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Apparatus and method for processing a data signal from a magnetic-media reading head

US6067198A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 1995
Grant dateMay 23, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/10009
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device comprises a variable-gain input amplifier, a low-pass analog filter, a transversal continuous-time analog filter, and two distinct and parallel sampling channels interposed between the transversal analog filter and an RLL-NRZ decoder. The two sampling channels each comprise an analog-to-digital converter and a Viterbi detector arranged in series and operating according to sampling sequences that alternate with one another.

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