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Magnetic storage device readers

US9818445B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateJan 12, 2016
Grant dateNov 14, 2017
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2020/1238
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Implementations described and claimed herein includes a storage device comprising a plurality of readers, including a first subset of readers configured to read a first subset of tracks and a second subset of readers configured to read a second subset of tracks, the first subset of tracks being wider than the second subset of tracks. In another implementation, the readers in the first subset of readers are wider than the readers in the second subset of readers. The wider readers may be configured to recover servo information and the narrow readers may be configured to recover data information. The storage devices may include two-dimensional magnetic recording, conventional perpendicular magnetic recording, shingled magnetic recording, multi-sensor magnetic recording, and interlaced magnetic recording.

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