Increasing storage areal density using predictive data locations

Magnetic disk controlling device capable of tracking different servo pattern frequencies

Groups of phase invariant codewords

Method and apparatus for determining read-head deviation using orthogonal preambles

Storage device and controller

Method and apparatus for determining read-head deviation using orthogonal preambles

Systems and methods for decoding using run-length limited (RLL) codes

Groups of phase invariant codewords

Method and apparatus for determining read-head deviation using orthogonal preambles

Method and apparatus for determining read-head deviation using orthogonal preambles

Run-length limited (RLL) codes

Read channel sampling utilizing two quantization modules for increased sample bit width

Information reproduction device and information reproduction method

Channel bitword processor, PRML decoder, and optical information recording/reproducing device

Timing error detector with diversity loop detector decision feedback

High-rate reverse-order run-length-limited code

Systems and methods for controlled wedge spacing in a storage device

Systems and methods for sample averaging in data processing

OPTICAL INFORMATION MEDIUM, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD

INFORMATION REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD

Systems and methods for diversity combined data detection

Systems and methods for sync mark detection metric computation

Systems and methods for variable thresholding in a pattern detector

Recording medium, recording method, reproduction method, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus

SYSTEM FOR RECORDING DATA IN AN OPTICAL DISC

Methods and apparatus for synchronization mark detection based on a position of an extreme distance metric

Optical disk, an optical disk barcode forming method, an optical disk reproduction apparatus, a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, and a method of manufacturing an optical disk

Determination of timing based servo pattern type

Systems and methods for data recovery using enhanced sync mark location

High-speed multi-layer optical disc recording

Disc-shaped recording medium, cutting apparatus for same, and disc drive

FOCUS POSITION CONTROL APPARATUS, OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND FOCUS POSITION CONTROL METHOD

High-rate reverse-order run-length-limited code

Apparatus and methods of generating a test pattern of data, analysing a test pattern of data, and testing a data storage disk medium and/or a read/write head

SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCING DEVICE

Systems and methods for two tier sampling correction in a data processing circuit

Systems and methods for format efficient timing recovery in a read channel

Circuit and method for detecting the phase of a servo signal

Write splice for optical recording channels

Reproduced signal evaluating method, information recording medium, reproducing device, and recording device

PLL control device and reproduction apparatus with linking portion control

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA DETECTION

REPRODUCTION SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE

Servo patterns for patterned media

Disk device and disk drive controlling method

Viterbi detector and information reproducing apparatus

Method and apparatus for detecting burst cutting area on optical disc

Methods and apparatus for detecting a syncMark in a hard disk drive

ROBUST POSITION DETECTION FOR INCREMENTAL RECORDING

Optical disc, optical disc recording method and apparatus, and optical disc reproducing method and apparatus

Optical disk apparatus

Error correction mapping

INFORMATION REPRODUCTION APPARTUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS

Information readout apparatus and information reproducing method

Optical disk

SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE

OPTICAL DISC DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVIATION AMOUNT TRANSFER METHOD

Buffering control method, and buffering control device

Signal processing device, signal processing method, and signal level display device

High-density information storage apparatus

Methods and systems for delay compensation in global PLL-based timing recovery loops

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD, INFORMATION REPRODUCING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

Phase comparator and reproduction signal processor using the same

TRANSITION SHIFT TIMING FOR OPTICAL SIGNAL

Apparatus and method for demodulating input signal modulated from reference signal and data signal

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING OPTICAL INFORMATION, AND OPTICAL DISK

Demodulation of a Sampling Signal From a Storage Medium

Increased format efficiency using disk synchronized write

Digital signal reproducing apparatus

Optical disk medium and method and apparatus for reading information

METHOD OF RESTORING DATA

Magnetic storage control apparatus, magnetic storage control method, and magnetic storage apparatus

Phase synchronization circuit

DATA REPRODUCING DEVICE AND DATA REPRODUCING METHOD

REPRODUCTION UNIT AND REPRODUCTION METHOD IN REPRODUCTION UNIT

Optical disk, an optical disk barcode forming method, an optical disk reproduction apparatus, a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, and a method of manufacturing an optical disk

Disc-shaped recording medium, cutting apparatus for same, and disc drive

Optical disc recording and reproducing apparatus

Offset compensator and optical disc drive using the same

Bit patterned magnetic media data format

Recording control apparatus, recording and reproduction apparatus, and recording control method

Decode device, reproduction apparatus, and method for decoding

Common state-space multi-channel digital sample timing phase control of multiple read channels for correlated signals

Information recording medium in which one land pre-pit is formed in each group unit of wobbles formed by each “N” cycles of wobbles

Timing extractor, and information playback apparatus and DVD device using the timing extractor

Method of recording information on and reproducing information from optical disk and apparatus for the same

Recording medium including first and second areas, the second area including a written multiply block, and recording and reproducing methods and apparatus thereof

Device and method for connecting interrupted recording

Signal processing method of wobble signal, recording and reproducing method of optical disc, optical disc apparatus, program, and recording medium

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND DATA RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD

Systems and methods for improved synchronization between an asynchronously detected signal and a synchronous operation

PLL circuit, recording apparatus, and clock-signal generating method

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OPTICAL DISK STATE

Clock generation circuit, recording device and clock generation method

Method and apparatus for generating synchronous clock for write operation in a disk drive

Information Recording Apparatus, Information Recording Control Method, and Information Recording Control Program

Information recording system and an information recording method

Optical disk

Magnetic recording disk drive with patterned media and system for clocking write data

Digital recording apparatus and method, digital reproduction apparatus and method, and digital data conversion apparatus

Optical disk

System Clock Generation Circuit

Synchronous read channel

Optical disk

Single PLL demodulation of pre-formatted information embedded in optical recording medium

Optical disc system

RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING METHOD, REPRODUCTION METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS

Recording medium, recording method, reproduction method, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus

APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REPRODUCING WOBBLE SIGNAL

Clock Signal Generation Device, Semiconductor Integrated Circuit, and Data Reproduction Method

Low jitter phase rotator

Data-Dependent Noise Predictor in Data-Aided Timing Recovery

Recording medium, recording method, reproduction method, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus

Method of setting AC erase frequency and AC erase method based on data frequency

Optical disk

Recording medium, recording method, reproduction method, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus

METHOD OF RECORDING DATA TO AN INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM

Method of recording data to an information recording medium

Method of recording data to an information recording medium

METHOD OF RECORDING DATA TO AN INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM

Method of recording data to an information recording medium

Recording control apparatus, recording and reproduction apparatus, and recording control method

Delta-sigma PLL using fractional divider from a multiphase ring oscillator

INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM INCLUDING A TRACK PITCH IN A SYSTEM LEAD-IN AREA THAT IS LONGER THAN A TRACK PITCH IN A DATA LEAD-IN AREA

OPTICAL DISC AND ITS INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD AND APPARATUS

OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DISC RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION METHOD

Data storage device with data recovery process using fixed phase clocking for analog-to-digital conversion

Handling synchronization errors potentially experienced by a storage device

OPTICAL DISK MEDIUM AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR READING INFORMATION

DATA RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND RECORDING LEARNING METHOD

Method and apparatus for controlling sampling of signals produced in relation to stored data

Optical disc apparatus capable of precisely reading address information and method of controlling optical disc apparatus

Optical disc having uniform structure

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

Optical disc having uniform structure

Multi-layer optical disc, optical-disc drive apparatus, and method of making decision on currently-accessed recording layer in multi-layer optical disc

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

Optical Disc Device

Wobble signal reading method and optical disk appratus

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

Optical disc having uniform structure

Optical disc having uniform structure

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

Optical disc having uniform structure

Optical disc having uniform structure

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

OPTICAL DISC HAVING UNIFORM STRUCTURE

Servo patterns for patterned media

Optical disc drive apparatus

Clock extraction method for patterned medium and circuit thereof

Noise tolerant phase locked loop

Timing recovery for data storage channels with buffered sectors

Detector for detecting information carried by a signal having a sawtooth-like shape

Information reproducing apparatus and method

Reproduction Time Measuring Circuit and Digital Data Reproducing Apparatus

Optical disc recording and reproduction apparatus having automatic gate signal generation modes

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK APPARATUS, INSPECTION METHOD OF INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INSPECTION APPARATUS OF INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM

Optical disk recording method and optical disk recording apparatus

Methods and systems to provide a plurality of signals having respective different phases

Phase offset correction for timing recovery with use of ECC in a read channel for a disk drive

Signal generating apparatus and method, recording apparatus and method, reproducing apparatus and method, recording/reproducing apparatus and method, computer program, and recording medium

Information recording/reproducing apparatus, and information recording medium

Information recording/reproducing apparatus, and information recording medium

Information recording/reproducing apparatus, and information recording medium

Information recording/reproducing apparatus, and information recording medium

Read channel apparatus and method for an optical storage system

PLL circuit and recorded information playback apparatus

Playback apparatus and sync signal detecting method

Information reproduction apparatus

Information recording/reproducing apparatus, and information recording medium

Information recording/reproducing apparatus, and information recording medium

Information recording/reproducing apparatus, and information recording medium

Reproduction device and reproducing method

Sync signal insertion that breaks a maximum bit-run and has a particular detection distance between two or more sync patterns

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD

Recording medium, recording method, reproduction method, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS

PLL control circuit of optical disc apparatus, and recording medium having recorded thereon program for controlling the optical disc apparatus

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus

MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS

Write splice for optical recording channels

Method and apparatus for balanced shield shunts, leads and pads for electrical noise reduction in read heads

Optical writing device, optical reading device, recording medium writing method, and recording medium reading method

Timing recovery for data storage channels with buffered sectors

Using at least one servo channel to provide timing recovery and timing information to data channels

Circuit and method for testing embedded phase-locked loop circuit

Address mark detection with error threshold that varies with timing jitter

Information recording medium, information reading apparatus and information recording apparatus

Data formatting method for recording optical information using dummy data, and optical disk

Method of recording data to an information recording medium

Disk controller and methods for use therewith

DATA SEARCH SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING A DATA SYNC PATTERN STORED IN AN OPTICAL DISC BY A PHYSICAL ADDRESS

INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD

SYNCHRONICITY DETERMINING DEVICE, AND PHYSICAL ADDRESS DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD

Method and apparatus for detecting BCA on an optical disc

Phase-interpolator based PLL frequency synthesizer

Disc-shaped recording medium, cutting apparatus for same, and disc drive

Reproduction device and method, recording medium, and program

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

Method and apparatus for detecting saw-tooth wobble signal to reproduce information recorded on an optical disk

Disc-shaped recording medium, cutting apparatus for same, and disc drive

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

Phase error determination method and digital phase-locked loop system

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disc recording and reproduction apparatus having automatic gate signal generation modes

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

Phase error determination method and digital phase-locked loop system

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

OPTICAL DISK, OPTICAL DISK RECORDING METHOD AND OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS

Disk drive clock circuit that adjusts clock edge timing in response to servo information and methods thereof

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

OPTICAL DISK, OPTICAL DISK RECORDING METHOD AND OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

Optical disk, optical disk recording method and optical disk apparatus

High-density disk recording medium and apparatus and method of reproducing data recorded therein

Disk apparatus

Optical disk replay device

Recording medium, recording method, reproduction method, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus

System, method, computer program product for data reproduction with a frequency of a fixed clock signal higher than for variable clock signals

Recording medium, recording method, reproduction method, recording apparatus and reproduction apparatus

Information carrier and apparatus

Method and apparatus for decoding encoded data around a discontinued area on an optical storage medium

Method and apparatus for modulating and demodulating data into a variable length code and a providing medium for implementing the method

Apparatus and method for detecting wobble signal in disc drive using phase control

Error correction device of optical disk unit

Bit-detection arrangement and apparatus for reproducing information

Optical disc apparatus

Method and circuit for evaluating a wobble signal

Optical disc having small access units and address information modulation method therefor

Extending lock-in range of a PLL or DLL

Optical disk apparatus and method of evaluating optical disks

Reproducing apparatus having an improved PLL circuit and related computer program

Methods and systems to provide a plurality of signals having respective different phases

Optical disk medium and method and apparatus for reading information

Wobble demodulator and wobble demodulation method

Phase acquisition loop for a read channel and related read channel, system, and method

Apparatus and method for decoding data encoded in wobbeed pattern of a recording medium

Protective system and method for data write of an optical drive

Optical disc recording and reproduction apparatus

Information reproduction device and read clock monitoring method

Over-writing data in a recording system

Method and device for protecting a preamplifier in reading signals on a defect disc

Method and device for protecting a PLL in reading signals on a defect disc

Method and device for protecting a slicer in reading signals on a defect disc

Method and device for protecting a servo in reading signals on a defect disc

Timing recovery in a parallel channel communication system

Optical disk apparatus and PLL circuit

Recording clock generating apparatus for a data recording system