Theory of Device Operation
signal (WUS) when a write error occurs due to head
4.6.2 Write circuit
The write data is output from the hard disk controller (HDC) with the NRZ data format, and sent to the encoder circuit in the RDC with synchronizing with the write clock. The NRZ write data is converted from
(1) 8/9 GCR
The disk drive converts data using the 8/9 (0, 4, 4) group coded recording (GCR) algorithm. This code format is 0 to 4 code bit “0”s are placed between “1”s.
(2) Write precompensation
Write precompensation compensates, during a write process, for write non- leneartiry generated at reading. Table 4.2 shows the write precompensation algorithm.
Table 4.2 Write precompensation algorithm
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n – 1 | n | n + 1 | Bit n |
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0 | 1 | 1 | None |
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1 | 1 | 0 | Late |
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1 | 1 | 1 | Late |
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Late: Bit n is time shifted (delayed) from its nominal time position towards the bit n+1 time position.