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Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2015
Applicant:

Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jason C. Jury, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Ara Patapoutian, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Xiong Liu, Singapore, SG;

Myint Ngwe, Singapore, SG;

Quan Li, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 5/02 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01); G11B 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 (2013.01); G11B 20/10481 (2013.01); G11B 15/12 (2013.01); G11B 15/125 (2013.01); G11B 20/10009 (2013.01);
Abstract

Data is read from a track of a magnetic recording medium via multiple read transducers located at different positions on a read head. The multiple read transducers are substantially positioned over the track when reading the track. The multiple read transducers have different design characteristics manifesting in differences in at least one of magnetic and electrical behavior of the multiple read transducers. One or more signals originating from the multiple read transducers are combined to assist in decoding the data.


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