Hamilton DeSanctis & Cha
Systems and methods for multilevel media defect detection
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for deriving data from a defective media region. As an example, a method for deriving data from a defective media region is disclosed that includes providing a storage medium and performing a media defect detection that indicates a defective region on the storage medium. A first data decode is performed on data corresponding to the defective region. The first data decode yields a first output. It is determined that the first output failed to converge and based at least in part on the failure of the first output to converge, a second data decode is performed on the data corresponding to the defective region. The second data decode includes zeroing out any soft data corresponding to the defective region and providing a second output.
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Yuan Xing Weijun Shaohua
Lee Tan Yang