Apparatus for assigning spare areas for defect management and apparatus for handling fragmented ECC blocks
US6697307B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 3, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/2575
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A recording medium having a spare area for defect management, and a method and apparatus for allocating and assigning the spare area. A plurality of zones are formed as one group without prescribing the relationship between a zone and a group. Spare areas include a spare area for slipping replacement and a spare area for linear replacement. The spare are for slipping replacement is first allocated, and the spare area for linear replacement is allocated according to the size of an area remaining after the spare area for slipping replacement is used and the purpose for which a disc is used. When the spare area for linear replacement becomes deficient during use of the disc, a supplementary spare area for linear replacement is allocated in sequence from the rearmost of a logical file area, such that the spare area can be more flexibly and effectively allocated.
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