Abstract:
This invention relates to a method of optimising a PRML (Partial Response Maximum Likelihood) receiving channel (2) for mass memory data receiving systems comprising an input receiving channel (2), a receiver (3) placed downstream of the channel (2), a detector (4) connected in cascade to the receiver (3), and a summing node (11) being input both the receiver output ( p(D) ) through a delay line (10), and the output from the detector (4) through an impulsive filter (12), which method is characterised by:
performing an indirect estimate of the noise strength p(D) by filtering out the error sequence ( e(D) ), i.e. the output signal from the summing node (11), through a filter (21); and selecting either the output from the summing node (11) or the output from the filter (21) to obtain an optimisation parameter (ACCout) for feedback to the receiving system.