Optical to magnetic alignment in magnetic tape system
First Claim
1. A method of positioning a selected recording channel on a recording head relative to an optical servo system in a read/write assembly comprises:
- positioning the optical servo system at a first position relative to the selected recording channel in the read/write assembly;
processing an alignment tape in the read/write assembly to determine a lateral offset between the optical servo system and the selected recording channel; and
positioning the optical servo system at a second position relative to the selected recording channel using the lateral offset.
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Abstract
A method of positioning a selected recording channel on a recording head relative to an optical servo system includes positioning the optical servo system at a first position relative to the selected recording, processing an alignment tape to determine a lateral offset between the optical servo system and the selected recording channel and positioning the optical servo system at a second position relative to the selected recording channel using the lateral offset. An alignment tape is also provided, which includes an elongated continuous web of flexible plastic substrate material having two edges and defining a front major surface and a back major surface, a magnetic storage medium formed on the front major surface, an inert medium formed on the back major surface and a track of alignment voids for indicating actual lateral displacement of the selected recording channel relative to the optical servo system.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of positioning a selected recording channel on a recording head relative to an optical servo system in a read/write assembly comprises:
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positioning the optical servo system at a first position relative to the selected recording channel in the read/write assembly;
processing an alignment tape in the read/write assembly to determine a lateral offset between the optical servo system and the selected recording channel; and
positioning the optical servo system at a second position relative to the selected recording channel using the lateral offset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An alignment tape for positioning a selected recording channel of a recording head relative to an optical servo system in a read/write assembly comprises:
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an elongated continuous web of flexible plastic substrate material having two edges and defining a front major surface and a back major surface;
a magnetic storage medium formed on the front major surface;
an inert medium formed on the back major surface; and
a track of alignment voids for indicating actual lateral displacement of the selected recording channel relative to the optical servo system. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. A method of positioning a selected recording channel on a recording head relative to an optical servo system comprises:
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fixedly positioning the optical servo system at a position relative to the selected recording channel;
processing an alignment tape to determine a lateral offset between the optical servo system and the selected recording channel; and
storing the lateral offset. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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