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Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus with a current supplying circuit for demagnetizing residual magnetization remaining at an end of a magnetic pole

US6038093A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 1997
Grant dateMar 14, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 24, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2005/0029
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus which has an improved reliability for a reproduced signal by eliminating a deformation in a reproduced signal waveform due to a residual magnetization generated in a magnetic head. The magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus has a magnetic recording medium including a magnetic film to which information is magnetically recorded and a thin-film magnetic head including a magnetic pole and a coil provided around the magnetic pole. A current supplying circuit supplies a current to the coil so that a magnetic state of the magnetic pole is stabilized. The current is supplied to the coil after a recording operation has been completed by the thin-film magnetic head. The current may demagnetize the magnetic pole of the magnetic head, or stabilize the magnetic state of the magnetic pole.

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