• DocumentCode
    812971
  • 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
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    8/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    540
  • Lastpage
    547
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0098-3063
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/30.103171
  • Filename
    103171