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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
May. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Keith Gary Boyer, Broomfield, CO (US);
James C. Cates, Superior, CO (US);
James William Wolf, Loveland, CO (US);
Inventors:
Keith Gary Boyer, Broomfield, CO (US);
James C. Cates, Superior, CO (US);
James William Wolf, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Servo tracks for magnetic tape storage are written using two opposite polarities, rather than the one polarity normally used in servo tracks. Timing continues to be performed using only pattern members of like polarity, due to physical restraints, but the use of two polarities allows additional information to be encoded in the pattern more efficiently.