A CMOS front-end architecture for hard-disk drive read-channel equalizer

• Published in: 2005 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) pp. 2184 - 2187 Vol. 3
• Main Authors: Ndjountche, T., Fa-Long Luo, Bobda, C.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2005
• Subjects: Circuit noise; Clocks; Computer architecture; Equalizers; Gain; Hard disks; Low pass filters; Power dissipation; Power system modeling; Semiconductor device modeling

The functional characteristics and design challenges associated with the different building blocks of a CMOS front-end architecture for hard disk drive read-channel equalizer are presented. These include the mixed-signal design of a variable gain amplifier, a continuous-time low-pass filter, data co...