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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1998
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention solves a problem that useless or wasted space exists on a data recording disk between read/write heads of narrower head width than others in the case that an uniform track pitch is used, and a head width of each head varies due to a fabrication tolerance. A data recording disk of the present invention comprises a first data recording surface and a second data recording surface, and a track pitch of adjacent data recording tracks of the first data recording surface differs from a track pitch of adjacent data recording tracks of the second data recording surface. All data recording tracks of the first data recording surface have substantially the same track width, and all gaps of the first data recording surface have substantially the same gap width, and, all data recording tracks of the second data recording surface have substantially the same track width, and all gaps of the second data recording surface have substantially the same gap width.