Title :
Stiction free slider for lightly textured disks
Author :
Yamamoto, T. ; Yokohata, T. ; Kasamatsu, Y.
Author_Institution :
File Memory Lab., Fujitsu Labs. Ltd., Atsugi, Japan
fDate :
7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We developed a Stiction Free Slider that has pads on the air bearing surface to reduce the stiction between the head and disk. This paper presents our extended experimental data on the SFS for use on lightly textured disks. The SFS shows excellent CSS performances on disks having an average roughness of 0.8 nm with 1.5 -2.5 nm thick lubricant. The wear of pads is negligible after 100,000 Contact Start/Stop cycles. This novel technique has an excellent potential to overcome the tribology obstacle and thus enable ultra high density recordings
Keywords :
lubrication; magnetic disc storage; magnetic heads; air bearing surface; contact start/stop cycling; head disk interface; lightly textured disk; lubricant; pad wear; stiction free slider; surface roughness; tribology; ultra high density recording; Cascading style sheets; Disk recording; Fabrication; Lubricants; Magnetic heads; Resists; Rough surfaces; Surface roughness; Surface texture; Tribology;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
