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Abstract

A tape recording head is provided comprising a substrate including a first plane deposited on the substrate comprising a linear array of read transducers spaced apart in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of linear motion of a recording tape relative to the magnetic head, and a second plane deposited on the substrate comprising a linear array of read transducers spaced apart in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of linear motion of the recording tape relative to the magnetic head, the second plane offset relative to the first plane so that the read transducers in the first plane overlap the read transducers of the second plane such that a first read transducer in the first plane and a second read transducer in the second plane together span the width of a written track on the tape. A method is provided for increasing the SNR ratio of readback data from a track recorded on a tape using a magnetic head having overlapping read transducers is provided.

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