International Business Machines Corporation

Georg Lothar Lauhoff

Mark Alfred Lantz

Jason Liang

Simeon Furrer

Icko E T Iben

Hugo Eric Rothuizen

David Lee Swanson

Stella Brach

In one aspect of the present disclosure, the degree of side erasure occurring in neighboring tracks is controlled by controlling the skew angle of the tape head, relative to the longitudinal direction of motion of the tape past the head as a track is written. In one embodiment, the tape head is rotated relative to the longitudinal direction of tape travel, and the trailing edge of the tape head which forms an acute angle with the edge of a track being written, is used for writing tracks at a desired track pitch. Other aspects and advantages may be provided, depending upon the particular application.

Side erasure control for track writing in a system

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Georg Lothar Lauhoff