Magnetic media formed by a thin planar arbitrary gap pattern magnetic head

Magnetic media formed by a magnetic recording head comprising:

• a substrate having a substantially continuous surface generally parallel with a tape bearing surface;
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• a plurality of independent and magnetically isolated channels, each comprising:
• a first magnetic layer deposited on the substantially continuous surface of the substrate;
• an electrically conductive coil layer deposited on the first magnetic layer;
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• a second magnetic layer deposited on the electrically conductive coil layer, the second magnetic layer comprising at least one magnetic gap pattern.

Magnetic tape media comprising:

• a plurality of data bands;
• and
• a plurality of servo bands, each having a timing-based servo pattern written thereon by a magnetic recording head comprising:
• a substrate having a substantially continuous surface generally parallel with a tape bearing surface;
• and
• a plurality of independent and magnetically isolated channels, each comprising:
• a first magnetic layer deposited on the substantially continuous surface of the substrate;
• an electrically conductive coil layer deposited on the first magnetic layer;
• and
• a second magnetic layer deposited on the electrically conductive coil layer, the second magnetic layer comprising at least one magnetic gap pattern.