Track identification codewords having multiple bit error correction capability and generalized gray code property
US7099095B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M7/16
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention may be embodied in a disk drive comprising a rotating magnetic media having tracks identified by binary codewords, and in a related method. Each track codeword for a particular track within a contiguous band of tracks differs from a track codeword for an adjacent track within the contiguous band of tracks by a defined number of bits, and differs from a track codeword for a nonadjacent track within the contiguous band of tracks by at least the defined number of bits. The defined number N of bits is greater than four such that at least two bit errors may be corrected when reading a track codeword.
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