FDC37N869 View Datasheet(PDF) - SMSC -> Microchip
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FDC37N869
SMSC -> Microchip
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Perpendicular Mode
The Perpendicular Mode command should be issued prior to executing Read/Write/Format commands that
access a disk drive with perpendicular recording capability. With this command, the length of the Gap2 field and
VCO enable timing can be altered to accommodate the unique requirements of these drives.
Table 45 describes the affects of the WGATE and GAP bits for the Perpendicular Mode command. Upon a reset,
the FDC will default to the conventional mode (WGATE = 0, GAP = 0).
Selection of the 500 Kbps and 1 Mbps perpendicular modes is independent of the actual data rate selected in the
Data Rate Select Register. The user must ensure that these two data rates remain consistent.
The Gap2 and VCO timing requirements for perpendicular recording type drives are dictated by the design of the
read/write head. In the design of this head, a pre-erase head precedes the normal read/write head by a distance
of 200 micrometers. This works out to about 38 bytes at a 1 Mbps recording density. Whenever the write head is
enabled by the Write Gate signal, the pre-erase head is also activated at the same time. Thus, when the write head
is initially turned on, flux transitions recorded on the media for the first 38 bytes will not be preconditioned with the
pre-erase head since it has not yet been activated. To accommodate this head activation and deactivation time,
the Gap2 field is expanded to a length of 41 bytes. The format field shown on page 61 illustrates the change in
the Gap2 field size for the perpendicular format.
On the read back by the FDC, the controller must begin synchronization at the beginning of the sync field. For the
conventional mode, the internal PLL VCO is enabled (VCOEN) approximately 24 bytes from the start of the Gap2
field. But, when the controller operates in the 1 Mbps perpendicular mode (WGATE = 1, GAP = 1), VCOEN goes
active after 43 bytes to accommodate the increased Gap2 field size. For both cases, and approximate two-byte
cushion is maintained from the beginning of the sync field for the purposes of avoiding write splices in the
presence of motor speed variation.
For the Write Data case, the FDC activates Write Gate at the beginning of the sync field under the conventional
mode. The controller then writes a new sync field, data address mark, data field, and CRC as shown in Figure 4.
With the pre-erase head of the perpendicular drive, the write head must be activated in the Gap2 field to insure a
proper write of the new sync field. For the 1 Mbps perpendicular mode (WGATE = 1, GAP = 1), 38 bytes will be
written in the Gap2 space. Since the bit density is proportional to the data rate, 19 bytes will be written in the Gap2
field for the 500 Kbps perpendicular mode (WGATE = 1, GAP =0).
It should be noted that none of the alterations in Gap2 size, VCO timing, or Write Gate timing affect normal program
flow. The information provided here is just for background purposes and is not needed for normal operation.
Once the Perpendicular Mode command is invoked, FDC software behavior from the user standpoint is
unchanged.
The perpendicular mode command is enhanced to allow specific drives to be designated Perpendicular recording
drives. This enhancement allows data transfers between Conventional and Perpendicular drives without having to
issue Perpendicular mode commands between the accesses of the different drive types, nor having to change
write pre-compensation values.
When both GAP and WGATE bits of the PERPENDICULAR MODE COMMAND are both programmed to “0”
(Conventional mode), then D0, D1, D2, D3, and D4 can be programmed independently to “1” for that drive to be set
automatically to Perpendicular mode. In this mode the following set of conditions also apply:
1. The GAP2 written to a perpendicular drive during a write operation will depend upon the programmed data
rate.
2. The write pre-compensation given to a perpendicular mode drive will be 0ns.
3. For D0-D3 programmed to “0” for conventional mode drives any data written will be at the currently
programmed write pre-compensation.
Note: Bits D0-D3 can only be overwritten when OW is programmed as a “1”.
If either GAP or WGATE is a “1” then D0-D3 are ignored.
SMSC DS – FDC37N869
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Rev. 11/09/2000
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