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

Claim 0:
1. A tape head, comprising:
one or more modules, each of the one or more modules comprising:
a first group of servo readers disposed in a first row at a first end of the module;
a first set of 32 readers disposed in the first row adjacent to the first group of servo readers;
a second group of servo readers disposed in the first row, the first set of 32 readers being disposed between the first and second groups of servo readers;
a second set of 32 readers disposed in the first row adjacent to the second group of servo readers;
a third pair of servo readers disposed in the first row, the second set of 32 readers being disposed between the second and third groups of servo readers; and
64 writers disposed in a second row parallel to the first row.