摘要:
A multipletrack magnetic head (38) has a closure section (26) comprising a ceramic substrate (30) to one surface of which are bonded equal width, closely spaced ferrite blocks (28). The blocks are bonded together and to the substrate by glass (33). A ferrite wafer (32) is bonded to the side of the closure section by cement (34) to form transducing gaps for a multiplicity of spaced magnetic head elements. Closure sections for such heads are cut from an assembly comprising a ceramic substrate to which are bonded two interdigitated ferrite pieces with alternating complementary slots and fingers, the fingers of one piece being in the slots of the other piece. The ferrite pieces are bonded together and to the substrate by glass bonding. Each closure section is joined to a ferrite wafer, so that the wafer and closure section define a transducing gap therebetween.
摘要:
A digital tape drive wherein tape is written, and a read-after-write operation is immediately performed to check the integrity of the write operation, for either direction (11, 12) of tape movement. The tape (10) contains a plurality of parallel data tracks. Two read/write head modules (14, 15) span the entire tape. The read (R) and write (W) gaps of each module are alternately spaced across the width of the tape, such that the write gaps of one module are aligned with the read gaps of the other module. When one module is selected for writing, as a function of the direction of tape movement, the other module is selected to read-after-write check the first module's written data. One module (14) writes odd-track data during one direction (11) of tape movement, and reads even-track data during the opposite direction (12) of tape movement; as the other module (15) writes even-track data during said opposite movement direction (12), and reads odd-track data during said one movement direction (11). Common read and write electronic circuits are switched between the two modules, since each module is using only one of its read and write gap multiples at any given time.
摘要:
A digital tape drive wherein tape is written, and a read-after-write operation is immediately performed to check the integrity of the write operation, for either direction (11, 12) of tape movement. The tape (10) contains a plurality of parallel data tracks. Two read/write head modules (14, 15) span the entire tape. The read (R) and write (W) gaps of each module are alternately spaced across the width of the tape, such that the write gaps of one module are aligned with the read gaps of the other module. When one module is selected for writing, as a function of the direction of tape movement, the other module is selected to read-after-write check the first module's written data. One module (14) writes odd-track data during one direction (11) of tape movement, and reads even-track data during the opposite direction (12) of tape movement; as the other module (15) writes even-track data during said opposite movement direction (12), and reads odd-track data during said one movement direction (11). Common read and write electronic circuits are switched between the two modules, since each module is using only one of its read and write gap multiples at any given time.