Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – Automatic control of a recorder mechanism – Controlling the head
Patent
1997-10-21
1998-12-08
Sniezek, Andrew L.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
Automatic control of a recorder mechanism
Controlling the head
360 7712, 360 7312, 360 48, G11B 500
Patent
active
058478922
ABSTRACT:
An arcuate scanner in accord with the invention records information on a longitudinal tape in a predetermined format. The format includes a top servo region and a lower servo region approximately twice as wide as one data track width. The top servo region contains a burst of recorded servo signal at a predetermined location. The lower servo region contains another burst of recorded servo signal at a predetermined location. Between each pair of top and lower servo regions, the information format includes two arcuate data tracks, containing a series of data blocks of a specified format. The locations of the servo bursts in the respective servo regions alternate between two lateral positions in adjacent servo tracks. During reading operations, a read head centered over one data track will pass both the servo regions around that data track and a portion of each of the servo regions around an adjacent track. A circuit samples the amplitude of the servo signal, taken during different time windows corresponding to passage over the various servo bursts in the two tracks. One or more relationships between the amplitudes of predetermined pairs of samples are used to produce one or more position error signals. Control elements, such as a tape drive motor and a position alignment controller (e.g. tilt motor) adjust the operation of the scanner system in response to the position error signal(s).
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Seagate Technology Inc.
Sniezek Andrew L.
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