Hard sectoring circuit and method for a rotating disk data stora

Details Hard sectoring circuit and method for a rotating disk data stora Hard sectoring circuit and method for a rotating disk data stora

1990-05-04

1991-09-17

Canney, Vincent P.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

Automatic control of a recorder mechanism

Controlling the record

369 47, 369 7804, G11B 2710, G11B 2730

Patent

active

050500139

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for providing sector location pulses to a controller of a rotating disk data storage device having a counter clocked in proportion to the disk rotation rate and an accumulator for accumulating times to sectors on the disk. A comparator connected to the counter and the accumulator enables an accumulator clock for repetitive clocking of the accumulator at such times the contents of the accumulator do not exceed the contents of the counter. A sector location pulse generator connected to the comparator generates the controller pulses, when enabled, concurrently with the accumulator clock signals. A master reset generator resets the first counter and the accumulator each time an index location on the disk passes a transducer head used to read and write data to and from the disk and a partial reset generator resets the accumulator each time the transducer head is moved between tracks on the disk. The sector location pulse generator includes a flip-flop that is set following a partial reset signal to prevent sector location pulses from being generated following partial reset until the accumulator has accumulated the count in the counter.

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