• DocumentCode
    998488
  • Title

    Measurement of noise in magnetic media

  • Author

    Baugh, R.A. ; Murdock, E.S. ; Natarajan, B.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    9/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1722
  • Lastpage
    1724
  • Abstract
    A model for medium noise in thin film and particulate discs is presented. The model is based on both time jitter and spectrum analyzer measurements. Thin metallic film discs have different noise mechanisms from either particulate or sputtered γ-Fe2O3discs. A signal-to-noise ratio equal to the signal /rms noise measured at the predetection filter output gives accurate prediction of peak jitter only if the noise is measured at the transitlon density giving maximum noise.
  • Keywords
    Magnetic disk recording; Magnetic noise; Timing jitters; Atmospheric modeling; Density measurement; Jitter; Magnetic films; Magnetic noise; Noise measurement; PSNR; Spectral analysis; Sputtering; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.1983.1062770
  • Filename
    1062770