A NEW TYPE (1,7) RLL Code OVER THE 5Gb/in2 areal density

The areal density of magnetic disk is expected to grow to over 20Gb/in
²
by the end-1990s. In the INTERMAG'96, the authors demonstrated high areal density of 5Gbit/in
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with PR4ML channel. The thermal instability can not be neglected at higher areal density than 5Gb/in
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. It indicates the necessity to use the code which expand bit length such as (1,7) RLL code. We consider the best combination of (1,7) RLL code and a partial response channel. The partial response system of the polynomial (1+D)(1-D
²
) called modified E
²
PR4(MEEPR4) exhibits the best performance. We performed this partial response simulation model with white noise and media - noise and examined the architectural consideration in the design of the experimental prototype.