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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
International Business Machnes Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Mark Alfred Lantz, Adliswil, CH;
Hugo E. Rothuizen, Oberrieden, CH;
Simeon Furrer, Altdorf, CH;
Stella Brach, Oberrieden, CH;
Jason Liang, Campbell, CA (US);
Icko E. T. Iben, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Georg Lothar Lauhoff, San Jose, CA (US);
David Lee Swanson, Tucson, AZ (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
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.