Excavating
Patent
1995-06-19
1998-07-21
Baker, Stephen M.
Excavating
371 511, 39518509, 395849, 395881, G06F 1110, G06F 1342
Patent
active
057843902
ABSTRACT:
An ATA-compatible drive interface with error correction and detection capabilities is disclosed. Being fully ATA backward compatible, this interface functions with the same physical cable and connectors as current ATA systems, employs bus drivers that are the same as or backward compatible with those provided by earlier versions of the ATA standard and uses signals with cable signal transitions no faster than those presently seen by current ATA devices. The error detection feature indicates when a data block is erroneously transferred between the device and host; the error correction feature identifies the words transmitted in error and corrects those words on the receiving side of the interface. So that ATA backward compatibility is maintained, the data integrity checking feature does not require additional words in a data transfer, and the data correction feature does not require new data transfer protocols or additional data transfer overhead.
Also disclosed are interface circuitry and a new ATA-compatible transfer mode capable of transferring data at 40 MB/sec, the rate supported by local bus adapters for disk drives. Given the physical limits of the ATA cables and connectors, the error correction and detection features are especially useful for correcting data words corrupted during high-speed transmission; however, error correction and detection can also operate independently of the fast transfer mode. Consistent with full backward compatibility, a hard drive configured with the new, fast, error correcting interface is transparently functional when plugged into a current ATA adapter provided by a legacy computer system.
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Atsatt Sean R.
Masiewicz John C.
Miller Jeffrey Alan
Baker Stephen M.
Seagate Technology Inc.
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