Patent ID: 11894030
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A tape drive comprising a tape head, the tape head comprising:
a first module comprising:
a first pair of servo readers disposed in a first row at a first end of the first module;
a first set of 32 readers disposed in the first row adjacent to the first pair of servo readers;
a second pair of servo readers disposed in the first row adjacent to the first set of 32 readers;
a second set of 32 readers disposed in the first row adjacent to the second pair of servo readers;
a third pair of servo readers disposed in the first row adjacent to the second set of 32 readers; and
a first row of 64 writers disposed parallel to the first row; and

a second module disposed adjacent to the first module, the second module comprising:
a fourth pair of servo readers disposed in a third row at a first end of the second module;
a third set of 32 readers disposed in the third row adjacent to the fourth pair of servo readers;
a fifth pair of servo readers disposed in the third row adjacent to the third set of 32 readers;
a fourth set of 32 readers disposed in the third row adjacent to the fifth pair of servo readers;
a sixth pair of servo readers disposed in the third row adjacent to the fourth set of 32 readers; and

a second row of 64 writers disposed parallel to the third row.