• DocumentCode
    764266
  • Title

    Enhanced Reliability of Hard Disk Drive by Vapor Corrosion Inhibitor

  • Author

    Wang, Run-Han ; Wend, H. Russ ; Brown, Charlie A. ; Lum, Sharon ; McCoy, Scott ; Karis, Tom

  • Author_Institution
    Hitachi Global Storage Technol., San Jose, CA
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    2498
  • Lastpage
    2500
  • Abstract
    Vapor corrosion inhibitor can improve the reliability of heads and disks in a hard disk drive by forming a protective film over exposed metal. Diffusion channels from a source and to a drain are designed to control the steady state relative partial pressure of the desirable species below saturation. Extended accelerated life tests and repeated condensing humidity cycle tests demonstrate the improved reliability
  • Keywords
    disc drives; hard discs; life testing; magnetic heads; magnetic recording; reliability; diffusion channels; hard disk drive; head reliability; humidity cycle tests; life tests; protective film; reliability enhancement; vapor corrosion inhibitor; Corrosion inhibitors; Current density; Disk drives; Hard disks; Life estimation; Life testing; Magnetic heads; Pressure control; Steady-state; Surface resistance; Corrosion; disks; head; reliability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2006.880467
  • Filename
    1704344