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Granted Patent B2
US 10,600,439 · App. 16/296,214 · Granted Mar 24, 2020

Magnetic tape, manufacturing method of magnetic tape, manufacturing device of magnetic tape, and recording and reproducing system

Inventors: Hodaka Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Yoichi Akano (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
G11B5/653G11B5/70678G11B5/714G11B5/78G11B21/02
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Patent No.
US 10,600,439
App. No.
16/296,214
Granted
Mar 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a magnetic tape, in which servo patterns, each including a first magnetization region formed to be tilted with respect to a width direction of a servo band by an angle θ along the width direction of the servo band and a second magnetization region not parallel to the first magnetization region along the width direction of the servo band, are repeatedly formed in a longitudinal direction of the servo band, the magnetic tape is used in a recording and reproducing system which uses a reproducing element for reproducing the servo pattern, a width of which satisfies W1≤(1/tan θ)×stripe width T of the servo pattern, and the angle θ is greater than 25° and equal to or smaller than 45°.

Claims (36)

1. A magnetic tape comprising:

servo patterns repeatedly formed in a longitudinal direction of a servo band, each of the servo patterns including a first magnetization region formed to be tilted with respect to a width direction of the servo band by an angle 0 along the width direction of the servo band, and a second magnetization region not parallel to the first magnetization region along the width direction of the servo band,

wherein the magnetic tape is used in a recording and reproducing system that uses a reproducing element for reproducing the servo pattern, a width of the reproducing element satisfies W 1 ≤(1/tanθ)×stripe width T of the servo pattern, and

the angle θ is greater than 25° and equal to or smaller than 45°.

2. The magnetic tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of a condition that the stripe interval of the servo pattern is 0.6 μm to 2.4 μm or a condition that the number of stripes in the first magnetization region and the second magnetization region is 6 to 14 is satisfied.

3. The magnetic tape according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic tape is used in a recording and reproducing system which uses the reproducing element for reproducing the servo pattern, the width of which satisfies W 2 ≤(0.5/tanθ)×stripe width T of the servo pattern.

4. The magnetic tape according to claim 1 , wherein a magnetic powder of the magnetic tape is strontium ferrite or barium ferrite.

5. The magnetic tape according to claim 4 , wherein a volume of a particle of the magnetic powder is 900 nm 3 to 1,500 nm 3 .

6. The magnetic tape according to claim 1 ,

wherein a magnetization direction is directed one direction by magnetizing the servo band with direct current in the predetermined one direction in a longitudinal direction, and

the magnetization direction of the first magnetization region and the second magnetization region is directed a direction different from or a direction partially different from the magnetization direction of the servo band.

7. A magnetic tape comprising:

servo patterns repeatedly formed in a longitudinal direction of a servo band, each including a first magnetization region formed to be tilted with respect to a width direction of the servo band by an angle θ along the width direction of the servo band, and a second magnetization region not parallel to the first magnetization region along the width direction of the servo band,

wherein the magnetic tape is used in a recording and reproducing system that uses a reproducing element for reproducing the servo pattern, a width of the reproducing element satisfies W 1 ≤(1/tanθ)×stripe width T of the servo pattern, and at least one of a condition that the stripe interval of the servo pattern is 0.6 μm to 2.4 μm, or a condition that the number of stripes in the first magnetization region and the second magnetization region is 6 to 14 is satisfied.

8. The magnetic tape according to claim 7 , wherein the angle θ is greater than 25° and equal to or smaller than 45°.

9. The magnetic tape according claim 7 , wherein the magnetic tape is used in a recording and reproducing system which uses the reproducing element for reproducing the servo pattern, the width of which satisfies W 2 ≤(0.5/tanθ)×stripe width T of the servo pattern.

10. The magnetic tape according to claim 7 , wherein a magnetic powder of the magnetic tape is strontium ferrite or barium ferrite.

11. The magnetic tape according to claim 10 , wherein a volume of a particle of the magnetic powder is 900 nm 3 to 1,500 nm 3 .

12. The magnetic tape according to claim 7 ,

wherein a magnetization direction is directed one direction by magnetizing the servo band with direct current in the predetermined one direction in a longitudinal direction, and

the magnetization direction of the first magnetization region and the second magnetization region is directed a direction different from or a direction partially different from the magnetization direction of the servo band.

13. A manufacturing method of a magnetic tape in which servo patterns are repeatedly formed in a longitudinal direction of a servo band, each of the servo patterns including a first magnetization region formed to be tilted with respect to a width direction of the servo band by an angle 0 along the width direction of the servo band, and a second magnetization region not parallel to the first magnetization region along the width direction of the servo band, the magnetic tape being used in a recording and reproducing system that uses a reproducing element for reproducing the servo pattern, a width of the reproducing element satisfies W 1 ≤(1/tanθ)×stripe width T of the servo pattern, the method comprising:

recording the servo pattern on the servo band by setting the angle θ to be greater than 25° and equal to or smaller than 45°.

14. A manufacturing device of a magnetic tape, in which servo patterns are repeatedly formed in a longitudinal direction of a servo band, each of the servo patterns including a first magnetization region formed to be tilted with respect to a width direction of the servo band by an angle 0 along the width direction of the servo band, and a second magnetization region not parallel to the first magnetization region along the width direction of the servo band, the magnetic tape being used in a recording and reproducing system that uses a reproducing element for reproducing the servo pattern, a width of the reproducing element satisfies W 1 ≤(/tanθ)×stripe width T of the servo pattern, the device comprising:

a recording unit that records the servo pattern on the servo band by setting the angle θ to be greater than 25° and equal to or smaller than 45°.

15. A manufacturing method of a magnetic tape, in which servo patterns are repeatedly formed in a longitudinal direction of a servo band, each of the servo patterns including a first magnetization region formed to be tilted with respect to a width direction of a servo band by an angle θ along the width direction of the servo band, and a second magnetization region not parallel to the first magnetization region along the width direction of the servo band, the magnetic tape being used in a recording and reproducing system that uses a reproducing element for reproducing the servo pattern, a width of the reproducing element satisfies W 1 ≤(1/tanθ)×stripe width T of the servo pattern, the method comprising:

recording the servo pattern on the servo band by satisfying at least one of a condition that the stripe interval of the servo pattern is 0.6 μm to 2.4 μm, or a condition that the number of stripes in the first magnetization region and the second magnetization region is 6 to 14.

16. A manufacturing device of a magnetic tape, in which servo patterns are repeatedly formed in a longitudinal direction of a servo band, each of the servo patterns including a first magnetization region formed to be tilted with respect to a width direction of the servo band by an angle 0 along the width direction of the servo band, and a second magnetization region not parallel to the first magnetization region along the width direction of the servo band, the magnetic tape being used in a recording and reproducing system that uses a reproducing element for reproducing the servo pattern, a width of the reproducing element satisfies W 1 ≤(1/tanθ)×stripe width T of the servo pattern, the device comprising:

a recording unit that records the servo pattern on the servo band by satisfying at least one of a condition that the stripe interval of the servo pattern is 0.6 μm to 2.4 μm, or a condition that the number of stripes in the first magnetization region and the second magnetization region is 6 to 14.

17. A recording and reproducing system, comprising:

a magnetic head including a servo signal readout element that reads out a servo pattern recorded on a servo band of the magnetic tape according to claim 1 , and a recording and reproducing element that performs at least one of recording or reproducing of data with respect to a data band of the magnetic tape; and

a control unit which performs positioning of the magnetic head along a width direction of the magnetic tape, in accordance with an interval of a detection of the servo pattern performed by the servo signal readout element, in a case of performing at least one of recording or reproducing of data with respect to the data band.

18. A recording and reproducing system, comprising:

a magnetic head including a servo signal readout element that reads out a servo pattern recorded on a servo band of the magnetic tape according to claim 7 , and a recording and reproducing element that performs at least one of recording or reproducing of data with respect to a data band of the magnetic tape; and

a control unit which performs positioning of the magnetic head along a width direction of the magnetic tape, in accordance with an interval of a detection of the servo pattern performed by the servo signal readout element, in a case of performing at least one of recording or reproducing of data with respect to the data band.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2019
From: SUZUKI, HODAKA; AKANO, YOICHI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-045694 · Mar 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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