Error Rate Performance of Experimental Gigabit Per Square Inch Recording Components

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 2298-2302

  Howell, Thomas D ^a   McCown, Donald P ^a   Diola, Thomas A ^a   Tang, Yaw Shing ^a   Hense, Karl R ^a,b   Gee, Ralph L ^a,b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS - THIN FILMS;

MAGNETORESISTIVE HEADS; THIN-FILM DISKS;

DATA STORAGE, MAGNETIC;

EID: 0025493796     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.104703     Document Type: Article

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