Inventor
BLISS WILLIAM G
US58 patents
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CIRRUS LOGIC INC
41 patentsUS6009549ADec 28, 1999
Disk storage system employing error detection and correction of channel coded data, interpolated timing recovery, and retroactive/split-segment symbol synchronization
CIRRUS LOGIC INC249 citations99
US5802118ASep 1, 1998
Sub-sampled discrete time read channel for computer storage systems
CIRRUS LOGIC INC188 citations99
US5585975ADec 17, 1996
Equalization for sample value estimation and sequence detection in a sampled amplitude read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC227 citations99
US6646822B1Nov 11, 2003
Sampled amplitude read channel employing pipelined reads to reduce the gap between sectors
CIRRUS LOGIC INC99 citations98
US6216249B1Apr 10, 2001
Simplified branch metric for reducing the cost of a trellis sequence detector in a sampled amplitude read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC154 citations98
US6023386AFeb 8, 2000
Fault tolerant sync mark detector for synchronizing a time varying sequence detector in a sampled amplitude read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC99 citations98
US5796535AAug 18, 1998
Sampled amplitude read channel employing a user data frequency synthesizer and a servo data frequency synthesizer
CIRRUS LOGIC INC137 citations98
US6208481B1Mar 27, 2001
Gain and phase constrained adaptive equalizing filter in a sampled amplitude read channel for magnetic recording
CIRRUS LOGIC INC101 citations97
US6141169AOct 31, 2000
System and method for control of low frequency input levels to an amplifier and compensation of input offsets of the amplifier
CIRRUS LOGIC INC108 citations97
US5999355ADec 7, 1999
Gain and phase constrained adaptive equalizing filter in a sampled amplitude read channel for magnetic recording
CIRRUS LOGIC INC101 citations97
US6819514B1Nov 16, 2004
Adaptive equalization and interpolated timing recovery in a sampled amplitude read channel for magnetic recording
CIRRUS LOGIC INC55 citations96
US6246723B1Jun 12, 2001
Sampled amplitude read channel employing early-decisions from a trellis sequence detector for sampling value estimation
CIRRUS LOGIC INC70 citations96
US6052248AApr 18, 2000
Parity channel code for enhancing the operation of a remod/demod sequence detector in a d=1 sampled amplitude read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC79 citations96
US6032284AFeb 29, 2000
Trellis coding system for disc storage systems
CIRRUS LOGIC INC74 citations96
US5966415AOct 12, 1999
Adaptive equalization in a sub-sampled read channel for a disk storage system
CIRRUS LOGIC INC79 citations96
US5966258AOct 12, 1999
Asynchronous/synchronous digital gain control loop in a sampled amplitude read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC65 citations96
US5754352AMay 19, 1998
Synchronous read channel employing an expected sample value generator for acquiring a preamble
CIRRUS LOGIC INC72 citations96
US5726818AMar 10, 1998
Magnetic disk sampled amplitude read channel employing interpolated timing recovery for synchronous detection of embedded servo data
CIRRUS LOGIC INC76 citations96
US5648738AJul 15, 1997
Read channel having auto-zeroing and offset compensation, and power-down between servo fields
CIRRUS LOGIC INC61 citations96
US5563746AOct 8, 1996
Real time media defect scanning in a sampled amplitude read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC85 citations96
US6449110B1Sep 10, 2002
Optimizing operation of a disk storage system by increasing the gain of a non-linear transducer and correcting the non-linear distortions using a non-linear correction circuit
CIRRUS LOGIC INC117 citations95
US6185173B1Feb 6, 2001
Sampled amplitude read channel employing a trellis sequence detector matched to a channel code constraint and a post processor for correcting errors in the detected binary sequence using the signal samples and an error syndrome
CIRRUS LOGIC INC54 citations95
US6111710AAug 29, 2000
Asynchronous/synchronous gain control for interpolated timing recovery in a sampled amplitude read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC84 citations95
US6108151AAug 22, 2000
Sampled amplitude read channel for reading user data and embedded servo data from a magnetic medium
CIRRUS LOGIC INC34 citations95
US5961658AOct 5, 1999
PR4 equalization and an EPR4 remod/demod sequence detector in a sampled amplitude read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC74 citations95
US5771127AJun 23, 1998
Sampled amplitude read channel employing interpolated timing recovery and a remod/demod sequence detector
CIRRUS LOGIC INC66 citations95
US5668678ASep 16, 1997
Detecting servo data and servo bursts from discrete time samples of an analog read signal in a sampled amplitude read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC48 citations94
US6115198ASep 5, 2000
PR4 sampled amplitude read channel for detecting user data and embedded servo data
CIRRUS LOGIC INC43 citations93
US5854714ADec 29, 1998
Digital servo demodulation for sampled amplitude magnetic recording
CIRRUS LOGIC INC26 citations93
US5642243AJun 24, 1997
Timing recovery frequency error detector for sampled amplitude magnetic recording
CIRRUS LOGIC INC21 citations93
US6038091AMar 14, 2000
Magnetic disk drive read channel with digital thermal asperity detector
CIRRUS LOGIC INC38 citations92
US5987634ANov 16, 1999
Channel quality circuit in a sampled amplitude read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC30 citations92
US5926490AJul 20, 1999
Sampled amplitude read channel employing a remod/demod sequence detector guided by an error syndrome
CIRRUS LOGIC INC42 citations92
US5903857AMay 11, 1999
Method and apparatus for calibrating an analog filter in a sampled amplitude read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC34 citations92
US5812336ASep 22, 1998
Fixed sample rate sampled amplitude read channel for zoned magnetic recording
CIRRUS LOGIC INC51 citations92
US5623377AApr 22, 1997
Filtering a read signal to attenuate secondary pulses caused by pole tips of a thin film magnetic read head
CIRRUS LOGIC INC40 citations92
US6157604ADec 5, 2000
Sampled amplitude read channel employing a baud rate estimator for digital timing recovery in an optical disk storage device
CIRRUS LOGIC INC28 citations91
US6144513ANov 7, 2000
Detecting servo data and servo bursts from discrete time samples of an analog read signal in a sampled amplitude read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC31 citations91
US6396788B1May 28, 2002
Re-timing and up-sampling a sub-sampled user data signal from in an optical disk
CIRRUS LOGIC INC21 citations86
US6396254B1May 28, 2002
Read channel
CIRRUS LOGIC INC22 citations84
US6507546B1Jan 14, 2003
2,2,1 Asymmetric partial response target in a sampled amplitude read channel for disk storage systems
CIRRUS LOGIC INC14 citations82
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
6 patentsUS6731443B2May 4, 2004
Total error multiplier for optimizing read/write channel
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG15 citations84
US6661590B2Dec 9, 2003
Efficient analog front end for a read/write channel of a hard disk drive running from a highly regulated power supply
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG18 citations82
US6753797B2Jun 22, 2004
Multiproperty 16/17 trellis code
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG8 citations74
US6774825B2Aug 10, 2004
Modulation coding based on an ECC interleave structure
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG9 citations73
US6771442B2Aug 3, 2004
Off-track interference emulator
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG12 citations73
US6788482B2Sep 7, 2004
Method and apparatus for Viterbi detector state metric re-normalization
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG7 citations71
ST MICROELECTRONICS INC
2 patentsMARVELL INT LTD
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