Quickly written servo-patterns for magnetic media including writing a servo-master pattern
US6181492A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/865
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Servo-pattern information is magnetically recorded on a product disc by magnetic print-through from a master medium. The master servo-writing medium is brought into close proximity with the product "slave" disc, and the two are subjected to an external magnetic field which assists in transferring magnetic servo-patterns to the slave disc in a print-through process. The preferred external magnetic field alternates and rotates with respect to the master/slave combination. In an alternative product disc structure, the magnetic layer is magnetically altered in a servo-pattern configuration. Non-magnetic portions of the servo pattern are created which define both gray code and servo burst information for the product disc.
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