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
fDate :
9/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.1978.1059808
