Title :
Skew-Tolerant Gray Codes
Author :
Wilson, Bruce ; Blaum, Mario
Author_Institution :
Hitachi Global Storage Technol., San Jose, CA
Abstract :
We consider a particular family of Gray codes having the property that codewords ci and ci+2 differ in a burst of length exactly two. These codes can be applied in the servo track-identification field to identify the correct track during seeks. We call these codes skew-tolerant Gray codes (STGC) and we present explicit constructions
Keywords :
Gray codes; matrix algebra; servo track-identification field; skew-tolerant Gray codes; Counting circuits; Decoding; Hamming distance; Length measurement; Mechanical sensors; Reflective binary codes; Reflectivity; Sensor arrays; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Servomechanisms;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0505-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0504-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2006.261809