Patent ID: 9058828
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A tape storage medium, comprising at least one servo band (SB) along a longitudinal extension (x) of the tape storage medium (TP) for supporting to determine positional information which servo band (SB) comprises a set of servo tracks (STx) extending along the longitudinal extension (x) of the tape storage medium (TP) and arranged next to each other, wherein each servo track (STx) of the set contains a servo pattern with magnetic transitions at a defined frequency (fx), wherein the frequencies (fx) of magnetic transitions of servo patterns of adjacent servo tracks (STx) are different from each other, and wherein the set of servo tracks (STx) contains at least three servo tracks (STx) with magnetic transitions of different frequencies (fx), and wherein additional information is encoded in the servo pattern of one or more servo tracks (STx), which additional information is one or more of: a longitudinal position information, a manufacturing information, a servo band identifier, or a servo track subset identifier.