WO2009153740A3 - Servo control in tape drives - Google Patents

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WO2009153740A3
WO2009153740A3 PCT/IB2009/052577 IB2009052577W WO2009153740A3 WO 2009153740 A3 WO2009153740 A3 WO 2009153740A3 IB 2009052577 W IB2009052577 W IB 2009052577W WO 2009153740 A3 WO2009153740 A3 WO 2009153740A3
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tape
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skew
tension
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Giovanni Cherubini
Jens Jelitto
Mark A. Lantz
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International Business Machines Corporation
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/58—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B15/00—Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function
    • G11B15/02—Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
    • G11B15/05—Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing by sensing features present on or derived from record carrier or container
    • G11B15/093—Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing by sensing features present on or derived from record carrier or container by sensing driving condition of record carrier, e.g. travel, tape tension
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B15/00—Driving, starting or stopping record carriers of filamentary or web form; Driving both such record carriers and heads; Guiding such record carriers or containers therefor; Control thereof; Control of operating function
    • G11B15/18—Driving; Starting; Stopping; Arrangements for control or regulation thereof
    • G11B15/43—Control or regulation of mechanical tension of record carrier, e.g. tape tension
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/58—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following
    • G11B5/596—Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed with provision for moving the head for the purpose of maintaining alignment of the head relative to the record carrier during transducing operation, e.g. to compensate for surface irregularities of the latter or for track following for track following on disks

Abstract

Servo control methods and apparatus are provided for a tape drive (1) where a read/write head (2) reads and writes data on magnetic tape (3) with at least one servo track for providing transversal position information. At least two servo readers (S) are associated with the read/write head (2), each arranged for reading a said servo track during read/write operations. The servo readers (S) are operative concurrently to generate respective servo read signals (r). A position estimator (8) processes each servo read signal (r) to generate a series of position values, corresponding to respective time instants, indicative of transversal position of the associated servo reader (S). A servo controller (10) calculates from the position values and time instants a skew value (θ), indicative of tape skew relative to the read/write head (2), and a tension variation value (AT) indicative of variation of tape tension from a reference value. The servo controller (10) is adapted to account for cross-coupling between tape skew and tension variation in the joint calculation of the skew and tension variation values. Where three servo readers (S) are operative concurrently, the servo controller (10) can be adapted to account for time dependency of tape skew and tension variation and to calculate respective time derivatives (θ\ AT') for the skew and tension variation values (θ, AT). The calculated values can then be used to make compensatory adjustments to tape tension and tape skew relative to the read/write head (2).
PCT/IB2009/052577 2008-06-18 2009-06-17 Servo control in tape drives WO2009153740A2 (en)

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EP09766277A EP2301029A2 (en) 2008-06-18 2009-06-17 Servo control in tape drives
KR1020107028226A KR101397738B1 (en) 2008-06-18 2009-06-17 Servo control in tape drives

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