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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2002
Applicants:
Allan Hodkinson, Bristol, GB;
Rafel Jibry, Bristol, GB;
Inventors:
Allan Hodkinson, Bristol, GB;
Rafel Jibry, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Drop-outs in a data read channel having one or more controllable elements are managed. A data read channel derives a signal having at least one drop-out characterising parameter from which data are to be recovered. The signal from the data read channel is tapped and compared with at least one drop-out characterising parameter of the tapped signal with two or more thresholds to categorise the drop-out. One or more elements of the data read channel is controlled in response to the category of the drop-out.