Patent ID: 7474505

Claim:
A magnetic tape medium having a thickness of 3.0 to 9.5 μm comprising: a non-magnetic substrate; a first film on an upper surface of said non-magnetic substrate; a second film on a lower surface of said non-magnetic substrate; at least one magnetic layer on said first film; a back layer below said second film; and a servo signal recorded on at least one magnetic layer and the back layer for tracking control, wherein, said magnetic layer is a magnetic dispersion compound of a binder and a ferromagnetic powder dispersed therein having a thickness of 0.3 μm, said back layer is a dispersion composed of a binder and an inorganic pigment dispersed therein, the track density in the tape width direction is 50 tracks/mm or more, the off-track margin is 5 μm or less which is represented by one half of the difference between a recording track width and a reproducing track width, and the maximum permissible amount of change in dimension of the tape medium in the width direction caused by environment factors is 0.10% or less, said non-magnetic substrate includes a plastic film, said films are a material selected from the group consisting of a metal, a semi-metal, an alloy, an oxide, and a composite, said material having a Young's modulus of 7×10 3 kg/mm 2 or more and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 18×10 −6 /° C. or less, and the oxide and the composite each being formed from one of the metal, the semi-metal, and the alloy.