Cost reduced interpolated timing recovery in a sampled amplitude read channel

摘要

A sampled amplitude read channel reads information stored on a magnetic medium by detecting digital data from a sequence of discrete time interpolated sample values, the interpolated sample values generated by interpolating a sequence of discrete time channel sample values generated by sampling pulses in an analog read signal from a magnetic read head positioned over the magnetic medium. A write VFO generates a write clock for writing digital data to the magnetic medium at a predetermined baud rate for a selected zone, and upon read back, the write VFO generates a sampling clock at a frequency slightly higher than the write frequency. A sampling device samples the analog read signal at the sampling clock rate to generate a sequence of discrete time channel samples that are not synchronized to the baud rate, and the channel samples are equalized by a discrete time equalizing filter according to a predetermined partial response (PR4, EPR4, EEPR4, etc.). An interpolating timing recovery circuit, responsive to the equalized channel samples, computes an interpolation interval &tgr; and, in response thereto, generates interpolated sample values substantially synchronized to the baud rate. The timing recovery circuit also generates a data clock for clocking a discrete time sequence detector which detects the digital data from the interpolated sample values. In a cost reduced implementation, the interpolation filter coefficients are computed in real time as a function of the interpolation interval &tgr;.