The MC10E197 is an integrated data separator designed for use in high speed hard disk drive applications. With data rate capabilities of up to 50Mb/s the device is ideally suited for today's and future state-of-the-art hard disk designs. The E197 is typically driven by a pulse detector which reads the magnetic information from the storage disk and changes it into ECL pulses. The device is capable of operating on both 2:7 and 1:7 RLL coding schemes. Note that the E197 does not do any decoding but rather prepares the disk data for decoding by another device. For applications with higher data rate needs, such as tape drive systems, the device accepts an external VCO. The frequency capability of the integrated VCO is the factor which limits the device to 50Mb/s. A special anti-equivocation circuit has been employed to ensure timely lock-up when the arriving data and VCO edges are coincident. Unlike the majority of the devices in the ECLinPS family, the E197 is available in only 10H compatible ECL. The device is available in the standard 28-lead PLCC.