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Reader design for interlaced magnetic recording

  • US 9,858,961 B2
  • Filed: 05/28/2015
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A storage device comprising:

  • a storage media including a plurality of data tracks having a defined track pitch; and

    a transducer head including a first reader and a second reader with an effective cross-track separation that is an even integer multiple of the defined track pitch; and

    a controller configured to;

    operate the first reader and the second reader to simultaneously read data of two non-adjacent data tracks into a temporary memory buffer; and

    store the read data within the temporary memory buffer while writing new data to at least one interlaced data track between the two non-adjacent data tracks.

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