Contact Noise in Magnetoresistive Read Sensors for Ultrahigh-Density Flexible Media Applications

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2390-2392

  Arnold, C Stephen ^a   McKinstry, Kevin D ^a   Watson, Mark L ^a  

^a Sun StorageTek   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact noise; Flexible media; Tape heads; Thermal noise

Indexed keywords

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIC SHIELDING; MAGNETIC TAPE; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL NOISE;

RECORDING DENSITY;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 0141885002     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.815459     Document Type: Article

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