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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2007
Allen Keith Bates, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nhan Xuan Bui, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Allen Hutchins, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mark Allan Taylor, Tucson, AZ (US);
Allen Keith Bates, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nhan Xuan Bui, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Allen Hutchins, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mark Allan Taylor, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for formatting a timing-based servo pattern on a magnetic tape. A first write head concurrently writes a base number of stripes to a plurality of first stripe patterns with a first and third element and writes the base number of stripes to a plurality of second stripe patterns with a second and fourth element of a first write head in response to at least one first write signal. A second write head concurrently writes an incremental number of stripes to a specified first stripe pattern to form a first incremental stripe pattern with a fifth write element and writes the incremental number of stripes to a specified second stripe pattern to form a second incremental stripe pattern with a sixth write element.