Electrostatic discharge and electrical breakdown study of the head-disk interface in a hard disk drive

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1751-1755

  Wallash, Albert J ^a  

^a MAXTOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon overcoat; Electrical breakdown; Electrostatic discharge (BSD); Hard disk drive; Head disk interface

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROSTATICS; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC RECORDING; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD); HEAD-DISK INTERFACE;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 2642558096     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.821162     Document Type: Article

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