Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus with reproducing head of magnetoresistive type having control of magnetic bias level
US5367411A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 1992 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2005/0018
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising a magnetic recording medium, a head arrangement for reading data from or writing data on the magnetic recording medium including an inductive recording head and a magnetoresistive reproducing head, and a phase discriminating circuit for discriminating data `1` from peaks of a waveform reproduced by the head. The phase discriminating circuit has a differential circuit for differentiating the waveform, a pulse circuit for producing a zero cross pulse from a zero-level crossing point of the differentiated waveform, a discriminating circuit for discriminating `1` and `0` of the data with use of pulses output from the pulse circuit and a discriminating window needed for judgment of `1` and `0` of the data, and a decoding circuit for decoding and feeding out the data output of the discriminating circuit. The head comprises a recording head of inductive type, and a reproducing head of magnetoresistive type. The phase discriminating circuit comprises a circuit for controlling a magnetic bias level for the magnetoresistive reproducing head so that a change of resistance of the magnetoresistive reproducing head due to magnetic field …
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