Patent · US Expired

Write format for digital data storage

US6167550A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateAug 14, 1998
Grant dateDec 26, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2020/1434
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital data recording channel which uses variable rate encoding. The encoder monitors an input bit stream for sequences associated with selected readback characteristics, and inserts one or more bits where desirable to improve the characteristics of the stored bit stream.

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