摘要:
A data storage system comprises magnetoresistive (MR) sensing elements for sensing data from a recording medium that is referenced to ground, and an amplifier circuit including a biasing stage, an amplifying stage, and a matching stage, each referenced to a common supply voltage source and to ground. The biasing stage includes a reference current source for selectively biasing each MR element with a constant current and, in so doing, developing a single-ended voltage signal having a first dc component. The amplifying stage converts the single-ended voltage signal into an amplified single-ended output voltage signal having a second dc component but in which the first dc component is eliminated. The matching stage creates a bias and imposes said bias on the amplifying stage for converting the single-ended output voltage signal to a differential output voltage signal in which the second dc component is eliminated.
摘要:
The system includes a current- tapering circuit (100,105,112) which gradually reduces the WRITE (IW) current in a magnetic recording head (140) to zero over a time interval on the same order of magnitude as the characteristic relaxation time of the domain patterns in the magnetic recording head, rather than abruptly. Specific embodiments of the current-tapering circuit create a down-sloping ramp, a decaying exponential curve, and a high-frequency burst. The resultant magnetic recording system has reduced Barkhausen noise and reproducible READ performance as well as improved READ sensitivity following a WRITE operation.
摘要:
A method and circuitry for suppressing additive transient disturbances in an analog differential input signal, such disturbances being due, for example, to thermal asperity transients caused by an MR transducer (10) contacting a moving storage surface (11). The input data signal is algebraically summed by a summing circuit (14) with a corrective feedback signal for providing as output signal. The output signal is fed back to a circuit (16) including an envelope detector (15) and differentiator (17) and converted into another signal that is the derivative of an amplitude envelope corresponding to the output signal. Nonlinear signal-adaptive filter means (18) converts the other signal into the corrective feedback signal, which substantially replicates the additive transient disturbance and is subtracted from the data input signal to render the output signal substantially free of the transient disturbance. The input, output and corrective signals are preferably differential signals.
摘要:
The invention relates to a protection circuit for a magnetoresistive (MR) element (Rh) having a first terminal and a second terminal in which a first current source is coupled to the first terminal of the MR element to produce a bias current (J1) through the MR element and a second current source is coupled to the second terminal of the MR element to produce a reference current (Iref). According to the invention, circuit means (R,R,B) coupled across the MR element (Rh) senses the centre potential of the MR element substantially midway between the first and second terminals, and a feedback circuit (B) responsive to the sensed centre potential adjusts the current output of the first current source (J1) to maintain the centre potential to a selected reference voltage (Vcentre) to protect the MR element (Rh) from short circuits to a conductive area of the magnetisable recording medium being read by the MR element.
摘要:
The resistance (Rh) of a magnetoresistive sensor is disposed between the bases of a differential pair of transistors (T1a and T1b) comprising the input stage of an amplifier. Constant bias voltage for the sensor is provided (by J1 and RE) independently of the resistance of the sensor. DC feedback (from g₀) to the input stage balances current flow in both paths of the differential input stage to correct for DC offset arising in the output from the input stage emitter resistor (RE). The amplified signal represents ΔR h /R h , where ΔR h is the change in steady-state resistance, R h , of the sensor.
摘要:
A constant current source (J1) supplies a bias current to a magnetoresistive (MR) sensor (R h ) and amplifier means (11, 12, 13) is responsive to the current flowing through the MR sensor to produce an amplified output signal representing the change in resistance of the MR sensor arising from changes in the magnetic field to which the MR sensor is exposed. The circuit includes first means (14) coupled to the amplifier means to set the frequency response thereof and second means (15) for substantially eliminating DC offset voltage in the output signal. The resistance of the MR sensor can be disposed as degenerative feedback in the emitter circuit of a differential pair comprising the input stage of the amplifier. The constant current source (J1) that supplies bias current to the MR sensor also supplies current to the differential pair. DC feedback to the input stage balances current flow in both paths of the differential input stage to correct for DC offset arising in the output from variations in transistor characteristics and the steady-state value of the MR sensor.
摘要:
A magnetoresistive transducer biasing technique that provides a uniform transducer biasing in a product. The technique provides biasing for transducer constant power dissipation, constant sensor current density biasing, constant sensor bias voltage, constant sensor temperature rise biasing, and constant effective magnetic biasing of a transducer.
摘要:
A magnetoresistive transducer biasing technique that provides a uniform transducer biasing in a product. The technique provides biasing for transducer constant power dissipation, constant sensor current density biasing, constant sensor bias voltage, constant sensor temperature rise biasing, and constant effective magnetic biasing of a transducer.