Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Robert Paltt Bell
  • Patent number: 6314480
    Abstract: An integrated HDD system provides, in a single integrated circuit, RDC, servo logic, ATA interface, microprocessor, and other formerly discrete components in one highly integrated system design. The integrated circuit is rendered using a single integrated circuit technology type (e.g. digital CMOS) for all components. Analog and digital circuits are combined in such a way as to eliminate or reduce noise or interference in digital circuits from analog circuit components. The invention takes advantage of existing circuit design modules provided in the integrated circuit as “hard block” components which are unchanged by integrated circuit design software. Changes in operability of the overall integrated circuit may be readily achieved by altering “soft block” components to customize or tailor the design for a particular hard drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Siamack Nemazie, Kaushik Popat, Balaji Virajpet, William R. Foland, Jr., Roger McPherson, Maoxin Wei, Vineet Dujari, Shiang-Jyh Chang