摘要:
An impedance controlling circuit (152) is connected across an MR head (42) and has two current paths, each including a control transistor (154,156), a current path resistor (160,158), and a biasing circuit (162,164) in series. Each side of the MR head 42 is connected between a respective one of the current path resistors (158,160) and the biasing circuits (162,168). A shunt resistor (170) is connected between the control transistors (154,156) and the current path resistors (158,160) in each of the current paths. When the control transistors (154,156) are not conducting, the current path resistors (158,160) and the shunt resistor (170) shunt the MR head (42).
摘要:
A method is disclosed for modifying the operational bandwidth of a signal amplification circuit, comprising the steps of providing an amplification circuit for amplifying the electrical signal, providing circuitry to selectably modify capacitive loading within the amplification circuit and coupled to the amplification circuit, and using the circuitry to selectively modify capacitive loading to alter a dominant pole of the amplification circuit, resulting in a modification of the operational bandwidth of the amplification circuit. A user switchable circuit 220 is coupled to an amplification portion (202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 216, 218) of the amplification circuitry such that a user may selectively activate or deactivate the switchable circuitry, effecting a corresponding and balanced increase or decrease of the capacitive loading within the amplification circuitry. The balanced nature of the capacitive loading changes, effected by the user switchable circuitry, provides the advantage of minimizing the effects of common mode noise and instability in the amplifier circuitry.
摘要:
An input current channel device is described. This device comprises a first terminal for receiving a reference signal; a second terminal for receiving a first target signal; a pass through device coupled to the first terminal, the pass through device operative for transmitting a delayed reference signal in response to receiving the reference signal; a first combination logic device coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal, the first combination logic device operative for transmitting a first combination logic signal in response to receiving the reference signal and the first target signal; a selection device coupled for receiving the delayed reference signal, the first combination logic signal, and a first synchronization signal, the selection device operative for selectively transmitting a second synchronization signal, and wherein selectively transmitting the second synchronization signal reduces skew between the reference channel and the first target channel.
摘要:
System and method for write current drivers for inductive heads used in mass storage drives. A preferred embodiment comprises a write current circuit coupled to an inductive write head, a MOS transistor boost circuit and a matching circuit, both coupled to the write current circuit. The write current circuit provides a first current to the inductive write head, while the MOS transistor boost circuit provides a second current for a specified duration to the inductive write head when the MOS transistor boost circuit receives a control signal. The matching circuit selectively decouples a resistive element from the inductive write head when it receives the control signal. The MOS transistor boost circuit can accelerate the transition in a switching of the polarity of the write current and the matching circuit helps to reduce ringing without negatively affecting the speed of the polarity switching by decoupling when the second current is provided.
摘要:
In hard disk drives (HDD), a magnetic read head moves over a portion of the hard disk when reading data. A preamplifier, having an initial amplification stage of the single ended type, connects to the magnetic read head and amplifies a data signal picked up by the magnetic read head. The preamplifier typically has multiple read heads, or channels. In order to reduce noise coming into the read channels of the preamplifier from the substrate capacitances of the input transistors connected to the read heads, the input transistors are grouped together into multiple banks that are multiplexed, or turn on separately. To further aid noise reduction, the poles of the single ended amplifier are matched, that is, the frequency response of the constant voltage side is matched to the frequency response to the signal side. This effectively reduces both ground noise and Vcc power supply noise as the the noise becomes common mode on the inputs to a differential amplifier that is connected to the single ended amplifier. Noise is further minimized by connecting the substrates of the switching transistors connected to the input transistors to magnetic read ground, as opposed to integrated circuit ground.
摘要:
A differential circuit to read differential data from a disk by a voltage bias includes a read circuit to read the differential data from the disk by maintaining the voltage bias and a feedback circuit to sense deviations in the voltage and to adjust the voltage in response to the deviations.
摘要:
An optical disk drive system associated with a laser diode is described. The optical disk drive system comprises a current generator for receiving input signals; a current switch coupled to receive timing signals; a current driver coupled to receive output signals from the current switch and the current generator, the current driver further comprising a driver with wave shape control selected from the group consisting of a laser diode read driver and a laser diode write driver, wherein the driver with shape control is operative for transmitting at least one output signal that is a scaled version of at least one of the output signals received from the current generator, wherein the current driver is operative for transmitting at least one output signal driving the laser diode.
摘要:
An input signal processing system is described. It comprises a first transconductance device having a first input, second input, and an output, wherein the first input is coupled to receive the input signal; a first resistor coupled to a first input of the first transconductance device, wherein the first resistor converts the input current signal to an input voltage signal; a first voltage-current converter coupled to the output, the second input, the resistor, and a low voltage supply, wherein the first voltage-current converter is operative for converting the input voltage signal to a input current signal; and a low pass filter having an input coupled to the voltage converter for filtering noise from the input current signal.
摘要:
A differential circuit to read differential data from a disk by a current bias on a plurality of read heads includes a read circuit to read the differential data from the disk by maintaining the current bias. The current is below a maximum current of a read head having the lowest maximum voltage of said plurality of read heads.
摘要:
An optical disk drive system associated with a laser diode is described. The optical disk drive system comprises a current generator for receiving input signals; a current switch coupled to receive timing signals; a current driver coupled to receive output signals from the current switch and the current generator, the current driver further comprising a driver with wave shape control selected from the group consisting of a laser diode read driver and a laser diode write driver, wherein the driver with shape control is operative for transmitting at least one output signal that is a scaled version of at least one of the output signals received from the current generator, wherein the current driver is operative for transmitting at least one output signal driving the laser diode.