A mixed-signal SOC signal processor that incorporates all the drive electronics in a single-chip

Author

Bathaee, Mehdi ; Nicolae, Dragos ; Moustoufi, Zed ; Leonescu, Daniel ; Udrea, Radu M. ; Ghezel, Hamid ; Andrian-Albescu, Calin ; Minca, Ion ; Fratu, Octavian

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

501

Abstract

This paper presents an innovative solution of a mixed signal system on a chip that integrates all the electronic blocks of a hard disk drive in a single chip. This solution has been entirely designed, implemented and tested by LSI Design and Integration Corporation (LDIC), being the first integrated circuit of this complexity designated for the hard disk drive industry. The paper presents the block diagram and the key blocks parameters and features, as well as a number of conclusions regarding implementation and testing issues.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; controllers; disc drives; hard discs; integrated circuit design; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; system-on-chip; 0.25 micron; 3.3 V; BiCMOS mixed-signal SOC; HDD single chip; controller implementation/testing issues; single-chip hard disk drive signal processor/controller; system on a chip; Circuit testing; Cutoff frequency; Hard disks; Large scale integration; Low pass filters; Magnetic separation; Power supplies; Servomechanisms; Signal processing; Transfer functions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2002. 9th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7596-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2002.1046207

Filename

1046207