Track positioning system for magnetic transducer head
US4007493A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 1975 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B21/10
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Data is recorded on a magnetic recording disk with data transducers adjustably positioned relative to a data zone. First and second control tracks are interspersed with the data zone in a parallel relationship. Positioned over each control track is a position sensing transducer mechanically linked to the data transducers. The control transducers each comprise core gaps used both for prerecording and subsequent reading of a position control pattern along their respective tracks. The core gaps extend diagonally at a predetermined angle to the direction of movement of the medium and provide control patterns defining multiple transition groups, the number of transitions related to a corresponding number of data tracks to be read by the data transducers. Positioning of the position sensing transducers is accomplished by measuring the time relationship between the output pulses of the two control tracks and by relating the resulting time differential to the radial distance over which the control head is to be actuated.
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