Hitachi, Ltd.

Ikuo Saitoh

Yohji Maruyama

Masukazu Igarashi

Kazuetsu Yoshida

A recording equalizer for correcting a write timing of magnetic information when the magnetic information is recorded with a magnetic recording head on a magnetic recording medium, includes a buffer for storing a recording object bit and bits before and after the recording object bit and a calculator for calculating a precompensation parameter using the bits stored in the buffer. The calculator calculates the preconpensation parameter of the recording object bit by linearly adding influence of a transition existing at a two-previous bit of the recording object bit, influences of a transition at a one-previous bit of the recording object bit and influences of a transition existing at one-following bit of the recording object bit and further adding an offset. The offset is determined to a value such that a write timing of the magnetic information is corrected always in a delaying direction.

Recording equalizer and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus using the equalizer

A recording equalizer for correcting a write timing of magnetic information when the magnetic information is recorded with a magnetic recording head on a magnetic recording medium, includes a buffer for storing a recording object bit and bits before and after the recording object bit and a calculator for calculating a precompensation parameter using the bits stored in the buffer. The calculator calculates the precompensation parameter of the recording object bit by linearly adding influence of a transition existing at a two-previous bit of the recording object bit, influences of a transition at a one-previous bit of the recording object bit and influences of a transition existing at one-following bit of the recording object bit and further adding an offset. The offset is determined to a value such that a write timing of the magnetic information is corrected always in a delaying direction.

A recording equalizer for precompensating of a write timing of magnetic information when the magnetic information is recorded by a magnetic recording head on a magnetic recording medium, includes a buffer for storing a recording object bit and bits before and after said recording object bit, and a calculator for calculating and outputting a precompensation parameter using the bits stored in the buffer by adding an offset C, having a value such as to always delay the write timing of the magnetic information, to an amount of shift determined using the bits stored in the buffer and the head velocity relative to the medium.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Ikuo Saitoh