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Okamoto Yoshihiro
 
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Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Engineering) Major of Science and Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Professor
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Professor
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Degree

  • 博士(工学) ( 1993.10   大阪大学 )

Research Interests

  • テープ記録装置

  • 信号処理

  • optical disk drive

  • tape recording drive

  • signal processing

  • 高密度記録

  • High density recording

  • hard disk drive(HDD)

  • ハードディスク装置(HDD)

  • 光ディスク装置

Research Areas

  • Manufacturing Technology (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chemical Engineering) / Communication and network engineering

Education

  • Ehime University

    - 1985

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    Country: Japan

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  • Ehime University   Graduate School, Division of Engineering

    - 1985

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  • Ehime University   Faculty of Engineering

    - 1983

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  • Ehime University   Faculty of Engineering

    - 1983

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    Country: Japan

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Professional Memberships

  • 映像情報メディア学会

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  • 日本磁気学会

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  • (米国電気電子学会)The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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  • 情報理論とその応用学会

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  • 電子情報通信学会

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Committee Memberships

  • IEEE Kansai/Shikoku Joint Sections Magnetics Society Chapter   Vice Chair  

    2023.1 - 2024.12   

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  • 電子情報通信学会   査読委員  

    2019.6 - 2021.6   

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  • 電子情報通信学会   磁気記録・情報ストレージ研究専門委員会顧問  

    2018.6 - 2024   

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  • IEEE Kansai/Shikoku Joint Sections Magnetics Society Chapter   Vice Chair  

    2017.1 - 2018.12   

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  • 電子情報通信学会   四国支部長  

    2017   

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Qualification acquired

  • 高等学校教諭一種免許状(工業)

Papers

  • A study on usefulness of neural network equalizer to reduce impact of amplitude fluctuations in magnetic tape Reviewed

    Madoka Nishikawa, Yasuaki Nakamura, Yoshihiro Okamoto

    Japanese Journal of Applied Physics   63 ( 10 )   10SP09 - 10SP09   2024.10

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    As digital data grows explosively year after year, magnetic tape devices, with their high reliability and long-term storage capacity, are widely used for backup and archiving. Magnetic tape devices with larger capacity are required, and it is necessary to improve track density. We have previously constructed a simulator that considers inter-track interference due to narrower tracks in barium ferrite (BaFe) magnetic tape drives and evaluated its performance. In this study, we develop a simulator which more accurately models the experimental data, considering amplitude fluctuations caused by the problem of poor tape running, and discuss the usefulness of a neural network equalizer to reduce the effects of amplitude fluctuations. As a result, we show that applying the neural network equalizer is useful in reducing the impact of amplitude fluctuations caused by the problem of poor tape running.

    DOI: 10.35848/1347-4065/ad8099

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  • A study on HAMR read/write channel models for double layer magnetic recording Reviewed

    Yasuaki Nakamura, Madoka Nishikawa, Simon J. Greaves, Yasushi Kanai, Yoshihiro Okamoto

    Japanese Journal of Applied Physics   63 ( 8 )   08SP11 - 08SP11   2024.8

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    Three-dimensional (3D) magnetic recording with multiple recording layers has garnered considerable attention as a next-generation magnetic recording method that uses dual conventional recording layers and a magnetoresistive (MR) head for reading. In this work, to examine signal processing methods for the 3D magnetic read/write (R/W) channel using heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR), we have constructed a HAMR R/W channel using a granular media model. Our 3D HAMR R/W channel model, specialized for signal processing development, can account for the Curie temperatures of the recording layers and the temperature distribution of the heat source.

    DOI: 10.35848/1347-4065/ad6b9f

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  • A study on acceleration of SP decoder using reliability of recording sequence by neural network based on parity check result in SMR system Reviewed

    Madoka Nishikawa, Yasuaki Nakamura, Yasushi Kanai, Yoshihiro Okamoto

    AIP Advances   14 ( 2 )   2024.2

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    We study signal processing methods to realize ultra-high-density hard disk drives (HDDs). Among them, we have applied the neural network to improve decoding performance in low-density parity-check (LDPC) coding and iterative decoding in the shingled magnetic recording (SMR) system. In this study, we realize acceleration of the sum-product (SP) decoding by updating the decoding reliability of the SP decoding using the reliability of the recording sequence calculated by the neural network based on the parity check results. As a result, the proposed system achieved error-free with the fewest number of iterations in the SP decoder compared to our previous studies.

    DOI: 10.1063/9.0000710

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  • Improvement of SP Decoding Considering the Influence of Recording Patterns by Neural Network in SMR Reviewed

    Madoka Nishikawa, Yasuaki Nakamura, Yasushi Kanai, Yoshihiro Okamoto

    IEEE Transactions on Magnetics   1 - 1   2024

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    DOI: 10.1109/tmag.2024.3402814

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  • Performance Evaluation of Burst Error Correction by LDPC Coding and Iterative Decoding System in Magnetic Tape Drive Reviewed

    Yasuaki Nakamura, Taisei Akamatsu, Madoka Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Okamoto

    IEEE Transactions on Magnetics   59 ( 3 )   1 - 5   2023.3

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    DOI: 10.1109/tmag.2022.3201898

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Books

  • 磁気便覧

    岡本 好弘( Role: Contributor5.1.6項)

    丸善出版  2016.1 

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  • 映像情報メディア工学総合大辞典

    岡本 好弘( Role: Contributor第3部門 第2章)

    オーム社  2010.6 

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  • Advanced Technologies of Perpendicular Magnetic Recording

    2007 

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  • 垂直磁気記録の最新技術

    シーエムシー出版  2007 

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MISC

  • SP復号器の性能改善のためのGAの適用に関する一検討

    西川まどか, 仲村泰明, 金井 靖, 岡本好弘

    電子情報通信学会大会講演論文集(CD-ROM) 2024   2024.9

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  • レーストラックメモリにおける1ビットの情報を挟む連続した磁壁の移動に関する一検討

    渡 勇斗, 仲村泰明, 西川まどか, 岡本好弘

    電子情報通信学会大会講演論文集(CD-ROM) 2024   2024.9

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  • HAMRを用いた二層磁気記録におけるキュリー点差の一検討

    渡部智也, 仲村泰明, 西川まどか, サイモン グリーブス, 金井 靖

    電子情報通信学会大会講演論文集(CD-ROM) 2024   2024.9

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  • 二層磁気記録における信号処理方式の一検討

    仲村泰明, 西川まどか, 岡本好弘

    第48回日本磁気学会学術講演会概要集   2024.9

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  • Improvement of SP Decoding Considering the Influence of Recording Patterns by Neural Network in SMR

    Madoka Nishikawa, Yasuaki Nakamura, Yasushi Kanai, Yoshihiro Okamoto

    INTERMAG 2024 Digest Book   2024.5

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    DOI: 10.17023/tjef-tv44

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Presentations

  • Construction and Performance Evaluation of 8/9 GMTR Code

    Okamoto Yoshihiro, Sato Mitsuteru, Saito Hidetoshi, Osawa Hisashi

    IEICE technical report. Magnetic recording  1999.12 

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    8/9 GMTR code is constructed and its bit error rate (BER) performance is evaluated. We assumed three types of read/write channels using a longitudinal medium, a single layered perpendicular medium and a double layered perpendicular medium. BER performance is obtained by computer simulation, and compared with those of 16/17 (0,6/6) code and 16/17 MTR code. The results show that the proposed 8/9 GMTR coded E^3PR4ML system exhibits the excillent performance in all channels assumed here.

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  • BER performance of PRML systems for perpendicular recording using single layered medium

    Y. Okamoto, M. Akamatsu, T. Kanaoka, H. Saito, H. Osawa

    The IEEE Magnetics SocietyIEEE Transactions on Magnetics  2000.1 

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    The bit error rate (BER) performance of 16/17 (0, 6/6) coded PRML systems for a single layered perpendicular medium was studied by the read/write experiments using a spinstand system. Among the PRML systems considered, E3PR4ML exhibited the best performance. This system achieved the BER of 2×10-5 at high linear density such as 450kBPI.

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  • Study on PRML systems for perpendicular recording using double layered medium

    Y. Okamoto, H. Sumiyoshi, M. Akamatsu, H. Osawa, H. Saito, H. Muraoka, Y. Nakamura

    Digests of the Intermag Conference  2000.1 

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    Computer simulation was performed to compare the performance of various partial response maximum likelihood (PRML) systems in perpendicular magnetic recording using a double-layered medium. It was observed that over the density of 3≤K≤4, the PRML systems with the only positive coefficients exhibit good performance in the read/write channel containing jitter-like noise.

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  • SNR Improvement of PRML Channel with Jitter-like Media Noise

    Osawa H, Inoshita H, Okamoto Y, Saito H

    Proceedings of the IEICE General Conference  2000.3 

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  • Constructin Method and Performance Evaluation of High Rate(0, G/I)Code

    Saito Hidetoshi, Iga Toshihiko, Okamoto Yoshihiro, Osawa Hisashi

    IEICE technical report. Magnetic recording  2000.6 

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    Construction method and performance evaluation of high rate(0, G/I)codes are studied. First, construction method of a 32/33(0, 10/10)code is described and an extended 64/65(0, 20)code is designed by using this 32/33(0, 10/10)code. Then, the bit error rate(BER)performance of these coded EPR4ML, E^2PR4ML and ME^2PR4ML systems and the required SNR to achive a BER of 10^<-4> are obtained by computer simulation and compared to those for the conventional 16/17(0, 6/6)code. The results show that both of the 32/33(0, 10/10)code and 64/65(0, 20)code provide the better performance than the 16/17(0, 6/6)code.

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Works

  • Research on next generation peta byte information storage

    2008

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  • 次世代ペタバイト情報ストレージシステムの研究

    2008

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  • 超大容量垂直スピニックストレージシステムの研究

    1997 - 2007

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  • 近未来対応の超高密度ディジタル磁気記録システム開発に関する研究

    1996 - 1998

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Awards

  • 日本応用磁気学会 優秀講演賞

    2001  

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    Country:Japan

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  • 映像情報メディア学会 藤尾フロンティア賞

    2000  

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Research Projects

  • Signal processing for array haed reading in super high density HDD

    2014.4 - 2017.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

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    Grant amount:\5070000 ( Direct Cost: \3900000 、 Indirect Cost:\1170000 )

    The spreading of reader sensitivity for narrow-track recording is a degrading factor with the jitter-like medium noise due to the fluctuation of magnetic transitions in super high density HDD by shingled magnetic recording. The influence from the adjacent tracks in read and write processes is clarified by computer simulation using granular media. Array head reading and two-dimensional equalization enable a smaller bit-aspect ratio with narrower track pitch and longer bit-length to be choose, and achieve good performance.

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  • Signal processing for crosstalk in narrow track HDD

    2011 - 2013

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    OKAMOTO Yoshihiro, NAKAMURA Yasuaki

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    Grant amount:\5200000 ( Direct Cost: \4000000 、 Indirect Cost:\1200000 )

    Shingled magnetic recording is being applied to achieve narrow-track recording in HDD. In the system, Intertrack interference arises due to overwriting the following track on the leading track at recording as well as cross-talk due to the sensitivity of reader extending into the adjacent tracks. To observe the phenomena, we made a R/W simulator which records data sequence on a granular media made in computer by write head and obtain the waveform from the media by read head. Signal and noise components are visualized for magnetic grains, and the influence to signal processing is clarified. In addition the performance of signal processing systems such as two-dimensional neuro-canceller and iterative decoding using non-binary low-density parity-check code is clarified.

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  • A Study on Development of Signal Processing Systems for Ultrahigh-Density Perpendicular Magnetic Recording

    2009 - 2011

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    OSAWA Hisashi, OKAMOTO Yoshihiro, NAKAMURA Yasuaki

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    Grant amount:\17680000 ( Direct Cost: \13600000 、 Indirect Cost:\4080000 )

    As a signal processing system for the next-generation hard disk drive in which ultra-high density recording of more than 2Tb/in^2(2 trillion bits per square inch) is required, the two-dimensional signal processing system is studied. A two-dimensional neural network equalizer as the two-dimensional signal processing system for ultra-high density magnetic recording is developed. It is shown that the equalizer can attain 4Tb/in^2 which the conventional one-dimensional linear equalizer cannot achieve.

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  • Research on Ultrahigh-Density Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Using Adaptive PRML Systems

    2005 - 2006

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

    OSAWA Hisashi, OKAMOTO Yoshihiro, NAKAMURA Yasuaki

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    A thermal decay model based on the experimental data for three CoPtCr-SiO_2 perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) media with thermal stability factors K_uV/kT of 94, 60 and 45 is obtained. The long-term BER performance of PRML, GPRML and GPRML-AR systems for the 128/130(0,16/8) RLL code is evaluated by computer simulation using the thermal decay model at a linear recording density of 1000 kBPI, which is difficult to evaluate experimentally.
    It is clarified that, in all PRML systems at t_E = 10^8 seconds, there is no degradation in BER performance for the medium of K_uV/kT =94, while an order of magnitude or so degradation in BERs is found for the medium of K_uV/kT =60 and three orders of magnitude or so degradation in BERs can be seen for the medium of K_uV/kT =45. Nevertheless, GPR1ML system provides the SNR improvements of 0.4, 0.4 and 4.9 dB at BER=10^<-4> over PR1ML system for the media of K_uV/k_T =94, 60 and 45, respectively, and GPR1ML-AR system offers the improvements of 1.5, 1.8 and 6.6 dB at t_E=10^6 is seconds.
    When a neural network is employed as a equalizer and the network is simplified and optimized by using a hybrid genetic algorithm which is the combination of a back propagation algorithm and a genetic algorithm, the performance degradation of PRML system is not found for K_uV/kT =60 and till t_E = 10^5. Therefore, this shows that the combination of neural network equalization and PRML system has the good adaptability for the thermal decay. Hereafter, the adaptive GPRML and PRML-AR systems using a neural network equalizer will be studied.

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  • PRML system for ultra high density hard disk drive using patterned media

    2005 - 2006

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

    OKAMOTO Yoshihiro, OSAWA Hisashi, NAKAMURA Yasuaki

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    Both PRML system and iterative decoding system are studied as signal processing system to implement ultra high density hard disk drive.
    1. Performance evaluation of PRML systems by computer simulation
    Three kinds of GPRML systems are studied using bit error rate performance and error patterns obtained by computer simulation. The GPRML systems are constructed from PR1, dicode, and FR channels as first equalization target. The results show that GPR-FRML channel shows better performance compared with other PRML systems, and single-bit error is dominant as decision error.
    2. A study of island alignment to reproduce on multi-tracks
    Bit-pattern alignment is studied for a two-track lump reproducing system. It is clarified that the reproducing system is realized with a few performance degradation compared with the performance of one track system, if each island is shifted by half bit interval on each track.
    3. Application of LDPC coding and iterative decoding
    Iterative decoding system is studied between APP decoder and Sum-product decoder for a perpendicular magnetic recording system with LDPC code. The results show that the iterative decoding system shows better performance and the decoding performance is improved by increasing the decoding reliability slowly using weight control.

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