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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1989

Filed:

Dec. 05, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:

Karl M Lofgren, Long Beach, CA (US);

Ronald E Wilson, Lake Forest, CA (US);

Assignee:

Western Digital Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360 31 ; 360 45 ; 360 31 ;
Abstract

An integrated system for use in a disk drive system for the implementation of write precompensation for recording of data and read window margining for accelerated testing of the disk drive. Both functions are provided by a common delay-line circuitry. The output of the delay line circuit is applied to both window shifting and write precompensation. An on-board read detection error analysis can be performed after installation of the drive in a computer system in its final configuration. Actual read error tolerance based on the overall system in its actual operating condition can thus be obtained. Enhanced data recovery techniques are also facilitated.


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