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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, CA (US);
Wayne I. Imaino, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 21/02 (2006.01); G11B 5/592 (2006.01); G11B 5/008 (2006.01); G11B 5/584 (2006.01); G11B 15/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/5926 (2013.01); G11B 5/00813 (2013.01); G11B 5/584 (2013.01); G11B 15/60 (2013.01); G11B 2220/90 (2013.01);
Abstract
Magnetic tape media according to one embodiment includes a plurality of servo tracks having physical characteristics of being written by an apparatus that monitors a lateral position of the magnetic tape media passing over a servo writing head during a servo track writing operation and writes servo marks to the magnetic tape media. A timing of the writing of each servo mark is based on the monitored position of the magnetic tape media.