Patent ID: 9142224
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A magnetic-tape head used in an electromechanical tape-access component within a magnetic-tape drive, the magnetic-tape head comprising: a substrate; and a column including a set of servo elements, a set of single-format tape-head element pairs, and a set of multi-format tape-head element pairs, fabricated on an active portion of the substrate, wherein the set of servo elements consists of a first servo element and a second servo element, wherein the set of servo elements includes all servo elements of the magnetic-tape head, wherein the first servo element is disposed at a first end of the column, wherein the second servo element is disposed at a second end of the column, wherein the first end and the second end of the column are aligned along an axis perpendicular to the direction of travel of a magnetic tape within the magnetic-tape drive, wherein the set of single-format tape-head element pairs consists of sixteen single-format tape-head element pairs, wherein the set of multi-format tape-head element pairs consists of sixteen multi-format tape-head element pairs, wherein the set of single-format tape-head element pairs are regularly and alternatively interleaved with the set of multi-format tape-head element pairs, wherein the set of single-format tape-head element pairs and the set of multi-format tape-head element pairs are disposed in the column between the first servo element and the second servo element.