CMOS 260 Mbps read channel with EPRML performance

Thomas Conway, Philip Quinlan, Joe Spalding, Dave Hitchcox, Iuri Mehr, Declan Dalton, Kevin McCall

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Abstract

In this paper, the read channel architecture for a 260 Mbps read channel for magnetic recording applications is presented. The read channel uses a 7 pole 2 zero continuous time filter with a 6 bit flash ADC in the analog front end. The ADC samples are further equalized to the PR4 partial response target with a 5 tap fully asymmetric FIR including LMS adaption. Detection is performed with a PR4 Viterbi detector followed by a postprocessor based on a 16/17(0,6/6) modulation code achieving full EPR4 performance over a range of channel densities. The design is implemented in 0.35u DPTM CMOS and dissipates 1.3 W max at 260 Mbps.

Original languageEnglish
Pages152-155
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 1998
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1998 Symposium on VLSI Circuits - Honolulu, HI, USA
Duration: 11 Jun 199813 Jun 1998

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 1998 Symposium on VLSI Circuits
CityHonolulu, HI, USA
Period11/06/9813/06/98

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