Head shock resistance and head load/unload protection for reducing disk errors and defects, and enhancing data integrity of disk drives
    1.
    发明授权
    Head shock resistance and head load/unload protection for reducing disk errors and defects, and enhancing data integrity of disk drives 失效
    头部抗冲击和头部负载/卸载保护,以减少磁盘错误和缺陷,并提高磁盘驱动器的数据完整性

    公开(公告)号:US07167343B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-23

    申请号:US11287940

    申请日:2005-11-28

    IPC分类号: G11B5/60

    摘要: A slider in a disk drive is shock-protected with an overcoat layer of either metal or polymer directly on the areas of the slider that are prone to contact the disk when the slider is loaded off the platform, or when the slider is shocked while in operation over the data zone of the disk. The material used to form the layer absorbs shock and reduces wear, and is bonded or sputtered to the head in a region other than the pads of the air bearing surface. This region is typically the reactive ion etched (RIE) surface area and is slightly below the pads of the air bearing surface of the head. In an alternate version of the invention, the slider is protected by covering only the edges of the slider with a suitable material. Finally, the entire slider may be encased with the overcoating except for the pads of the air bearing surface.

    摘要翻译: 磁盘驱动器中的滑块在金属或聚合物的外涂层直接在滑块的区域上受到冲击保护,当滑块从平台上卸载时,容易接触磁盘,或者当滑块在 操作磁盘的数据区。 用于形成层的材料吸收冲击并减少磨损,并且在除了空气轴承表面的垫之外的区域中粘合或溅射到头部。 该区域通常是反应离子蚀刻(RIE)表面积,并且略低于头部空气轴承表面的焊盘。 在本发明的另一种形式中,通过用合适的材料仅覆盖滑块的边缘来保护滑块。 最后,除了空气轴承表面的垫之外,整个滑块可以用外涂层包住。

    Buffered nitrogenated carbon overcoat for data recording disks and
method for manufacturing the same
    8.
    发明授权
    Buffered nitrogenated carbon overcoat for data recording disks and method for manufacturing the same 失效
    缓冲用于数据记录盘的氮化碳覆盖层及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US5855746A

    公开(公告)日:1999-01-05

    申请号:US608392

    申请日:1996-02-28

    摘要: A method for manufacturing a recording medium on a hard disk includes forming a data recording layer on the disk, forming a nitrogenated carbon overcoat layer over the data recording layer, (with or without intervening layers), and the processing data recording layer to protect it from the nitrogen used in the process of forming the nitrogenated carbon. In one approach, the step of processing the data recording layer is accomplished by forming a buffer layer between the data recording layer and the overcoat layer by depositing carbon on the data recording layer using a carbon deposition process excluding nitrogen, then forming the overcoat layer by depositing carbon on the buffer layer using a carbon deposition process that includes a nitrogen source. In an alternative, the step of processing the data recording layer is accomplished with or without a buffer layer in an automated process by transferring the disk after deposition of the data recording layer into an isolation chamber that has no nitrogen, and then into a nitrogenated carbon deposition chamber thereby preventing contamination of the data recording layer deposition process by nitrogen used in the overcoat layer deposition step.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在硬盘上制造记录介质的方法包括在盘上形成数据记录层,在数据记录层上形成氮化的碳覆盖层(有或没有中间层)和处理数据记录层以保护它 从形成氮化碳的过程中使用的氮。 在一种方法中,处理数据记录层的步骤是通过在数据记录层和外涂层之间形成缓冲层来实现的,所述缓冲层是通过使用除氮之外的碳沉积工艺在数据记录层上沉积碳,然后通过 使用包括氮源的碳沉积工艺在缓冲层上沉积碳。 另一方面,处理数据记录层的步骤是在自动化过程中通过或不将缓冲层完成,通过在将数据记录层沉积到没有氮的隔离室中之后传送盘,然后进入氮化碳 沉积室,从而防止在外涂层沉积步骤中使用的氮气对数据记录层沉积工艺的污染。