| US 7,548,397 B2 | ||
| Magnetic reader with piggybacked fence | ||
| Robert Glenn Biskeborn, Hollister, Calif. (US); Icko E. T. Iben, Santa Clara, Calif. (US); Peter VanderSalm Koeppe, San Diego, Calif. (US); and Jason Liang, San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 16, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/281,734. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0109681 A1, May 17, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 5/187 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 360—121 | 15 Claims |
| 1. A magnetic tape head, comprising:
a plurality of elements selected from a group consisting of readers and writers;
a servo sensor positioned towards the elements, the servo sensor being adapted for sensing a first servo track of a magnetic
medium; and
a fence positioned towards the servo sensor and aligned therewith in a tape travel direction,
wherein a tape bearing surface of the fence and a tape bearing surface of the servo sensor lie on a same plane.
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