Title :
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Breakdown between a Recording Head and a Disk with an Asperity
Author :
Wallash, A. ; Zhu, H.
Author_Institution :
Hitachi Global Storage Technol., San Jose
Abstract :
In this paper, failure thresholds and damage resulting from electrical breakdown between a recording head flying on a disk with an asperity are measured and systematically studied.
Keywords :
electric breakdown; electrostatic discharge; failure analysis; magnetic disc storage; magnetic heads; ESD; disk; electrical breakdown; electrostatic discharge breakdown; failure thresholds; recording head; Breakdown voltage; Current measurement; Disk recording; Electric breakdown; Electric variables measurement; Electrostatic discharge; Electrostatic measurements; Histograms; Magnetic heads; Magnetic recording;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2006. INTERMAG 2006. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1479-2
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2006.375591
