164results about "Tape carriers" patented technology

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for retrieving information from tapes. The first group of read elements may be positioned adjacent to the first track and the second group of read element may be adjacent to the second track. In some embodiments, the system may include a second read sensor. Multiple readings of the electromagnetic fields generated by the first track may be collected using multiple read elements of the first group, A composite interpretation of a set of data encoded on the first track may be generated based on the multiple readings of the electromagnetic fields generated by the first track that are collected by the multiple read elements of the first group.

A main object of the present technology is to improve the reliability of a magnetic recording tape by controlling the distribution of the binder in the underlayer.The present technology provides a magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer, an underlayer, and a base layer in this order, the underlayer containing a chlorine-containing binder, the underlayer including a part having a thickness of 130 nm or less, the part having a chlorine count equal to or more than a threshold described below:[T⁢hreshold]=[⁠an⁢ average⁢ chlorine⁢ count⁢ in⁢ the⁢ underlayer]+6×[a⁢ standard⁢ deviation⁢ determined⁢ in⁢ calculation⁢ of⁢ the⁢ average⁢ chlorine⁢ count].Furthermore, the present technology also provides a magnetic recording medium including a magnetic layer, an underlayer, and a base layer in this order, the underlayer containing a chlorine-containing binder, the underlayer including a part having a thickness of 12% or less of a thickness of the underlayer, the part having a chlorine count equal to or more than the above-described threshold.

A plurality of servo patterns are recorded in a magnetic tape along a longitudinal direction. The servo pattern is at least one linear magnetization region pair. The linear magnetization region pair includes a first linear magnetization region, which is linearly magnetized, and a second linear magnetization region, which is linearly magnetized. The first linear magnetization region and the second linear magnetization region are inclined in opposite directions with respect to a first imaginary straight line along a width direction of the magnetic tape. The first linear magnetization region has a steeper inclined angle with respect to the first imaginary straight line than the second linear magnetization region.

Systems and methods are disclosed for retrieving information from legacy storage media with high fidelity and minimal contact. A read sensor with multiple read elements detects electromagnetic fields from tracks on a storage medium. Readings from different elements are combined to generate a composite interpretation, which can be used to, for example, generate digitized waveforms and determine if portions of tracks are damaged.

The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which the number of recesses existing on a surface of the magnetic layer and having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.25 μm or more and 0.55 μm or less is 10 or more and 500 or less per an area of 40 μm×40 μm, and standard deviation a of the number of the recesses in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 50 or less.

Provided is a magnetic tape having a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, wherein the protrusion height Spk defined in ISO 25178 is 1.2 to 2.8 nm inclusive, said protrusion height Spk being measured in a measurement region of 5 × 5 μm on the surface of the magnetic layer after 500 cycles of back and forth sliding with respect to an LTO8 head at a head inclination angle of 15° at a temperature of 15°C and a relative humidity of 80%.

The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which a contact angle with 1-bromonaphthalene, which is measured on a surface of the magnetic layer, is 45.0° or more and 55.0° or less, and standard deviation σ of the contact angle in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 1.0° or less.

The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder. A rate of change in an area ratio of a protrusion having a height of 5 nm or more and 10 nm or less, which is obtained by measuring a measurement region of 5 μm×5 μm on a surface of the magnetic layer before and after 1000 reciprocating slides with respect to an LTO 8 head at a head tilt angle of 15° in an environment of a temperature of 35° C. and a relative humidity of 80%, with an atomic force microscope, is 10.0% or less.

To provide a magnetic recording medium with a little deterioration in electromagnetic conversion characteristics after repeated running in a high-temperature environment.SOLUTION: In a magnetic recording medium, a protrusion height difference Δ(HD-HB) is 0.7 nm or more, in which an arithmetic mean roughness Ra measured on the surface of a magnetic layer is 2.5 nm or less, a protrusion height HD, with the height of the surrounding substrate area being 0 nm, is measured by an atomic force microscope with respect to an area identified as a dark area in a first binarized image of a backscattered electron image obtained by imaging the surface of the magnetic layer with a scanning electron microscope, and a protrusion height HB, with the height of the surrounding substrate area being 0 nm, is measured by the atomic force microscope with respect to an area identified as a bright area in a second binarized image performed on the higher gradation side than the first binarized image obtained by imaging the surface of the magnetic layer with the scanning electron microscope. A magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic recording / reproducing device include the magnetic recording medium.SELECTED DRAWING: None

Provided is a magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder, and further comprising a non-magnetic layer containing non-magnetic powder between the non-magnetic support and the magnetic layer. The average pore diameter of the magnetic layer and the non-magnetic layer is 30.0 nm or less, and the standard deviation of the pore diameter distribution of the magnetic layer and the non-magnetic layer is 30.0 nm or less.

A magnetic tape according to an embodiment of the present technology is a magnetic tape including a base material and a magnetic layer provided on one of main surfaces of the base material, in which the base material is formed of polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), a total thickness of the magnetic tape is 4.9 μm or more and 5.4 μm or less, and a loop stiffness of the magnetic tape in a width direction thereof is 1.1 mg / μm or more and 1.4 mg / μm or less.

To enable data to be satisfactorily recorded and / or reproduced when the data is recorded and / or reproduced while changing a head tilt angle during running of a magnetic tape after storing the magnetic tape.SOLUTION: A magnetic tape device is provided. An angle θ formed by the axis of the element array of a magnetic head with respect to the width direction of the magnetic tape is changed during running of the magnetic tape in the magnetic tape device. When a maximum value of an absolute value of a difference between a servo band spacing obtained before storage in a predetermined environment and a servo band spacing obtained after storage in the environment for a storage time T is defined as A and T is set to be a plurality of predetermined times, a medium life calculated by a linear function of A and a logarithm loge T of T, that are derived from a value of A and a value of the logarithm loge T of T obtained for each T is 5 years or longer. The medium life is T when A satisfies a prescribed formula.SELECTED DRAWING: None

The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder. A magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus include the magnetic tape. A core void volume Vvc specified in international organization for standardization (ISO) 25178 on a surface of the magnetic layer is 1.200 nm3 or more and 3.000 nm3 or less, and standard deviation σ of the Vvc in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 0.120 nm3 or less.

An indicator indicating a non-linearity of a servo pattern is within 15% or less of a track pitch. The track pitch is a pitch between tracks. The indicator indicates a degree of variation in the plurality of distance differences from an average value of the plurality of distance differences. The distance difference is a difference between a distance between a pair of first positions corresponding to each other in the width direction in the pair of servo patterns and a distance between a pair of second positions deviated from the pair of first positions in the width direction by a first predetermined interval in the pair of servo patterns. The plurality of distance differences are obtained by measuring the distance difference for each second predetermined interval along the width direction in the pair of servo patterns. The first predetermined interval is larger than the second predetermined interval.

The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which a half-width of a frictional force, which is measured on a surface of the magnetic layer with a lateral force microscope, is 200 mV or less, and standard deviation σ of the half-width of the frictional force in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 50.0 mV or less.

The present invention provides a magnetic tape having a non-magnetic support and a magnetic layer containing a strong magnetic powder, in a small-angle X-ray scattering spectrum of the non-magnetic support obtained by small-angle X-ray scattering measurement, in a region where q is 0.5 to 1.5 A-1, a ratio of a scattering intensity I at a q value q max at which a maximum of a rate of change of the scattering intensity is present to a scattering intensity I max at which a minimum of the rate of change of the scattering intensity is present is 2.7 or more, q min < 1.5 A-1 min < 0.5 A-1 max < 0.5 A-1 min < 0.5 A-1 min < 0.5 A-1 max and a glass transition temperature Tg of the non-magnetic support is 140°C or more, a magnetic tape cartridge including the magnetic tape, and a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus.

The servo pattern recording method according to one aspect of the present technology involves recording a servo pattern in a plurality of servo bands that are arranged at intervals in the width direction of a magnetic layer in a magnetic tape, the method including: causing the magnetic tape to travel with a prescribed tension; and recording a servo pattern in the plurality of servo bands at a second pitch narrower than a first pitch, which is the positioning interval of two servo lead heads in a tape drive device that records data in the magnetic layer or that plays back data recorded in the magnetic layer.

To provide a magnet tape which may contribute to operational stability improvement of a drive during recording and / or reproduction after prolonged storage.SOLUTION: A magnetic tape comprising a non-magnetic support body and a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic powder, a magnetic tape cartridge comprising the magnetic tape, and a magnetic tape device are provided. The number of recesses with circle-equivalent diameters of 0.15 to 0.25 μm, inclusive, present on a surface of the magnetic layer is 100 to 2500, inclusive, per 40 μm×40 μm area. A standard deviation σ of the number of recesses in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 100 or less.SELECTED DRAWING: None

To provide a magnetic tape that is excellent in running stability in recording and / or playing back data at different head inclination angles in a high temperature and high humidity environment.SOLUTION: There is provided a magnetic tape in which an edge weave amount of a tape edge on at least one side of the magnetic tape is 1.5 μm or less, in an environment of a temperature of 32°C and relative humidity of 80%, frictional force F45° on a surface of a magnetic layer with respect to an LTO8 head measured at a head inclination angle of 45° is 4 gf or more and 15 gf or less, and a standard deviation of the frictional force F on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to the LTO8 head measured at head inclination angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° is 10 gf or less. Also there are provided a magnetic tape cartridge including the magnetic tape, and a magnetic tape device including the magnetic tape.SELECTED DRAWING: None

The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which an AlFeSil abrasion value measured on a surface of the magnetic layer is 20 μm or more and 50 μm or less, and standard deviation a of the AlFeSil abrasion value obtained in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 5.0 μm or less.

The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder. A magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus include the magnetic tape. An arithmetic average curvature Spc of a peak point specified in ISO 25178 on a surface of the magnetic layer is 0.30 (1 / μm) or more and 0.70 (1 / μm) or less, and standard deviation a of the Spc in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 0.15 (1 / μm) or less.

The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder. A magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus include the magnetic tape. A dale void volume Vvv specified in ISO 25178 on a surface of the magnetic layer is 0.100 nm3 or more and 0.350 nm3 or less, and standard deviation a of the Vvv in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 0.020 nm3 or less.

The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder. In a binarized image of a secondary electron image obtained by imaging a surface of the magnetic layer with a scanning electron microscope at an acceleration voltage of 5 kV, the number of bright regions having an equivalent circle diameter of 75 nm or more and less than 125 nm is 100 or more and 4000 or less, and standard deviation σ of the number of the bright regions in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 400 or less.

To provide a magnetic tape that is excellent in running stability in recording and / or playing back data at different head inclination angles in a high temperature and high humidity environment.SOLUTION: There is provided a magnetic tape in which C-H-derived C density is 45 atom% or more and 65 atom% or less and is calculated from a C-H peak area ratio in a C1s spectrum obtained through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed at a photoelectron take-out angle of 10 degrees on a surface of a magnetic layer, in an environment of a temperature of 32°C and relative humidity of 80%, frictional force F45° on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to an LTO8 head measured at a head inclination angle of 45° is 4 gf or more and 15 gf or less, and a standard deviation of the frictional force F on the surface of the magnetic layer with respect to the LTO8 head measured at head inclination angles of 0°, 15°, 30°, and 45° is 10 gf or less. Also there are provided a magnetic tape cartridge including the magnetic tape, and a magnetic tape device including the magnetic tape.SELECTED DRAWING: None

The magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder. A magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus include the magnetic tape. Svi obtained by measuring a surface of the magnetic layer with an atomic force microscope and by Equation A is 0.080 or more and 0.130 or less, and standard deviation σ of the Svi in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 0.010 or less. In Equation A, Sq is a root-mean-square height Sq specified in ISO 25178, Vv(h0.8) is a void volume in a region where a load area ratio in a bearing curve is 80% or more and 100% or less, and A is a measurement region area.Svi=(Vv⁡(h0.8)A) / SqEquation⁢ A

A main object of the present technology is to improve reliability and resolution of a magnetic recording tape by controlling distribution of the binder in the underlayer and a magnetic surface.The present technology provides a magnetic recording medium including: a magnetic layer; an underlayer; and a base layer in this order, in which the underlayer contains a chlorine-containing binder, and in the underlayer, a part having a chlorine count equal to or more than a threshold described below has a thickness of 130 nm or less, and a core portion level difference Rk is 5.5 nm or less and an average thickness of the underlayer is 1100 nm or less in a bearing curve created on the basis of height data of a magnetic layer side surface acquired using an atomic force microscope.[Threshold]=[an⁢ average⁢ chlorine⁢ count⁢ in⁢ the⁢ underlayer]+⁠6×
[a⁢ standard⁢ deviation⁢ determined⁢ in⁢ calculation⁢ of⁢ the⁢ average⁢ chlorine⁢ count]

The magnetic tape includes a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder. The magnetic layer has n (n is an integer of 3 or more) servo bands, and, in a case in which the servo bands are sequentially numbered with a servo band located at one most end of the magnetic layer in a width direction as a servo band 0, a servo band located at the other most end as a servo band n-1, a servo band adjacent to the servo band 0 as a servo band 1, and a servo band adjacent to the servo band 1 as a servo band 2, a wrinkle depth SA at a position A at which a deviation amount of a servo band interval from an arithmetic average of servo band intervals between the servo band 1 and the servo band 2 is largest is 10 μm or less.

The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which a friction coefficient measured on a base portion of a surface of the magnetic layer is 0.35 or less, and standard deviation σ of the friction coefficient in a width direction of the surface of the magnetic layer is 0.05 nm or less.

The magnetic tape includes: a non-magnetic support; and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, in which a non-linear component of tape width deformation generated by storage for 10 days in an environment of a temperature of 60° C. and a relative humidity of 20% is 100 nm or less. A magnetic tape cartridge and a magnetic tape apparatus include the magnetic tape.

This invention relates to a contactless storage medium, a magnetic tape cassette, a method for operating the contactless storage medium, and the storage medium itself. The contactless storage medium mounted on the magnetic tape cassette includes an IC chip connected to an antenna that is electromagnetically coupled to the communication destination via a magnetic field supplied from the destination, and communicates with the communication destination via the magnetic field. The IC chip corresponds to multiple communication standards and selectively uses multiple communication standards for communication.