Method and apparatus for decoding sync marks in a disk

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – General processing of a digital signal – Data in specific format

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C360S051000

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ABSTRACT:
In a disk drive that performs perpendicular magnetic recording, the read/write channel has a sync mark generator. The sync mark generator generates a second sync mark before the read/write channel operates to write data on a disk. The second sync mark has a bit pattern including a series of bits representing positive polarity and a series of bits representing negative polarity. The series of bits, which is longer than the other, has a bit length that is at least 50% but less than 85% of the total bit length of the second sync mark.

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