Method and apparatus for servo-positioning movable transducer heads
US5055951A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1989 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B21/10
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The specification discloses a method and apparatus for servo-positioning moveable transducer heads and the like by means of time-based servo system utilizing a particular type of servo pattern or format recorded on a data storage member, e.g., magnetic tape or disk, and having first and second sets of servo lines that extend angularly across the recording media from opposite sides thereof convergently toward one another. The individual lines in each such set of recorded servo information extend alongside one another without intersecting, and in a preferred embodiment the two sets of servo lines intersect along a medial portion of the recording media, to define a uniform series of angles disposed adjacent one another along the recording member, a preferred such pattern having a chevron-like appearance. The overall servo pattern formed by the two sets of servo lines preferably extends across substantially the entire usable surface of the recording media to provide continuous servo-positioning. Data is written over the same surface as the servo pattern, preferably by recording each different type of information in different levels of the recordable media, and preferably at a substanti…
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