Advances in magneto optical static event detector technology

Author

Jacksen, Niels ; Nelsen, Lyle D. ; Boehm, Donald F. ; Odom, Tom

Author_Institution

ExMod Corp., San Jose, CA, USA

Volume

24

Issue

2

fYear

2001

fDate

4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

71

Abstract

Magneto-optical static event detectors, introduced at the 1998 EOS/ESD Symposium, have been demonstrated as a useful tool to detect low-level transients that damage magnetoresistive (MR) and giant magnetoresistive (GMR) recording heads. Improvements in magneto-optic film characteristics, device design, and wafer fabrication methods will result in enhanced sensitivity to those transients. Improvements in packaging and performance repeatability are described

Keywords

magnetic heads; magneto-optical sensors; magnetoresistive devices; packaging; transients; device design; giant magnetoresistive recording heads; low-level transients; magneto optical static event detector; magneto-optic film characteristics; magnetoresistive recording heads; packaging; performance repeatability; sensitivity; wafer fabrication methods; Earth Observing System; Enhanced magnetoresistance; Event detection; Giant magnetoresistance; Magnetooptic devices; Magnetooptic recording; Optical detectors; Optical films; Optical recording; Optical sensors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Packaging Manufacturing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-334X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6104.930955

Filename

930955