Patent ID: 8995095
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A magnetic head, comprising: an inner module comprising an array of data writers; and first and second outer modules flanking the inner module, wherein the outer modules are identical, each outer module comprising an array of data readers, each of the data readers in each array of data readers being aligned with a corresponding one of the data writers in a direction generally parallel to a path of tape travel thereacross, wherein a number of active data readers in each outer module is less than a number of active data writers in the inner module, wherein, for the first outer module, one of the active data readers is aligned with one of the data writers positioned towards a first end of the inner module array in the direction generally parallel to the path of tape travel, wherein, for the second outer module, one of the active data readers is aligned with one of the data writers positioned towards a second end of the inner module array in the direction generally parallel to the path of tape travel.