Flying clearance distribution with thermal flying height control in hard disk drives

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Lee, Sung Chang ^a   Tyndall, George W ^a   Suk, Mike ^a  

^a SAMSUNG INFORMATION SYSTEMS AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flying clearance; Head disk interface (HDI); Pole tip protrusion; Thermal flying height control (TFC); Thermomechanical actuation

Indexed keywords

FLYING CLEARANCE; FLYING HEIGHT CONTROL; HEAD DISK INTERFACE; POLE-TIP PROTRUSIONS; THERMOMECHANICAL ACTUATION;

ACTUATOR DISKS; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MAGNETIC HEADS; NONVOLATILE STORAGE; POLES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

HARD DISK STORAGE;

EID: 77955294453     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001024     Document Type: Article

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