Converting Timing Errors Into Symbol Errors to Handle Write Mis-Synchronization in Bit-Patterned Media Recording Systems

摘要

A method includes: writing data to a bit-patterned media at times determined by a clock having a period that is offset from a bit island period by a fixed offset to create one insertion or one deletion approximately within a predetermined number of bit islands, reading the data, and correcting the read data using error correction. An apparatus that implements the method is also provided.