发明名称 |
Offset compensation in local-probe data storage devices |
摘要 |
Methods and apparatus for compensating offsets in a read signal generated by a sensor associated with a probe of a local-probe data storage device during read-scanning by the probe of bit-positions on a storage surface. An apparatus comprises a generator for generating an offset compensation signal, and a subtraction stage for producing an output signal dependent on the difference between the offset compensation signal and the sensor read signal at each bit-position. In some embodiments, an offset signal generator generates an offset compensation signal dependent upon a predetermined measurement of the sensor read signal. In another aspect the offset signal generator low-pass filters the sensor read signal during read scanning to generate the offset compensation signal. Particular embodiments also include a secondary offset compensation stage for applying additional offset compensation techniques to the output signal from the subtraction stage.
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申请公布号 |
US7173547(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2007.02.06 |
申请号 |
US20050083405 |
申请日期 |
2005.03.18 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES INCORPORATED |
发明人 |
BAECHTOLD PETER;CHERUBINI GIOVANNI;ELEFTHERIOUS EVANGELOS S.;LOELIGER THEODOR W. |
分类号 |
H03M1/12;G11C5/00;G11C29/48 |
主分类号 |
H03M1/12 |
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