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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2012
Applicants:
Said Abdullah Ahmad, Tucson, AZ (US);
Josephine Faith Bayang, Tucson, AZ (US);
Eric Rolf Christensen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ernest Stewart Gale, Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Said Abdullah Ahmad, Tucson, AZ (US);
Josephine Faith Bayang, Tucson, AZ (US);
Eric Rolf Christensen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ernest Stewart Gale, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Industrial Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G11B 5/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Magnetoresistive (MR) bias is dynamically controlled in a tape drive using a processor device. Upon determining head amplitude is below a threshold value, the MR bias is adjusted for increasing the head amplitude and extending the useful life span of the tape drive.