Patent ID: 6075666
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A length of magnetic tape comprising:at least one servo stripe on said length of magnetic tape, said servo stripe including a plurality of adjacent servo frames each including an area having a first portion with a first frequency written thereon, and a second portion with a predetermined pattern of erase frequency written thereon; anda data field signal written onto a predetermined portion separate from said area of one or more of said plurality of servo frames,wherein said signal is written onto a first predetermined number of adjacent servo frames in a first unique sequence defining a position count field, and written onto a second predetermined number of adjacent servo frames in a second unique sequence defining a synchronization field, said synchronization field alternating with said position count field along said length of tape, said unique first sequence indicative of the longitudinal position of said position count field on said length of tape with reference to a tape head.