Write-induced pole-tip-protrusion and its effect on head-disk interface clearance

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4 II, 2004, Pages 3145-3147

  Li, Yufeng ^a  

^a WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude sensitivity; Head disk interface clearance; Pole tip protrusion; Triple harmonic method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; VACUUM;

ALTITUDE SENSITIVITY; HEAD DISK INTERFACE (HDI); WRITE INDUCED POLE TRIP PROTRUSION (WPTP);

MAGNETIC HEADS;

EID: 4444342046     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.830224     Document Type: Article

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