DocumentCode
860616
Title
A theoretical comparison of detection techniques on R-DAT
Author
Wood, Roger
Author_Institution
IBM Corp., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Volume
26
Issue
5
fYear
1990
fDate
9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2157
Lastpage
2159
Abstract
Two alternative detection techniques are simulated on a model of a R-DAT recording channel. The R-DAT model includes electronic and head noise, media noise, adjacent track interference, and overwrite interference. By using this model, the two alternative detection techniques (Class IV partial response and a compromise DC Viterbi detector) are compared with reference flat equalization. Both techniques show some advantage in signal-to-noise ratio margin
Keywords
digital audio tape; signal detection; Class IV partial response; R-DAT recording channel; adjacent track interference; compromise DC Viterbi detector; detection techniques; electronic noise; head noise; media noise; model; overwrite interference; reference flat equalization; signal-to-noise ratio margin; Azimuth; Detectors; Gaussian noise; Interference; Magnetic heads; Magnetic noise; Magnetic recording; Manufacturing; Signal to noise ratio; Viterbi algorithm;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9464
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/20.104653
Filename
104653
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