Title :
A high density recording technology for digital VCRs
Author :
Kanota, Keiji ; Inoue, Hajime ; Uetake, Akihiro ; Kawaguchi, Moriyuki ; Chiba, Kazunobu ; Kubota, Yukio
Author_Institution :
Sony Corp., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
8/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
High-density recording using high-performance ME (metal evaporation) tape, a Viterbi decoder in the playback circuit, and a novel mechanism for tape transport is described. These developments have made it possible to realize an areal density of 1.35-μm2/bit (479 Mbpi2)
Keywords :
decoding; magnetic tapes; video recording; video tape recorders; Viterbi decoder; digital VCR; high density recording; metal evaporation tape; playback circuit; tape transport; Audio recording; Circuits; Decoding; Digital magnetic recording; Digital recording; History; Magnetic recording; Research and development; Video recording; Viterbi algorithm;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
