Magnetic recording and reproduction
US4296447A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 11, 1979 |
| Grant date | Oct 20, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2005/0018
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A magnetic tape recording head comprises a strip of magneto-resistive material whose magnetic field/resistance change characteristic is in the form of two mirror image nonlinear curves starting at the origin of the graph. The strip is energized with a constant current and the voltage across it is fed to two sample and hold circuits. These are respectively triggered by antiphase pulses and the samples from the two sample and hold circuits are fed to the respective inputs of a differential amplifier. A bias conductor alongside the magneto-resistive strip is energized with pulses having the same polarity as, and synchronous with, the sampling pulses so as to bias the strip to predetermined points which are alternately on the positive and negative parts of the graph. The overall effective characteristic is therefore the sum of one part of the graph and the inverted other part, and is substantially linear.
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