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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Nhan Xuan Bui, Tucson, AZ (US);
Simeon Furrer, Altdorf, CH;
Giovanni Cherubini, Rueschlikon, CH;
Mark Alfred Lantz, Adliswil, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: receiving a first timestamp in response to a first servo reader detecting a stripe of a first servo burst on the magnetic tape, and receiving a second timestamp in response to a second servo reader detecting a stripe of a second servo burst on the magnetic tape. A third timestamp is received in response to the first servo reader detecting a stripe of a third servo burst on the magnetic tape, while a fourth timestamp is received in response to the second servo reader detecting a stripe of a fourth servo burst on the magnetic tape. The first, second, third, and fourth timestamps are used to determine the skew of the magnetic tape. Further still, the first and third servo bursts are in a same first servo sub-frame, while the second and fourth servo bursts are in a same second servo sub-frame.