Abstract:
A voltage controlled oscillator output frequency is constrained to follow the highest component of significant transitions in an input signal by allowing the input signal to change oscillatorcontrolling voltages only within a predetermined period after receipt of an input signal transition. The output frequency is maintained at its last corrected value between periods of change. The oscillator forms part of a phase lock loop for establishing a clock to recover variable frequency recorded information.
Abstract:
This specification discloses a high density recording and reproducing system wherein the effective packing density is increased by a generalized code which increases the number of bits per transition on the recording medium. The data is encoded in blocks so that n bits of information are transmitted with an allowed (2n-1) bits so that the total number of reversals in the recording medium is a minimum.