Title :
A GMR head for helical-scan recording with a 5000 hour head life
Author :
Hallamasek, K. ; Boots, M. ; Souchon, F. ; Panabiere, M. ; Viala, B.
Author_Institution :
Ampex Co., Redwood City, CA, USA
fDate :
March 30 2003-April 3 2003
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe a GMR head for helical-scan recording that overcomes the problems of wear, corrosion and thermal spikes.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; corrosion; corrosion protection; giant magnetoresistance; magnetic heads; magnetic recording; magnetic sensors; permanent magnets; silicon compounds; soft magnetic materials; titanium compounds; wear; zirconium compounds; 5000 hour; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/SiC; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/TiC; GMR head; ZrO/sub 2/; corrosion; helical scan recording; thermal spikes; wear; Cities and towns; Corrosion; Magnetic circuits; Magnetic heads; Magnetic materials; Magnetic sensors; Protection; Silicon; Soft magnetic materials; Wearable sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7647-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230475
