EP1075690A4 - Tape servo pattern including longitudinal position information - Google Patents

Tape servo pattern including longitudinal position information

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Publication number
EP1075690A4
EP1075690A4 EP98913305A EP98913305A EP1075690A4 EP 1075690 A4 EP1075690 A4 EP 1075690A4 EP 98913305 A EP98913305 A EP 98913305A EP 98913305 A EP98913305 A EP 98913305A EP 1075690 A4 EP1075690 A4 EP 1075690A4
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Prior art keywords
position information
longitudinal position
pattern including
servo pattern
including longitudinal
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Application number
EP98913305A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1075690A1 (en
Inventor
Ronald Dean Gillingham
Steven Gregory Trabert
John Paul Mantey
Keith Gary Boyer
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
GlassBridge Enterprises Inc
Original Assignee
Imation Corp
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Application filed by Imation Corp filed Critical Imation Corp
Priority claimed from PCT/US1998/006261 external-priority patent/WO1999050836A1/en
Publication of EP1075690A1 publication Critical patent/EP1075690A1/en
Publication of EP1075690A4 publication Critical patent/EP1075690A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/58—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following
    • G11B5/596—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following for track following on disks
    • G11B5/59633—Servo formatting
    • G11B5/59638—Servo formatting apparatuses, e.g. servo-writers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B20/00—Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Circuits therefor
    • G11B20/10—Digital recording or reproducing
    • G11B20/10009—Improvement or modification of read or write signals
    • G11B20/10268—Improvement or modification of read or write signals bit detection or demodulation methods
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B20/00—Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Circuits therefor
    • G11B20/10—Digital recording or reproducing
    • G11B20/18—Error detection or correction; Testing, e.g. of drop-outs
    • G11B20/1833—Error detection or correction; Testing, e.g. of drop-outs by adding special lists or symbols to the coded information
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/008—Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets, e.g. cards, or wires
    • G11B5/00813—Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets, e.g. cards, or wires magnetic tapes
    • G11B5/00817—Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets, e.g. cards, or wires magnetic tapes on longitudinal tracks only, e.g. for serpentine format recording
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/58—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following
    • G11B5/596—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following for track following on disks
    • G11B5/59605—Circuits
    • G11B5/59616—Synchronisation; Clocking
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B20/00—Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Circuits therefor
    • G11B20/10—Digital recording or reproducing
    • G11B20/12—Formatting, e.g. arrangement of data block or words on the record carriers
    • G11B20/1217—Formatting, e.g. arrangement of data block or words on the record carriers on discs
    • G11B2020/1218—Formatting, e.g. arrangement of data block or words on the record carriers on discs wherein the formatting concerns a specific area of the disc
    • G11B2020/1225—Formatting, e.g. arrangement of data block or words on the record carriers on discs wherein the formatting concerns a specific area of the disc frame, i.e. a subunit of a sector containing user data, e.g. a sync frame
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B20/00—Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Circuits therefor
    • G11B20/10—Digital recording or reproducing
    • G11B20/14—Digital recording or reproducing using self-clocking codes
    • G11B20/1403—Digital recording or reproducing using self-clocking codes characterised by the use of two levels
    • G11B2020/1476—Synchronisation patterns; Coping with defects thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B2220/00—Record carriers by type
    • G11B2220/90—Tape-like record carriers
EP98913305A 1998-03-30 1998-03-30 Tape servo pattern including longitudinal position information Withdrawn EP1075690A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
PCT/US1998/006261 WO1999050836A1 (en) 1997-02-21 1998-03-30 Tape servo pattern including longitudinal position information

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EP1075690A1 EP1075690A1 (en) 2001-02-14
EP1075690A4 true EP1075690A4 (en) 2002-06-12

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JP (1) JP4022373B2 (en)
KR (1) KR20010041673A (en)

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US7421640B2 (en) * 2005-08-17 2008-09-02 International Business Machines Corporation Method and apparatus for providing error correction capability to longitudinal position data

Citations (3)

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US5121270A (en) * 1989-09-19 1992-06-09 Alcudia Ezra R Multitransducer head positioning servo for use in a bi-directional magnetic tape system
US5396376A (en) * 1992-03-23 1995-03-07 Conner Peripherals, Inc. Multi-track embedded servo recording format and method
US5675448A (en) * 1994-12-08 1997-10-07 Imation Corp. Track pitch error compensation system for data cartridge tape drives

Patent Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5121270A (en) * 1989-09-19 1992-06-09 Alcudia Ezra R Multitransducer head positioning servo for use in a bi-directional magnetic tape system
US5396376A (en) * 1992-03-23 1995-03-07 Conner Peripherals, Inc. Multi-track embedded servo recording format and method
US5675448A (en) * 1994-12-08 1997-10-07 Imation Corp. Track pitch error compensation system for data cartridge tape drives

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO9950836A1 *

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JP2002515622A (en) 2002-05-28
JP4022373B2 (en) 2007-12-19
KR20010041673A (en) 2001-05-25

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