Method, apparatus and program storage device for determining sector block sizes using existing controller signals
US7199954B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 15, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2005/001
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining sector block sizes using existing controller signals has been disclosed. The invention detects a characteristic of a data channel gate signal indicating a length of data, determines the length of data based on the detection of the characteristic, and calculates the size of a last data block in the length of data based on the determined length.
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