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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Lawrence G. Neumann, Lancaster, MA (US);
Lawrence G. Neumann, Lancaster, MA (US);
Quantum Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A tape architecture and a head architecture for a linear tape drive having a reduced actuator stroke is disclosed. In one embodiment, the linear tape drive head assembly includes a top portion having a plurality of write elements and no read elements at a first side and a plurality of read elements and no write elements at a second side opposite of the first side, and a bottom portion laterally offset from the top portion having a plurality of read elements and no write elements at the aforementioned first side and a plurality of write elements and no read elements at the aforementioned second side. The tape is recorded with all the data tracks within each logical band oriented in the same direction.