Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Automatic control of a recorder mechanism – Controlling the record
Patent
1988-03-31
1990-08-14
Wolff, John H.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Automatic control of a recorder mechanism
Controlling the record
G11B 5012
Patent
active
049492004
ABSTRACT:
Addresses corresponding to magnetic disk sectors are encoded using an error correction code (ECC), such that addresses which are in a neighborhood, that is, addresses which are mathematically or numerically close, are mapped to addresses which differ in at least D-1 bits where the ECC is a distance D code. An original n-bit sector address is separated into two segments. One segment is a "k"-bit neighborhood address segment containing the k lower order address bits identifying the location of the selected sector within a neighborhood. The second segment is an "n-k" bit higher order address segment identifying the neighborhood containing the selected sector. The k-bit neighborhood address segment is then encoded with an (n,k) distance D linear code to form an n-bit preliminary code word containing n-k redundancy (ECC) bits appended, as the most significant bits, to the k neighborhood address bits. The (n-k)-bit higher order address segment is encoded by representing the segment in Gray code. The (n-k)-bit Gray coded segment is added modulo 2 to the n-k redundancy (ECC) bits of the preliminary code word. The resulting n-bit address code word is recorded on the disk as the sector address. When a particular sector is to be accessed, the address is first encoded in the manner set forth above, and the read/write head is moved to the logical neighborhood containing the sector. The encoded address is then compared to the addresses written in the various sectors in the neighborhood. When a match within (D-2)/2 bits is found, the sector is identified as the correct sector.
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Digital Equipment Corporation
Wolff John H.
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