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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
May. 08, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl Bonke, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Trinh Bui, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stanley Chang, Irvine, CA (US);
Joanne Wu, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Phong Tran, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 401 ; 371 402 ; 260 48 ;
Abstract
A disk drive having error detection and correction capability includes a dedicated finite field processor for performing corrections and for generating software syndromes for miscorrection detection. The processor operates over a finite field under program control and performs parallel finite field multiplication and addition operations in a single execution cycle.