Tape flux measurement is useful for standardizing program levels on magnetic tape records, and for measuring the performance of tapes and recording and reproducing heads. A ring-core head is the most satisfactory tape-flux measuring instrument, but calibration of the flux-to-voltage sensitivity is difficult in the general practical case. By using a -symmetrical head- construction, however, the average sensitivity of front and rear gaps is accurately calculated quite easily. For practical measurements, a -high-efficiency head- has the advantage of requiring only one (not two) measurements. The flux-efficiency of the core, and the frequency- and wavelength-response factors are all calculated and experimentally verified for both the symmetrical and the high-efficiency designs. A transfer to unidirectional flux and magnetometer flux measurement gives further verification. A flux measurement accuracy of better than 3% is achieved at medium wavelengths of 0.25 to 2.0 mm.
Author:
McKnight, John G.
Affiliation:
Ampex Stereo Tapes Division, Redwood City, CA
JAES Volume 18 Issue 3 pp. 250-262; June 1970
Publication Date:
June 1, 1970
Click to purchase paper as a non-member or you can login as an AES member to see more options.
No AES members have commented on this paper yet.
To be notified of new comments on this paper you can subscribe to this RSS feed. Forum users should login to see additional options.
If you are not yet an AES member and have something important to say about this paper then we urge you to join the AES today and make your voice heard. You can join online today by clicking here.