Abstract:
Semicircular magnetic domains are propagated along a narrow track. Magnetostatic interaction prevents two domains from being situated directly opposite each other on the track and thus binary data storage can occur using bubble presence on the sides of the track as 1''s or 0''s. A shift register can comprise a pair of domain generators, the propagation track with or without propagating means and a pair of sensors and annihilators, one of the domain generators, sensors and annihilators being located on each side of the track. A loop store may comprise tracks formed on the circumference of a cylinder of the domain medium. The track can be formed by a physical separation in the domain medium, such as a physical crack scribed by a laser beam or by ion-milling grooves. The track can also be defined by a narrow region with in-plane anisotropy formed by ion implantation.
Abstract:
Bubble domains in an enclosed lattice are translated for data accessing and buffered by providing stripe domains on both ends of a bubble lattice parallel to the direction of the bubble domain propagation. The stripe domains elongate at one end and contract at the other end in the positioning of a column of information carrying bubble domains into a column accessing device. Current in conductors at each end of the lattice and/or in propagation conductors near the column accessing devices change the shape of the stripe arrays so that the interposed bubble lattice is propagated while maintaining lattice integrity. Any one or all of the rows of bubble domains in the lattice file can be translated to position information carrying bubble domains for column accessing.
Abstract:
A magnetic read head assembly comprises two magnetostatically coupled magnetoresistive (MR) elements, and conducting means for supplying a drive current to the elements. The drive current serves as a sense current as well as a bias current. The drive current is provided to both elements concurrently, so that the current through each element serves to magnetically bias the other element. An output differential read signal is obtained from the two MR elements.
Abstract:
RETURN TO ZERO VERTICAL MAGNETIC RECORDING SYSTEM An return-to-zero (RZ) vertical digital magnetic recording method and apparatus comprising a selectively magnetizable recording medium which includes a recording layer of magnetic material having a low vertical remanence. A magnetic recording head is positioned in close proximity to the recording medium, and relative motion is produced between the recording medium and the recording head. To record data, the recording head is energized with one short duration current pulse for each unit of data to be recorded. The resulting bipolar magnetic write field closes substantially perpendicular through the recording medium thereby producing, in the medium, a similarly bipolar flux configuration having the magnetic transition centered about the gap of the magnetic recording head. Data is represented by the transition in RZ vertical magnetic recording. SA984009