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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Lsi Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/03 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/0727 (2013.01); H03M 13/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for detecting media flaws includes a branch metric selection circuit operable to select a first branch metric and a second branch metric, a subtraction circuit operable to subtract the second branch metric from the first branch metric to yield a difference, and a comparator operable to compare the difference with a threshold value and to indicate a presence of a potential flaw in a storage medium when the difference is less than the threshold value.