Method and apparatus for optimizing the recording and reproducing of information from magnetic disks
US5657176A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 1995 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2005/0013
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Increased memory capacity for a magnetic disk device is realized without degrading information error rate, by making the number of sectors at a given circumference of the disk variable in accordance with a radial direction of a disk. The number of sectors is made variable by deciding a predetermined information error rate from a ratio of reproduced signal output to noises of head, disk and amplifier at a maximum recording and reproducing frequency at a certain radial position along a disk.
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