Progressive track width head and method
US7382569B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 11, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/5926
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A tape head according to one embodiment includes an array of readers, each of the readers having a track width, wherein the track width of an inner reader of the array is greater than a track width of an outer reader relative thereto. A tape head according to another embodiment includes an array of readers, each of the readers having a track width, wherein the track widths of at least some of the readers progressively decrease in a direction along the array from a middle of the array towards an end of the array.
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