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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2015
Adjusting tension in a tape media to counter tape dimensional stability (tds) errors in a tape media
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 (2006.01); G11B 15/43 (2006.01); G11B 5/52 (2006.01); G11B 15/467 (2006.01); G11B 5/55 (2006.01); G11B 5/012 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/43 (2013.01); G11B 5/012 (2013.01); G11B 5/52 (2013.01); G11B 5/5504 (2013.01); G11B 15/4678 (2013.01); G11B 20/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and program for adjusting tension in a tape media to counter tape dimensional stability (TDS) errors in a tape media. A determination is made of whether to adjust tension of the tape media based on a detected error rate of reading at least one of the tracks. The tension of the tape media is adjusted in response to determining to adjust the tension.