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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2018
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mehmet Fatih Erden, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Steven Douglas Granz, Shakopee, MN (US);
Peter S. Harllee, Boulder, CO (US);
Stephanie Hernandez, Shakopee, MN (US);
Walter R. Eppler, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In one implementation, the disclosure provides a method comprising detecting one or more areas of a storage medium having a data pattern with a plurality of consecutive bits, where the consecutive bits have the same polarity. The method further comprises encoding additional information on a section of the one or more detected areas, where the section of the one or more detected areas has a signal to noise ratio (SNR) higher than SNR of the other areas of the storage media.