Title :
Achieving 1 Gbit/in2 with inductive recording heads
Author :
Cain, William ; Payne, Alexander ; Qiu, Gan ; Latev, Dimitre ; Imai, Darren ; Hempstead, Robert ; McNeil, Michael ; Phenicie, Christine
Author_Institution :
Read-Rite Corp., San Jose, CA, USA
fDate :
9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
By using a planar inductive head run in continuous contact with the media surface we have demonstrated an areal recording density of 1 Gb/in2 This was achieved by first recognizing several fundamental limits on the areal density performance of inductive heads, then by developing a new transducer capable of overcoming these limitations. This paper describes a contact planar thin film head capable of a 1 Gb/in2 areal density with a robust off-track error rate
Keywords :
magnetic heads; magnetic recording; magnetic recording noise; magnetic thin film devices; 1 Gb/in2; NLTS performance; SNR; areal recording density; contact planar thin film head; continuous contact; inductive recording heads; media surface; planar inductive head; robust off-track error rate; track profile; transducer; user bit density; Coils; Degradation; Frequency; Impedance; Inductance; Magnetic heads; Signal to noise ratio; Thin film sensors; Transducers; Transistors;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
