MCT-568 Mechatronic Systems

Sample Quiz-1
Roll Number_________________ Time: 22.5 minutes

1. The Voice Coil Motor (VCM) actuator in the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) can be positioned
from one track to another by _________radial__ type of motion

2. _______megneto resistive____sensor is used to read data from the modern HDD

3. The data stored on the HDD is the consequence of _______hastarisis ya B-H___ curve

4. The dimension of the read head of is kept 60-80% of the track width. With the decrease
in track width, the sensitivity of the inductive read head sensor will be ______less _____
in magnitude

5. When the read head accidentally positions itself away from the center of track,
______sensing_____ problem(s) can occur

6. If the read head oscillates about the center of the track, the error tracking error can be best
modeled as ___Normal____ random variable:

7. If the variance of the read head tacking error is  , then the minimum track-width will be
2

___3 sigma________ (units of length e.g. inches)

8. Suppose it takes single clock cycle to write each bit and the clock frequency is b Hz. If
the length of the bit is L, then the angular speed of the disk radius of radius r will be
_______bL/r____

9. If the same clock frequency is used to write data on all the tracks of the HDD and the
disk speed is constant, then _______insufficient data storage___ can happen
10. If the length of bit on the inner most track is kept too small, ______sensing_____
problems can occur

11. The Zoned Bit Recording primarily solves ___efficient data storage _______
problem(s)

12. The Zoned Bit Recording assigns constant ______frequency ____to each zone of the
tracks

13. The radial position of the write head, w.r.t. the read head, varies from one track to
another. This problem can be solved if we know ___Micro jog distance_____ of VCM
actuator

14. The VCM actuator driven by voltage input may require __Voltage amplifier_____ for
achieving adequate response

15. The Laser Doppler Vibrometer experiment uses __current signal _______ for inputting
variable frequency sinusoidal signal to drive the VCM actuator

16. The laser Doppler vibrometer employs ____Dynamic signal analyser_____ for recording
the angular displacement of the VCM actuator

17. The most simplified frequency frequency response of VCM actuator can be represented a

18. When N experimental data points of the VCM actuator frequency response is fitted to the
b s  b0
G( s)  2 1
theoretical transfer function s  a1s  a0 using Lienar-Least Square:    Y ,

where  is the column matrix containing the parameters of G(s) to be found, the size of
 will be ___________

19. The feedback of Position Error Sensing (PES) signal is obtained by ___________

20. The non-linearity in the PES signal can be minimized by using ____PES QUAd_______