting the data
transfer) and t h e h os t system wri tes to the co m m an d reg i s t er, the correct dev i ce
operation is not guaranteed.
5.3.1 Command code and parameters
Table 5.3 lists the supported commands, command code and the registers that
needed parameters are written.
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Table 5.3 Command code and parame ters (1 of 2)
5.3 Host Commands
COMMAND NAME
COMMAND CODE (Bit ) P AR AMETER US ED
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 FR SC SN CY DH
RECALIBRATE 0 0 0 1 X X X X N N N N D
READ SECTOR(S) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 R N Y Y Y Y
WRITE SECTOR(S) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 R N Y Y Y Y
WRITE VERIFY 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 N Y Y Y Y
READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 R N Y Y Y Y
SEEK 0 1 1 1 X X X X N N Y Y Y
EXECUTE DEVICE
DIAGNOSTIC
INITIALIZE DEVICE
PARAMETERS
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 N N N N
1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 N Y N N
D*
Y
DOWNLOAD MICROCODE 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Y Y Y N D
STANDBY IMMEDIATE
IDLE IMMEDIATE
11 01 01 10 00 10 00 0
11 01 01 10 00 10 00 1
N N N N D
0
N N N N D
1
UNLOAD IMMEDIATE
STANDBY
IDLE
CHECK POWER MODE
SLEEP
11 01 01 10 00 10 00 1
11 01 01 10 00 10 11 0
11 01 01 10 00 10 11 1
11 01 01 10 10 01 00 0
11 01 01 10 10 01 01 1
Y N Y Y
1
N Y N N D
0
N Y N N D
1
N N N N D
1
N N N N D
0
D
SMART 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Y Y Y Y D
DEVICE CONFIGURATION 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Y N N N D
READ MULTIPLE 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 N Y Y Y Y
WRITE MULTIPLE 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 N Y Y Y Y
SET MULTIPLE MODE 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 N Y N N D
READ DMA 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 R N Y Y Y Y
WRITE DMA 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 R N Y Y Y Y
READ BUFFER 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 N N N N D
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Table 5.3 Command code and parame ters (2 of 2)
COMMAND NAME
COMMAND CODE (Bit ) P AR AMETER US ED
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 FRSC SN CY DH
FLUSH CACHE 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 N N N N D
WRITE BUFFER 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 N N N N D
IDENTIFY DEVICE 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 N N N N D
IDENTIFY DEVICE DMA 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 N N N N D
SET FEATURES 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 Y N* N N D
SECURITY SET PASSWORD 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 N N N N D
SECURITY UNLOCK 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 N N N N D
SECURITY ERASE PREPARE 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 N N N N D
SECURITY ERASE UNIT 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 N N N N D
SECURITY FREEZE LOCK 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 N N N N D
SECURITY DISABLE
PASSWORD
READ NATIVE MAX
ADDRESS
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 N N N N
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 N N N N
D
D
SET MAX 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 Y Y Y Y Y
READ SECTOR(S) EXT *O 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 N Y Y Y D
READ DMA EXT *O 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 N Y Y Y D
READ NATIVE MAX
ADDRESS EXT *O
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 N N N N
D
READ MULTIPLE EXT *O 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 N Y Y Y D
READ LOG EXT *O 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 N Y Y Y D
WRITE SECTOR(S) EXT *O 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 N Y Y Y D
WRITE DMA EXT *O 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 N Y Y Y D
SET MAX ADDRESS EXT *O 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 N Y Y Y Y
WRITE MULTIPLE EXT *O 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 N Y Y Y D
WRITE DMA FUA EXT *O 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 N Y Y Y D
WRITE LOG EXT *O 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 N Y Y Y D
READ VERIFY SEC T OR (S )
EXT *O
WRITE MULTIPLE FUA EXT
*O
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 N Y Y Y
D
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 N Y Y Y D
FLUSH CACHE EXT *O 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 N N N N D
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5.3 Host Commands
Note: READ LONG (0x22) command/WRITE LONG (0x33) com m and became a
unsupport from the MHV2xxxAH series.
Notes:
FR: Features Register
CY: Cylinder Registers
SC: Sector Count Register
DH: Drive/Head Register
SN: Sector Number R eg i s t er
R: Retry at erro r
1 = Without retry
0 = With retry
Y: Necessary to set parameters
Y*: Necessary to set parameters under the LBA mode.
N: Not necessary to set parameters (The parameter is ignored if it is set.)
N*: May set parameters
D: The device parameter is valid, and the head parameter is ignored.
*O: Option (customizing)
D*: The command is addressed to the master device, but both the master device
and the sl av e d ev i ce ex ecu t e i t .
X: Do not care
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5.3.2 Command descriptions
The contents of the I/O registers to be necessary for issuing a command and the
example in d i cat i o n o f t h e I/ O reg i s t ers at co m mand compl et i o n are s h o wn as
following in this subsection.
Example: READ SE C TOR (S)
At command i s s u an ce (I/ O reg i s t ers s et t i n g co n t ents)
Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1F7H(CM) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1F6H(DH) x L x DV Head No. / LBA [MS B ]
1F5H(CH) Start cyli n der ad dres s [M S B] / LBA
1F4H(CL) Start cylin der ad dres s [LS B ] / LB A
1F3H(SN) Start sector No. / LB A [LS B ]
1F2H(SC) Transfer sector count
1F1H(FR) xx
At command completion (I/O registers contents to be read)
Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1F7H(ST) Status information
1F6H(DH) x L x DV Head No. / LBA [MS B ]
1F5H(CH) End cylinder address [MSB] / LBA
1F4H(CL) End cylinder address [LSB] / LBA
1F3H(SN) End sector No. / LBA [LSB ]
1F2H(SC) X’00’
1F1H(ER) Error information
CM: Command register FR: Features register
DH: Device/Head register ST: S t at u s reg i s t er
CH: Cyli n der Hi g h reg i s t er ER: Erro r regi s t er
SN: Sect or Nu m b er reg i s t er DV: Dev i ce ad dres s . bit
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5.3 Host Commands
SC: Sector C ount regis t er x, xx: Do not care (no necessary to set)
Note:
1. When the L bit is specified to 1, the lower 4 bits of the DH register and all
bits of the CH, CL and SN registers indicate the LBA bits (bits of the DH
register are th e M SB (most s i g n i fi can t b i t ) an d bits of the SN register are
the LSB (least significant bit).
2. At error occur r e nc e , the SC re giste r indic a te s the r e ma ining se c tor c ount of da ta
transfer.
3. In the table indica ting I /O re giste r s c onte nts in this subse c tion, bit indic a tion is
omitted.
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(1) RECALIBRATE (X’10’ to X’1F’)
This command performs the cal i brat i on. Upon recei pt of t hi s com m and, t he
device sets B SY bit of th e Status regi s ter and performs a cal ibration. When the
device completes the calibration, the device updates the Status register, clears the
BSY bit, and generates an interrupt.
This command can be issued in the LBA mode.
At command i s s u an ce (I/ O reg i s t ers s et t i n g co n t ents)
1F7H(CM) 0 0 0 1 x x x x
1F6H(DH) x x x DV xx
1F5H(CH)
1F4
(CL)
H
1F3
(SN)
H
1F2
(SC)
H
1F1
(FR)
H
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
At command completion (I/O registers contents to be read)
1F7H(ST) Status information
1F6H(DH) x x x DV xx
1F5H(CH)
1F4
(CL)
H
1F3
(SN)
H
1F2
(SC)
H
1F1
(ER)
H
xx
xx
xx
xx
Error informati o n
Note:
Also executab l e i n LB A m o d e.
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(2) READ SECTOR(S) (X’20’ or X’21’)
This command reads data of sectors specified in the Sector Count register from the
address specified in the Device/Head, Cylinder High, Cylinder Low and Sector
Number registers. Number of sectors can be specified from 1 to 256 sectors. To
specify 256 sectors reading, ‘00’ is specified. For the DRQ, INTRQ, and BS Y
protocols related to data transfer, see Subsection 5.4.1.
If the head is no t o n t h e t rack s p eci fi ed b y t h e ho s t , the device p erfo rm s an
impli ed s eek . After the head reach es t o t h e s p eci fi ed t r ack, the devi ce reads the
target secto r.
If an error occurs, ret ry reads are attempted t o read t h e t arg et s ect o r befo re
reporting an error, irrespective of the R bit setting.
The DRQ bit of the Status register is always set prior to the data transfer
regardless of an error condition.
Upon the completion of the command execution, command block registers contain
the cylinder, head, and sector addresses (in the CHS mode) or logical block
address (in the LBA mode) of the last sector read.
5.3 Host Commands
If an unrecoverable error occurs in a sector, the read operation is terminated at the
sector where the error occurred. Command block registers contain the cylinder, the
head, and the sector addresses of the sector (in the CHS mode) or the logical block
address (in the LBA mode) where the error occurred, and remaining number of
sectors of which data was not transferred.
At command i s s u an ce (I/ O reg i s t ers s et t i n g co n t ents)
1F7H(CM) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 R
1F6H(DH) x L x DV St a rt head N o . / LB A
[MSB]
1F5H(CH)
1F4
(CL)
H
1F3
(SN)
H
1F2
(SC)
H
1F1
(FR)
H
Start cyli nd er No. [MSB] / LB A
Start cyli nd er No. [LSB] / LBA
Start secto r No . / L B A [L S B ]
Transfer sector count
xx
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(R: Retry)
At command completion (I/O registers contents to be read)
1F7H(ST) Status information
1F6H(DH) x L x DV En d hea d N o . / LBA [ M S B ]
1F5H(CH)
1F4
(CL)
H
1F3
(SN)
H
1F2
(SC)
H
1F1
(ER)
H
End cylinder No. [MSB] / LBA
End cylinder No. [LSB] / LBA
End sector No. / LBA [LSB]
00 (*1)
Error informati o n
*1 If the command is terminated due to an error, the remaining number of
sectors of which data was not transferred is set in this register.
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(3) WRITE SECTOR(S) (X’30’ or X’31’)
This command writes data of sectors from the address specified in the
Device/Head, Cylinder High, Cylinder Low, and Sector Number registers to the
address specified in the Sector Count register. Number of sectors can be specified
from 1 to 256 sectors. A sector count of 0 requests 256 sectors. Data transfer
begins at t h e s ect o r s p eci fi ed i n t h e S ect o r Nu m b er reg i s t er. For the DR Q,
INTRQ, and BSY protocols related to data transfer, see Subsection 5.4.2.
If the head is no t o n t h e t rack s p eci fi ed b y t h e ho s t , the device p erfo rm s an
impli ed s eek . After the head reach es t o t h e s p eci fi ed t rack , the device writes the
target secto r.
If an error occurs when wri ting to t he target sector, retries are att em pted
irrespectively of the R bit setting.
The data stored in the buffer, and CRC code and ECC bytes are written to the data
field of the corresponding sector(s). Upon the completion of the command
execution, the command block registers contain the cylinder, head, and sector
addresses of the last sector written.
5.3 Host Commands
If an error occurs during multiple sector write operation, the write operation is
terminated at t h e s ect o r wh ere t h e erro r occu rred . Command b l o ck reg i s ters
contain t h e cy l i n d er, the head, t he s ector addresses (i n t h e C H S mode) or the
logical block address (in the LBA mode) of the sector where the error occurred.
At command issuance (I/O registers setting contents)
1F7H(CM) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 R
1F6H(DH) x L x DV St a rt head N o . / LB A [ M S B ]
1F5H(CH)
1F4
(CL)
H
1F3
(SN)
H
1F2
(SC)
H
1F1
(FR)
H
Start cyli nd er No. [MSB] / LB A
Start cyli nd er No. [LSB] / LBA
Start secto r No . / L B A [L S B ]
Transfer sector count
xx
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At command completion (I/O registers contents to be read)
1F7H(ST) Status information
1F6H(DH) x L x DV En d hea d N o . / LBA [ M S B ]
1F5H(CH)
1F4
(CL)
H
1F3
(SN)
H
1F2
(SC)
H
1F1
(ER)
H
End cylinder No. [MSB] / LBA
End cylinder No. [LSB] / LBA
End sector No. / LBA [LSB]
00 (*1)
Error informati o n
*1 If the command is terminated due to an error, the remaining number of
sectors of which data was not transferred is set in this register.
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