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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Robert Glenn Biskeborn0
Date of Patent
March 1, 2011
0Patent Application Number
115602810
Date Filed
November 15, 2006
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A magnetic head according to one embodiment includes a reader and a thermal sensor for detecting a thermal effect thereon from a magnetic medium passing by the thermal sensor. A tape drive system according to one embodiment includes a magnetic head for reading data from a magnetic tape, a thermal sensor for detecting a thermal effect thereon from the magnetic tape passing by the thermal sensor, a drive mechanism for passing the tape over the head, and a processor for causing alteration of a readback signal from the magnetic head based on an output of the thermal sensor.
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