Read channel averaging
US8570679B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 21, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 17, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/2516
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hard disk drive with a read channel that averages data before the data is provided to a viterbi detector of the channel. Averaging the data reduces the zero mean noise in the data.
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