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Optical drive controller with a host interface for direct connection to an IDE/ATA data bus

US6968404B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 2004
Grant dateNov 22, 2005
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Expiry dateMay 6, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2545
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A compact disk drive controller to control the access of information from an optical compact disk (CD) digital data storage device by a host computer using an integrated drive electronics (IDE) data bus or an industry standard architecture (ISA) data bus is disclosed. A digital signal processor (DSP) interface to the drive electronics of the CD drive, a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) controller, an error correction code (ECC) data corrector, an error detection and correction (EDC) device employing cyclical redundancy checking techniques (EDC/CRC), and a host computer interface are described.

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