Patent ID: 7551393

Claim:
A multiple plane transducer row magnetic head comprising: a substrate; a first linear array of alternating side-by-side read and write transducers spaced apart in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of linear motion of a recording tape passing over the magnetic head fabricated in a first plane deposited on the substrate, the write transducers of the array being wider than the read transducers to provide an array of reduced pitch; and at least a second linear array of alternating side-by-side read and write transducers spaced apart in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of linear motion of the recording tape passing over the magnetic head fabricated in at least a second plane deposited over the first plane, the write transducers of the least a second array being wider than the read transducers to provide an array of reduced pitch, the at least a second linear array of alternating read and write transducers offset with respect to the first linear array of alternating read and write transducers, such that each read transducer of the first linear array is aligned with each write transducer of the at least a second linear array and each write transducer of the first linear array is aligned with each read transducer of the at least a second linear array allowing simultaneous reading or writing of closely spaced adjacent data tracks on the recording tape as the recording tape is passing over the magnetic head.