Servo writer and servo signal writing method

    公开(公告)号:US11222665B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-11

    申请号:US16762776

    申请日:2018-11-09

    申请人: Sony Corporation

    发明人: Tetsuo Endo

    摘要: A servo writer includes a writing head that writes a servo signal on a long magnetic tape that is traveling and at least two first guide rollers that guide the travel of the magnetic tape, in which the at least two first guide rollers on which a spiral groove is provided have a circumferential surface that has contact with the traveling magnetic tape, tensile forces act on the magnetic tape from the at least two first guide rollers in a width direction of the traveling magnetic tape, and the tensile forces that act on the magnetic tape from the at least two first guide rollers cancel each other.

    Tape drive bearing temperature control

    公开(公告)号:US10679662B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US16591684

    申请日:2019-10-03

    IPC分类号: G11B15/60 G11B5/008 G11B33/14

    摘要: A determination is made whether read/write is enabled within the tape drive storage unit. In response to determining that read/write is enabled, a determination is made whether a temperature within the tape drive storage unit exceeds a threshold value. In response to determining that the temperature within the tape drive storage unit exceeds the threshold value, a determination is made of a direction of travel of a tape media within the tape drive storage unit. In response to determining that the direction of travel is a forward direction, a first cooling device is powered on. The first cooling device lowers the temperature of a first guide roller and the tape media coming off a first tape storage reel prior to the tape media passing by a read/write head within the tape drive storage unit.

    Tape head having sensors proximate to an edge

    公开(公告)号:US10679651B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US16297376

    申请日:2019-03-08

    摘要: An apparatus includes a module having a tape bearing surface, a first edge, and a second edge, where a first tape tenting region of the tape bearing surface extends from the first edge along the tape bearing surface toward the second edge. A guide is positioned relative to the first edge for inducing tenting of a moving magnetic recording tape and to create a point of inflection of the moving magnetic recording tape at a location above the tape bearing surface that is about midway between a peak of the tenting and a point of closest approach of the moving magnetic recording tape to the tape bearing surface. A sensor is located in a thin film region of the module. The sensor has a free layer. The location of the point of inflection of the moving magnetic recording tape is between the free layer and the second edge.

    POSITION ERROR SIGNAL TESTING USING OUTER EDGE WRAPS

    公开(公告)号:US20200126587A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-04-23

    申请号:US16450844

    申请日:2019-06-24

    IPC分类号: G11B5/584 G06F3/06 G11B15/60

    摘要: A tape drive-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: using formatting information which corresponds to a magnetic tape loaded in the tape drive to identify wraps on the magnetic tape. Identifying wraps on the magnetic tape includes: identifying an outermost wrap on the magnetic tape on a first side of the magnetic tape, and identifying an outermost wrap on the magnetic tape on a second side of the magnetic tape. A procedure is also performed for each of the wraps identified using the formatting information. Performing the procedure for a given one of the wraps includes: sending one or more instructions to position a magnetic head of the tape drive over the given wrap, and collecting PES information which corresponds to the given wrap.