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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Lawrence A. Hansen, Meridian, ID (US);
Ralph F. Simmons, Jr., Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Lawrence A. Hansen, Meridian, ID (US);
Ralph F. Simmons, Jr., Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/12 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 5/03 (2006.01); G11B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tape head assembly comprises a transducer head having plural arrays of transducing elements, the transducing elements comprising at least one of write elements and read elements. The tape head assembly further comprises a set of conditioning elements, the conditioning elements comprising at least one of write drivers and read amplifiers. Multiplexing circuitry selectively couples the conditioning elements to one of the plural arrays of transducing elements.