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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2024
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);
Eduardo Torres Mireles, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to a tape drive comprising one or more tape head modules and a method of forming thereof. A first element array and a second element array are disposed on a first chip of a rowbar, and a third element array and a fourth element array are disposed on a second chip of the rowbar. The second element array is centered on the first chip, and the fourth element array is centered on the second chip. The rowbar is split to separate the first and second chips, and the first and second chips are re-arranged before being bonded to a u-beam. The u-beam is split to form a first tape head module and a second tape head module. The first tape head module comprises the second chip and a congruent segment of the first chip. The second tape head module comprises the first chip.