Magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus and recording and reproducing method

    公开(公告)号:US11276427B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US17006917

    申请日:2020-08-31

    Inventor: Toru Nakao

    Abstract: A recording and reproducing apparatus includes: a magnetic head in which a servo band having a servo pattern and a data band having data tracks are alternately arranged along a width direction, the magnetic head including a recording and reproducing element that records or reproduces data with respect to the data track, and at least two servo reproducing elements that read servo patterns adjacent to each other in the width direction of the magnetic tape; a selection unit that selects a servo reproducing element from the servo reproducing elements according to a position of the data track, as a target of recording or reproducing of data in the data band, along the width direction; and a controller that controls positioning of the magnetic head along the width direction by using a result of reading of the servo patterns by the servo reproducing element selected by the selection unit.

    Magnetic head, magnetic tape, magnetic tape cartridge, magnetic tape drive, and magnetic tape reading method

    公开(公告)号:US12068011B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-20

    申请号:US18171919

    申请日:2023-02-21

    CPC classification number: G11B5/5508 G11B5/5928

    Abstract: A magnetic head includes a first servo reading element pair, a second servo reading element pair, and a plurality of magnetic elements. The first servo reading element pair consists of a first servo reading element and a second servo reading element, the second servo reading element pair consists of a third servo reading element and a fourth servo reading element, the first servo reading element and the third servo reading element are disposed on one end side of the plurality of magnetic elements and read one servo band of the pair of servo bands, and the second servo reading element and the fourth servo reading element are disposed on the other end side of the plurality of magnetic elements and read the other servo band of the pair of servo bands.

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