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23 October 1998 Channel simulation and development of signal processing techniques for a scanner-based optical storage system
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Proceedings Volume 3401, Optical Data Storage '98; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.327920
Event: Optical Data Storage '98, 1998, Aspen, CO, United States
Abstract
A scanner-based storage system employs a head mounted on a scanner which oscillates over the moving media. The head moves in an approximately sinusoidal path relative to the media at a high frequency, time-multiplexing the read/write signals of several tracks. The resulting multi-channel readback can yield higher data rates over a conventional system with a head that moves linearly relative to the media. Scanner-based storage systems are not commercially available at present. We are envisioning a system that uses an opto-electronic scanner, developed at CMU, in which the deflection of a laser beam is controlled by an input voltage. Since no mechanical motion is involved, this scanner has a high bandwidth which makes it well suited to our application.
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Usha Pillai and Bhagavatula Vijaya Kumar "Channel simulation and development of signal processing techniques for a scanner-based optical storage system", Proc. SPIE 3401, Optical Data Storage '98, (23 October 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.327920
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KEYWORDS
Scanners

Signal processing

Head

Clocks

Sensors

Reflectivity

Signal detection

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