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US 6,288,857 B1Granted
Digital signal recording apparatus, and related method
AssigneeVictor Company of Japan, Ltd.
InventorsSeiji Higurashi, Yoichi Zenno, Takeo Ohishi
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AssigneeVictor Company of Japan, Ltd.
InventorsSeiji Higurashi, Yoichi Zenno, Takeo Ohishi
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A digital signal recording apparatus includes an amble generator for generating an amble signal representing a bit-sequence amble pattern. The bit-sequence amble patter can be detected and reproduced by a partial-response detection system “PR(1, 0, −1)” as a detected amble pattern having a period of state inversions which is shorter than a period of state inversions in a detected amble pattern corresponding to a recorded amble pattern of alternation of “1” and “0”. The amble signal generated by the amble generator and a first digital information signal are combined into a second digital information signal on a time sharing basis. The second digital information signal is recorded on a magnetic recording medium. For example, the bit-sequence amble pattern represented by the amble signal has repetition of six bits of “111000”.
A recording medium having an amble area and a main data area, the amble area storing an amble signal representing a repetitive amble pattern, and the main data area storing main data, wherein the amble pattern can be detected and reproduced by a partial-response detection system “PR(1)” and also a partial-response detection system “PR(1, 0, −1)”, and wherein the reproduced amble pattern which occurs during reproduction by the partial-response detection system “PR(1, 0, −1)” has a period of signal state inversions shorter than a period of signal state inversions in the reproduced amble pattern occurring during reproduction by the partial-response detection system “PR(1)”.
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