DocumentCode
966118
Title
Asperity heights on magnetic tape derived from measured signal dropout lengths
Author
Alstad, J.K. ; Haynes, M.K.
Author_Institution
IBM Corporation, Boulder, Colorado
Volume
14
Issue
5
fYear
1978
fDate
9/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
749
Lastpage
751
Abstract
Lengths of threshold-defined signal dropouts were measured for several types of commercial half-inch recording tapes. The results are interpreted by means of a model for the heights and positions of the asperities which cause the dropouts.
Keywords
Magnetic tape recording; Density measurement; Digital recording; Error correction codes; Frequency; Length measurement; Magnetic recording; Manufacturing; Measurement techniques; Probability density function; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9464
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TMAG.1978.1059808
Filename
1059808
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