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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2005
Curt N. Van Lydegraf, Eagle, ID (US);
Tracy A. Sauerwein, Boise, ID (US);
Donald J. Fasen, Boise, ID (US);
Richard L. Hilton, Boise, ID (US);
Craig Raese, Boise, ID (US);
Michael Clinton Allyn, Boise, ID (US);
Charles David Smith, Meridian, ID (US);
Curt N. Van Lydegraf, Eagle, ID (US);
Tracy A. Sauerwein, Boise, ID (US);
Donald J. Fasen, Boise, ID (US);
Richard L. Hilton, Boise, ID (US);
Craig Raese, Boise, ID (US);
Michael Clinton Allyn, Boise, ID (US);
Charles David Smith, Meridian, ID (US);
Other;
Abstract
A parallel data storage device includes a data storage medium having a first cluster and a second cluster. The first cluster includes a first patch and the second cluster includes a second patch. The parallel data storage device also includes a first reader for reading the first patch of the first cluster and a second reader for reading the second patch of the second cluster. A first multiplexer is used for addressing the first cluster while a second multiplexer is used for addressing the second cluster. The first and second readers are arranged in a single column such that the first reader is electrically connected to the first multiplexer and the second reader is electrically connected to the second multiplexer.