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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2012
Robert Glenn Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);
James Howard Eaton, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Robert Glenn Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);
James Howard Eaton, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A tape drive system according to one embodiment includes a magnetic head. The magnetic head includes first and second beams each having a tape bearing surface, a face, a recess in the tape bearing surface thereof, the faces of the beams facing either towards each other or away from each other; a first chip being positioned in the recess of the first beam; and a second chip being positioned in the recess of the second beam, wherein each chip has circuitry selected from a group consisting of read elements, write elements, and combinations thereof, wherein a tape bearing surface of each chip is generally aligned with the tape bearing surface of the associated beam, and wherein an end of each chip is generally aligned with the face of the associated beam. The system also includes a drive mechanism and a controller.