Title :
Head-disc dynamics of low resonance laser textures-a spectrogram analysis
Author :
Yao, Wei H. ; Kuo, David ; Ku, Roger ; Marchon, Bruno ; Sundaram, Ramesh
Author_Institution :
Recording Media Group, Seagate Technol., Fremont, CA, USA
fDate :
7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Spectrogram analysis provides a systematic way to study the head-disc interface dynamics and demonstrates how the frequency spectrum varies during the head take-off or landing. The regular pattern laser texture has strong input excitations, which includes not only the fundamental frequency of bump pitch density but also the higher order harmonics. When the excitation frequencies intercept the system resonance frequencies, such as the slider/sensor body natural frequencies, the sensor output is amplified, which causes a false reading in the glide testing and glide avalanche measurement. Spiral-line laser texture solves the problem of resonance by completely removing the source of excitation
Keywords :
magnetic heads; measurement by laser beam; amplified sensor output; frequency spectrum; glide avalanche; glide testing; head landing; head take-off; head-disc dynamics; low resonance laser textures; spectrogram analysis; Band pass filters; Disk recording; Laser excitation; Magnetic heads; Magnetic resonance; Resonant frequency; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Spectrogram; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on