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Thin film magnetic head having disparate poles for pulse asymmetry compensation
Assignee: Unisys Corp
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Filing: 1981-08-10
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Granted: 1983-12-27
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Expires: 2001-08-10
Abstract
Abstract A thin film magnetic read/write transducer has a substrate of magnetic material forming a pair of disparate pole pieces. Arranged adjacent a movable magnetic medium, the disparate pole pieces are constructed so that the leading pole piece has a greater distal surface area than the trailing pole piece. In an alternative arrangement the leading pole piece distal surface is disposed a greater distance from the medium than the trailing pole piece. In yet another arrangement the trailing pole piece distal surface is disposed at an acute angle to the medium, and the leading pole piece surface may be at a lesser angle or parallel to the medium. The disparate pole pieces, so constructed and arranged, introduce compensating non-linearities to the writing magnetic field to substantially counteract the non-linear properties of the medium and of the recording process.
Inventors
- 👤 Chao S. Chi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-01 10:55
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/02; G11B5/127; G11B5/31; G11B5/3109; G11B5/3116
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
A thin film transducer for magnetically recording on a recording medium, comprising a substrate of soft magnetic material, said substrate further comprising first and second thin-film non-saturated pole members, spaced apart from each other to define a gap therebetween and coupled to inductive coil means for magnetically coupling a signal to said pole members, each pole member having a surface, in use, disposed adjacent said recording medium, said pole surfaces having a spatial disparity with respect to each other and with respect to said recording medium, so constructed and arranged to substantially compensate for nonlinear recording properties of said medium.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
A thin film transducer for magnetically recording on a recording medium, comprising a substrate of soft magnetic material, said substrate further comprising first and second thin-film non-saturated pole members, spaced apart from each other to define a gap therebetween and coupled to inductive coil means for magnetically coupling a signal to said pole members, each pole member having a surface, in use, disposed adjacent said recording medium, said pole surfaces having a spatial disparity with respect to each other and with respect to said recording medium, so constructed and arranged to substantially compensate for nonlinear recording properties of said medium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
A transducer according to claim 1 wherein said pole members have substantially equal lengths in the plane of the gap transverse to the direction of travel of the medium, and said surface of said first pole member has greater area than said surface of said second pole member, whereby said spatial disparity is defined.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A transducer according to claim 1 wherein said surface of said first pole member is disposed a distance from said medium greater than said surface of said second pole member is disposed, whereby said spatial disparity is defined.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
A transducer according to claim 1 wherein said surface of said first pole member defines a first angle with the plane of said adjacent medium and said surface of said second pole member defines a second angle with the plane of said adjacent medium, wherein said first angle is less than said second angle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A transducer according to claim 1 wherein said surface of said second pole member defines an acute angle with the plane of said adjacent medium.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
A transducer according to claims 2, 3, 4 or 5 wherein said pole members are fixed relative to a movable recording medium and so arranged that a point on said movable medium passes said first pole member before passing said second pole member.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
A transducer according to claim 2, wherein said spatial disparity is defined by a predetermined ratio.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
A transducer according to claim 7, wherein said ratio is about 1.25:1.
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