摘要:
A disk driver writer precompensation system modulates the write current waveform based on a pattern of data bits magnetically recorded on a medium in order to adjust the timing of magnetic transitions recorded on the medium.
摘要:
A power supply filter has a primary current source coupled to a node carrying a power supply signal. The second end of the primary current source is coupled to an impedance that is further coupled to a low voltage node. A differential amplifier having an inverting input, a non-inverting input, and an output, has its non-inverting input coupled to the junction between the impedance and the primary current source. The output of the differential amplifier carries the filtered power supply signal and is coupled to a capacitance. The capacitance is coupled between the output and a lower voltage. A feedback path is coupled between the output and the inverting input.
摘要:
A power supply filter is constructed with a capacitive element and an active element coupled to a filtered node and an impedance coupled between the filtered node and a power supply node. The filtered node for carrying a filtered version of a power supply signal on the power supply node. The active element having electrical characteristics such that the addition of the active element to the power supply filter reduces the amount of capacitance needed from the capacitive element to achieve a desired pole frequency for a given voltage drop across the impedance element.
摘要:
A preamplifier circuit is connected to a transducing head, and has integrated bias circuitry and offset recovery circuitry. The offset recovery circuitry is activated in response to a transition from write mode to read more to provide an output signal representative of a signal across the transducing head. The bias circuitry is driven by the output signal of the offset recovery circuitry to bias the transducing head.
摘要:
A write circuit selectively provides a write current through a write head in first and second opposite directions. The write circuit is connected to the write head by an interconnect, and has a positive supply level and a negative supply level. A first voltage source provides a first control voltage, and a second voltage source provides a second control voltage. A first resistor is provided between the first voltage source and the interconnect for impedance matching to the interconnect, and a second resistor is provided between the second voltage source and the interconnect for impedance matching to the interconnect. The first and second control voltages provide a transient voltage to the interconnect and provide a subsequent steady-state voltage to the interconnect.
摘要:
A pulse-mode data writing protocol is disclosed which reduces the time required to implement a transition in the direction of magnetization of a recording medium, and which reduces the total power required to encode a given data sequence. After a magnetic transition is encoded on the medium by generating a write current pulse through the write head, the write current through the recording head is reduced, thereby utilizing the spatial extent of the write bubble to encode the lack of a transition on the medium. Alternate configurations are disclosed for various scenarios of write bubble size versus maximum cell size, all utilizing the principle of the invention.
摘要:
Two embodiments of improved brake light switches that are integrated into the brake pedal and are actuated by the application of pressure to the pedal. In one embodiment, the pedal pad is movable relative to the pedal and this relative movement effects closure of the switch.
摘要:
A pre-amplifier, a Thevenin writer and a disk drive employing transistors having a breakdown voltage below a circuitry operating voltage. In one embodiment, the pre-amplifier includes an emitter-follower transistor pair couplable to a power supply and a differential transistor pair, having a collector-emitter breakdown voltage below a voltage of the power supply, that receives current from, and controlled by, the emitter-follower transistor pair.
摘要:
A write driver circuit selectively provides write current through a write head in first and second opposite directions. First and second active devices are driven with first and second pre-drive signals. Third and fourth active devices are driven with third and fourth pre-drive signals. First and second pull-up resistances are provided respectively between the first and second active devices and a fixed voltage, and third and fourth pull-up resistances are provided respectively between the third and fourth active devices and the fixed voltage. A first capacitor is connected between the first active device and an intermediate point of the third pull-up resistance, and a second capacitor is connected between the second active device and an intermediate point of the fourth pull-up resistance.
摘要:
A write driver for an inductive load includes load terminals for connection to an inductive load, and an impedance-matched driver circuit responsive to first and second control signals to supply a drive current through the load in respective first and second directions. The inductive load includes an inductive write head and a transmission line of predetermined impedance connected to the write head for connection to the first and second load terminals. Ringing is suppressed by the impedance-matching of the driver circuit to the transmission line connecting the load to the terminals.