Theory of Device Operation
signal (WUS) when a write error occurs due to head
The Pre AMP sets the write current and bias current which flows through MR devices.
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. The NRZ write data is converted from
(1) 16/17 GCR
The disk drive converts data using the 16/17 (0, 12, 8) group coded recording (GCR) algorithm. This code follows a format in which 0 to 12 “0”s are inserted while the code bit is “1” and 0 to 8 “0”s are inserted while the 0DD/EVEN bit is “1”.
(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
Bits | Compensation |
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111001 | |
111010 | |
: |
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111111 | |
000000 | ±0 |
000001 | +1 |
: |
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010000 | +16 |
: |
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100000 | +32 |
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