Apparatus and method to calibrate a servo sensor
US6833973B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/584
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method to calibrate a servo sensor disposed on a magnetic tape head disposed adjacent a magnetic tape, where that magnetic tape includes at least one servo edge comprising an interface between a first recorded signal and a second recorded signal, whereby the servo sensor is capable of detecting that first recorded signal and that second recorded signal, and whereby an independent position sensor provides an IPS signal comprising the position of the tape head with respect to the tape path. Applicants' method determines and uses initial servo signal information and initial IPS signal information to determine an initial transfer function. That initial transfer function is used to determine a positioning signal where the tape head is alternatingly moved in a first direction and an opposing second direction along a first axis as the tape moves along a tape path such that the position of the magnetic head along the first axis as a function of time comprises a periodic function having the positioning signal. Additional servo signals and additional IPS signals are sampled. Those sampled signals are used to determine a second transfer function.
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