Abstract:
A data storage system (100) may be configured with at least a mobile data storage device (102) that consists of a rotating data storage medium and a controller (122). The controller (122) can alter a rotational speed of the data storage medium in response to a predicted change in a command queue. The mobile data storage device (102) may be configured without an active cooling feature.
Abstract:
Provided herein, is an apparatus that includes a stationary component, a rotatable component, and an upper journal bearing and a lower journal bearing. The upper journal bearing and the lower journal bearing are defined in a gap between the stationary component and the rotatable component, and the stationary component and rotatable component are configured for relative rotation. A thrust bearing is disposed between the upper journal bearing and the lower journal bearing.
Abstract:
Alignment of read/write heads with the storage tracks in disk drive memory systems allows disks to be designed with greater track densities, thereby allowing smaller disks and/or increasing the storage capacity of the disks. Spindle motors having fluid dynamic bearings situated between, for example, a shaft and sleeve support a hub and disk for rotation, thereby assisting rotational accuracy. In fluid dynamic bearings, also referred to as hydrodynamic bearings, a lubricating fluid may be provided between a fixed member bearing surface and a rotating member bearing surface of the disk drive. Disk drive hydrodynamic bearings are sensitive, for example, to external loads and mechanical shock. As a result, the stiffness of the fluid dynamic bearing affects the support of a rotating load on the spindle during wobble or tilt.
Abstract:
Provided herein is an apparatus, including an inner component, wherein the inner component includes a thrust plate; an outer component, wherein the inner component and the outer component are positioned for relative rotation, and wherein the inner component and the outer component are positioned to form at least one bearing having a groove pattern that imparts a predetermined direction to the rotational motion of the inner component and the outer component; and a gas inlet operable to receive a pressurized gas.
Abstract:
When opaque films are deposited on semi-conductor wafers, underlying alignment marks 106, 108 may be concealed. The re-exposure of such alignment marks 106, 108 is one source of resulting surface topography. In accordance with one implementation, alignment marks 106,108 embedded in a wafer 102 may be exposed by removing material from one or more layers and by replacing such material with a transparent material. In accordance with another implementation, the amount of material removed in an alignment mark recovery process may be mitigated by selectively ashing or etching above a stop layer.
Abstract:
Provided herein is an apparatus comprising a photon detecting array configured to take images of an article, and a mount configured to mount and translate the article in a direction by a sub-pixel distance. In some embodiments, the sub-pixel distance is based on a pixel size of the photon detecting array.
Abstract:
Apparatus (102, 132, 140) for recording data and method (200) for making the same. In accordance with some embodiments, a magnetic recording layer (148) is adapted to store data along perpendicular magnetic domains. A protective overcoat layer ( 150) is formed on the magnetic recording layer (148) to substantially protect the magnetic recording layer (148) from environmental effects. The protective overcoat layer (150) is made of carbon intermixed with at least one transition metal, such as but not limited to chromium.
Abstract:
Resist imprinting void reduction method may include sealing a chamber. The chamber may be filled with an ambient inert gas, wherein the inert gas a solubility in a resist layer on a substrate greater than Helium. The method may also include establishing a pressure within the chamber sufficient to cause absorption of the ambient inert gas by the resist layer, and sufficient to suppress evaporation of the resist layer.
Abstract:
Articles that include a magnetic structure; an intermediate layer, the intermediate layer positioned on the magnetic structure, the intermediate layer having a thickness from about 3 Å to about 50 Å, the intermediate layer including a bottom interface layer, the bottom interface layer positioned adjacent the magnetic structure, the bottom interface layer including atoms of a metal bonded to atoms, compounds, or both of the magnetic structure; an interlayer, the interlayer positioned on the bottom interface layer, the interlayer including oxides of the metal; and a top interface layer, the top interface layer positioned adjacent the interlayer, the top interface layer including atoms of the metal, oxides of the metal, or some combination thereof bonded to atoms or compounds of the adjacent overcoat layer; and an overcoat layer, the overcoat layer positioned on the top interface layer of the intermediate layer.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes a hub, a first disk, a second disk, and a spacer. The hub is supported for relative rotation about a stationary component. The first disk is mounted to the hub with a first dynamic resonance mode associated therewith. The second disk is mounted to the hub with a second dynamic resonance mode associated therewith. The spacer is positioned between the first disk and the second disk, wherein the spacer is operable to cause the first dynamic resonance mode to be different from the second dynamic resonance mode.