Patent ID: 7623310

Claim:
A magnetic recording medium comprising: at least one servo band being magnetized in one direction and including a plurality of servo patterns being formed repeatedly along a long side of the servo band, each of the servo patterns comprising: a first magnetizing area being formed across a width of the servo band at an angle from 8 to 20 degrees with respect to the width; and a second magnetizing area being formed across the width of the servo band in non-parallel with the first magnetizing area, wherein the first and second magnetizing areas are magnetized in a direction opposite to that of the servo band; and wherein the first and second magnetizing areas are formed in a straight line, and are symmetrical with each other around a line extending in a width direction of the servo band; and the first and second magnetizing areas form a pattern which provides tracking control in a traverse direction of the magnetic recording medium for a servo read head.