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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2004
Applicants:
David Wachenschwanz, Saratoga, CA (US);
Michael Mcneil, Nederland, CO (US);
John Vicars, Loveland, CO (US);
Inventors:
David Wachenschwanz, Saratoga, CA (US);
Michael McNeil, Nederland, CO (US);
John Vicars, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
WD Media, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/596 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetic recording system includes a patterned medium comprised of land areas and trough areas, a write element which writes the data to the patterned medium, and a read element which reads the data from the patterned medium and servo information from the troughs. The land areas store data and the trough areas inhibit storage of data. The read element is wider than the write element.