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Offset and gain error discriminator

US5455720A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 1994
Grant dateOct 3, 1995
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/59611
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Positive and negative peaks of the differential pulses produced by a differential head of a disk drive are detected. The respective peaks, which represent the positive and negative peaks of the pulses, are compared to a set of reference levels and, depending upon the relationship of those peaks with the reference levels, a gain error or an offset error is indicated. If the positive pulse peaks and negative pulse peaks exhibit substantially similar relationships with respect to the reference levels, a gain error is indicated. However, if the positive pulse peaks and negative pulse peaks exhibit dissimilar relationships with respect to the reference levels, an offset error is indicated.

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