Disk drive controller circuit and method for skipping defective and/or undesired sectors
US6470461B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 7, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/20
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a disk drive, a disk drive controller circuit and method keep track of defective and/or undesired sectors on a disk and skip such defective or undesired sectors during a read or write operation requested by a host system. A microprocessor is programmed to respond to a read or write command from the host system by converting a list of sectors to be skipped to an address and range format suitable for loading a set of registers within the controller circuit. The microprocessor loads the set of registers, and the controller circuit compares each sector identified by the read or write command with the contents of the set of registers. If a sector identified by the read or write command matches one of the sectors to be skipped, the controller circuit skips that sector during the read or write operation.
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