As the data storage density continues to grow, high performance tape transports are needed for fine positioning and transport of the media over the read and write heads. This paper presents a survey of digital tape transport servo systems for four popular types of drives: (1) reel to reel drives; (2) single cartridge drives; (3) helical scanning drives; and (4) belt-driven drives. Concepts behind velocity, tension and tracking control employed in production drives are discussed and references to pertinent research cited. Techniques used to measure error in the parameters under servo control are presented.


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    Title :

    Survey of digital tape transport servo systems


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    High-Density Data Recording and Retrieval Technologies ; 1995 ; Philadelphia,PA,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1996-01-15





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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