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Automated register data transfer to reduce processing burden on a processing device

US7457896B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 31, 2000
Grant dateNov 25, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/10046
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Operating parameters and other read channel registers are updated with a lesser burden on the disc drive's primary processor. After a zone transition event, table values indexed by a zone identifier are retrieved from a memory, preferably by a direct memory access controller. In one method, updates are performed via the same NRZ bus that is used for transmitting user and servo data.

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