Single-sided sensor for glide height testing
    4.
    发明授权
    Single-sided sensor for glide height testing 失效
    用于滑行高度测试的单面传感器

    公开(公告)号:US6023963A

    公开(公告)日:2000-02-15

    申请号:US966313

    申请日:1997-11-07

    摘要: The present invention is a glide height test slider for detecting asperities and irregularities on a surface of a rotating disc. A slider body has a plurality of edges defining its outer boundaries. The slider body has a piezoelectric element on at least one of its surfaces, and the piezoelectric element does not extend outside the outer boundaries of the slider body. First and second confronting conductors are patterned on the piezoelectric element so that an electric field generated by the piezoelectric element in response to a strained force due to vibration of the slider body induces a voltage between the first and second conductors representative of the vibration. The piezoelectric elements may be a separate element bonded to the slider body, or the slider body may be formed of a piezoelectric material to form the piezoelectric element.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是用于检测旋转盘的表面上的粗糙度和凹凸的滑行高度测试滑块。 滑块体具有限定其外部边界的多个边缘。 滑块体在其至少一个表面上具有压电元件,并且压电元件不延伸到滑块体的外边界的外侧。 第一和第二面对导体在压电元件上被图案化,使得由压电元件响应于由于滑块体的振动引起的应变力产生的电场在代表振动的第一和第二导体之间引起电压。 压电元件可以是结合到滑块体的单独元件,或者滑块体可以由压电材料形成以形成压电元件。

    Slider and method for actively controlling crown curvature
    7.
    发明授权
    Slider and method for actively controlling crown curvature 有权
    滑块和积极控制冠曲率的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06700727B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-03-02

    申请号:US09809714

    申请日:2001-03-15

    IPC分类号: G11B2102

    CPC分类号: G11B5/6005 G11B5/58

    摘要: A slider is provided for actively controlling a fly height of the slider relative to a data storage disc during operation of a data storage system. The slider includes a slider body having front and back surfaces, a length and a crown curvature on the front surface along the length. The slider also includes first and second elongated rails which are positioned on the front surface along the length of the slider body and form first and second bearing surfaces. Each bearing surface includes a leading portion, a trailing portion and a waist portion, wherein the waist portion is wider than the leading and trailing portions and has a maximum width within a middle half of the length of the slider body. A deformable material is positioned on the slider body having a dimension that is changeable in response to an electrical control signal applied in a deformable material, wherein a change in the dimension causes a change in the crown curvature.

    摘要翻译: 提供滑块,用于在数据存储系统的操作期间主动地控制滑块相对于数据存储盘的飞行高度。 滑块包括具有前表面和后表面的滑块主体,沿着该长度的前表面上的长度和冠曲率。 滑块还包括第一和第二细长导轨,其沿着滑块主体的长度定位在前表面上并形成第一和第二支承表面。 每个支承表面包括前导部分,后部部分和腰部部分,其中腰部部分比前部和后部部分宽,并且在滑块体的长度的中间半部内具有最大宽度。 可变形材料定位在滑块主体上,其尺寸可以响应于施加在可变形材料中的电控制信号而变化,其中尺寸的变化导致表冠曲率的变化。

    Multi-impact thermal asperity sensor head
    9.
    发明授权
    Multi-impact thermal asperity sensor head 失效
    多重冲击热凹凸传感头

    公开(公告)号:US5825181A

    公开(公告)日:1998-10-20

    申请号:US831070

    申请日:1997-04-01

    摘要: An asperity height sensing head and method of using the same are disclosed. The head includes multiple magnetoresistive (MR) sensors carried by a first rail of a slider adjacent to the air bearing surface (ABS) and positioned a distance L.sub.p from each other. Asperity height estimating circuitry coupled to each of the multiple MR sensors detects a number N of the MR sensors which exhibit a change in resistance as a result of contact between the ABS and a first asperity on the surface of the disc. The asperity height estimating circuitry estimates the height H.sub.A of the first asperity as a function of the number N, as a function of the pitch angle .theta..sub.p , and as a function of the distance L.sub.p.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种凹凸高度感测头及其使用方法。 头部包括由滑块的与空气支承表面(ABS)相邻的第一轨道承载的多个磁阻(MR)传感器,并且彼此间距离Lp。 耦合到多个MR传感器中的每一个的粗糙度高度估计电路检测出由于ABS与盘的表面上的第一粗糙度之间的接触而呈现出电阻变化的数目N的MR传感器。 粗糙度高度估计电路根据距离Lp估计第一粗糙度的高度HA作为数量N的函数,作为俯仰角θp的函数。

    Laser textured transducing head slider
    10.
    发明授权
    Laser textured transducing head slider 有权
    激光纹理变换头滑块

    公开(公告)号:US06381098B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-30

    申请号:US09136076

    申请日:1998-08-18

    IPC分类号: G11B1732

    CPC分类号: G11B5/6005 G11B5/102

    摘要: A magnetic data transducing slider is selectively textured, at least over its air bearing surface, to provide rounded nodules or rims adapted to support the normally aerodynamically supported slider when at rest on a specular surface of a data recording medium. The texturing substantially reduces the area of contiguous slider/medium contact as compared to the area of the air bearing surface, counteracting stiction and substantially reducing dynamic friction during head takeoffs and landings. Slider texturing eliminates the need for a dedicated contact or landing zone on the data recording medium, making more space available for storing data on the medium, and insuring a more uniform surface roughness over the entire surface of a medium that confronts the slider. The desired texture is formed according to a process that includes depositing chromium or another metal onto the slider substrate to provide metallic regions on the air bearing surface, particularly along opposite skis of the slider. Then, laser energy is concentrated upon the regions to form smooth, rounded support features, such as nodules or annular rims. The features can be uniform in size, or alternatively can exhibit a size gradient to support the slider at an incline that replicates its orientation when aerodynamically supported.

    摘要翻译: 至少在其空气支承表面上选择性地纹理化磁数据传感滑块,以便在数据记录介质的镜面上静止时适于支撑通常空气动力学支撑的滑块的圆形结节或边缘。 与空气轴承表面的面积相比,纹理化大大减少了连续的滑块/介质接触的面积,抵消了静摩擦力,并且在头部起飞和着陆期间基本上减少了动摩擦力。 滑块纹理消除了对数据记录介质上的专用接触或着陆区域的需要,使得更多的空间可用于在介质上存储数据,并且确保在与滑块相对的介质的整个表面上更均匀的表面粗糙度。 根据包括将铬或另一种金属沉积到滑块基底上以在空气轴承表面上提供金属区域,特别是沿着滑块的相对滑雪板的方法形成所需的织构。 然后,激光能量集中在这些区域上以形成平滑的,圆形的支撑特征,例如结节或环形边缘。 特征可以在尺寸上是均匀的,或者可以表现出尺寸梯度,以在空气动力学支撑时复制其取向的斜面上支撑滑块。