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Compound phase encoding for printed servo patterns

US7167329B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 2003
Grant dateJan 23, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/865
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A type of servo pattern suitable for tracking systems in magnetic recording devices such as floppy disks or linear tape or hard disks or in other machines. The pattern comprises several phase-encoded elements that provide an absolute transverse position coordinate from local data. Computations can be made with channel chips commonly used in magnetic recording disk drives.

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