INFLUENCES OF YAW-ANGLE ON READ WRITE CHARACTERISTICS INVESTIGATED BYCOMPUTER-SIMULATION/

A computer study of recording loss due to a yaw-angle (skew) is discus sed, Use of yaw-angle when writing on a medium enhances non-linear dis tortion in the recorded magnetization on the track center as well as o n the track edges, resulting in the reduction in signal output. The de gree of the reduction is strongly influenced by the magnetic propertie s of the recording medium and writing conditions (write head gap-lengt h, spacing between head and medium, etc.). An isotropic medium and nar row spacing recording with a narrow gap head is preferable for reducin g the yaw-angle loss.