Study of head/disc interface dynamics using a thermal asperity sensor

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2481-2483

  Sundaram, Ramesh ^a   Yao, Wei ^a   Ku, Roger C ^a   Kuo, David ^a  

^a SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Head disc dynamics; TA; Thermal asperity

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC HEADS; RESONANCE; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

HEAD/DISK INTERFACE DYNAMICS; THERMAL ASPERITY (TA) SENSORS;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 0033184393     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800865     Document Type: Article

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