Advanced MR read/inductive write heads for high performance, high density tape applications

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4 PART 1, 1998, Pages 1866-1871

  Dee, Richard H ^a   Gates, James C ^a  

^a Sun StorageTek   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetoresistive (mr) heads; Recording heads; Tape recording; Thin film heads

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; MAGNETIC TAPE STORAGE; MAGNETORESISTANCE; PROCESS CONTROL; THIN FILMS;

HIGH DENSITY STORAGE SUBSYSTEMS; MAGNETORESISTIVE READ/INDUCTIVE WRITE HEADS;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0032114678     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.706729     Document Type: Article

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