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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1998
Yasuhiko Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method of detecting a thermal asperity of a magnetic storage device which detects that a magnetic resistance element comes into contact with a magnetic storage medium, and a circuit thereof. This method comprises detecting an amplitude of an output of the magnetic resistance element, and creating a slice level that is m-times (m>1) as large as an output level. The slice level of an output relative value is created from the output of the magnetic resistance element, and hence the slice level having a magnitude corresponding to the output level of each magnetic resistance element can be automatically created. It is therefore feasible to accurately detect the thermal asperity of each magnetic resistance element.