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Publication
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Paper
DFE timing acquisition: Analysis and a new approach for fast acquisition
Abstract
The problem of timing acquisition in decision feed-back equalization (DFE) detectors for magnetic recording channels, in particular the multi-level DFE (MDFE), is considered. We first address the issue of the optimal choice of preamble pattern for timing acquisition and show that a 6T periodic pattern (T being the bit period) is optimum for medium to high user densities. Next, we show that the MDFE timing-error detector using the 6T-pattern is near optimum for acquisition. Finally, we propose a novel threshold-based fast acquisition scheme that can eliminate false lock and effectively prevent hang up problems.