Flying-Height Adjustment Technologies of Magnetic Head Sliders

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 1 II, 2004, Pages 332-336

  Kurita, Masayuki ^a   Suzuki, Kenji ^b  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actuator; Adjustment; Flying height; Magnetic head slider; Micro electromechanical systems (MEMS)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MICROACTUATORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ADJUSTMENT; FLYING HEIGHT; MAGNETIC HEAD SLIDER;

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 1342265537     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.821158     Document Type: Article

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