Tape head and system having asymmetrical construction
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a module having a tape bearing surface, a first edge, and a second edge, wherein a first tape tenting region of the tape bearing surface extends from the first edge along the tape bearing surface toward the second edge, the first edge of the tape bearing surface being a first end of the first tape tenting region, a second end of the tape tenting region being positioned between the first and second edges;
a first guide positioned relative to the first edge for inducing tenting of a moving magnetic recording tape over an entirety of the first tape tenting region; and
a transducer in a thin film region of the module, wherein a distance from the first edge to the transducer is less than a distance from the second edge to the transducer, wherein the transducer is positioned in the first tape tenting region.
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Abstract
An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a module having a tape bearing surface, a first edge, and a second edge. A first tape tenting region extends from the first edge along the tape bearing surface toward the second edge. A transducer is located in a thin film region of the module. A distance from the first edge to the transducer is less than a distance from the second edge to the transducer. The transducer is positioned in the first tape tenting region.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a module having a tape bearing surface, a first edge, and a second edge, wherein a first tape tenting region of the tape bearing surface extends from the first edge along the tape bearing surface toward the second edge, the first edge of the tape bearing surface being a first end of the first tape tenting region, a second end of the tape tenting region being positioned between the first and second edges; a first guide positioned relative to the first edge for inducing tenting of a moving magnetic recording tape over an entirety of the first tape tenting region; and a transducer in a thin film region of the module, wherein a distance from the first edge to the transducer is less than a distance from the second edge to the transducer, wherein the transducer is positioned in the first tape tenting region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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a module having a tape bearing surface, a first edge, and a second edge, wherein a first tape tenting region of the tape bearing surface extends from the first edge along the tape bearing surface toward the second edge, the first edge of the tape bearing surface being a first end of the first tape tenting region, a second end of the first tape tenting region being positioned between the first and second edges; a first guide positioned relative to the first edge for inducing tenting of a moving magnetic recording tape, wherein the location of the tenting is above an entirety of the first tape tenting region, wherein the second end of the tape tenting region is located at a location where the tenting terminates at a point of closest approach of the tape to the tape bearing surface after a peak of the tenting; a second guide positioned relative to the second edge for inducing tenting of the moving magnetic recording tape, wherein the first guide is positioned relative to the first edge to create a first wrap angle and the second guide is positioned relative to the second edge to create a second wrap angle, wherein the first wrap angle is not the same as the second wrap angle, wherein the first and second guides are positioned for inducing the respective tenting whereby resulting tents do not overlap; and a transducer positioned in the first tape tenting region. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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