Abstract:
An electrical lap guide (ELG) system and method are disclosed for use in lapping a bar (10) of magnetic transducer carrying sliders to a desired transducer height. A first ELG (ELG1) contained within the bar has at least two first ELG resistive elements (R11, R12). A second ELG (ELG2) contained within the bar has at least two second ELG resistive elements (R21, R23). A first of the at least two first ELG resistive elements is electrically coupled to a first of the at least two second ELG resistive elements to thereby reduce a total number of leads needed between a data acquisition unit (100) and the bar (10) during lapping. The reduction in required data acquisition unit (100) leads (L) allows more ELGs to be included on each bar (10) in order to more accurately control the lapping process
Abstract:
A data storage system that includes a positioning system for positioning the write/read mechanism and the storage medium (202) of the data storage device (200) with respect to each other in first and second predefined directions. The positioning system (100) comprises a positioning apparatus comprising microfabricated first and second positioning assemblies. The positioning system further comprises a controller (102) to position a positionable support structure (140) of the first positioning assembly (104) in a first predefined direction within a range of positioning that is larger than the range of movement of a moveable support structure (118) of the first positioning assembly by controlling (A) a stationary support structure clamp (150) in clamping and unclamping the positionable support structure to and from the stationary support structure, (B) a moveable support structure clamp (144) in clamping and unclamping the positionable support structure to and from the moveable support structure, and (C) the movement of the moveable support structure.
Abstract:
The general concept of the invention is to coat, at least, the trailing pole face of a pair of ferrite pole faces (26), which define a transducer gap, with high-saturation material (30) such as Sendust. By so structuring a head with a gap liner, not only is the critical part of its gap defined by material having a high saturation magnetization -- and thus such head will no be easily subject to critical pole tip saturation of its trailing pole face -- but also (1) the long-wearing ferrite will desirably constitute the principal head part that slidingly coacts with a recording medium, (2) no high reluctance glue line will exist between a core and its tips, and (3) the signal flux will enter the gap region uniformly over the surface of the gap, thereby providing enhanced high frequency efficiency.
Abstract:
A high-reliability, high-performance magnetic head used in a high-density-recording-enabled magnetic recording/reproducing device and using a high-saturation-magnetic-flux-density metal magnetic film to enhance the mechanical strength of magnetic head-use sealing glass; and a magnetic recording/reproducing device using the head. Magnetic head-use sealing glass having a composition containing, in terms of oxide, 17.2- 25 wt.% of SiO2, 1-10 wt.% of B2O3, 58-75 wt.% of PbO, 0.2-7 wt.% of at least one of Al2O3 and ZnO, and 0.2-5 wt.% of at least one of Na2 and K2O; and a magnetic head and a magnetic recording/reproducing device using the sealing glass.
Abstract translation:在高密度记录磁记录/再现装置中使用的高可靠性,高性能磁头,并且使用高饱和磁通密度金属磁性膜来提高磁头使用的机械强度 密封玻璃; 以及使用该磁头的磁记录/再现装置。 磁头用密封玻璃,其组成包含以氧化物计17.2-25重量%的SiO 2,1-10重量%的B 2 O 3,58-75重量%的PbO,0.2-7重量%的 Al 2 O 3和ZnO中的至少一种和0.2-5重量%的Na 2和K 2 O中的至少一种; 以及使用密封玻璃的磁头和磁记录/再现装置。
Abstract:
A sealing glass for the front gap side of a magnetic head comprising 13 to 17 wt % of SiO2, 5 to 6.8 wt % of B2O3, 70 to 77 wt % of PbO, 0.1 to 5 wt % of at least one of Al2O3 and ZnO, and 0.1 to 3 wt % of at least one of Na2O and K2O; and a sealing glass for the back gap side of a magnetic head comprising 3 to 9 wt % of SiO2, 11 to 17 wt % of B2O3, 66 to 77 wt % of PbO and 3 to 15 wt % of at least one of Al2O3 and ZnO. These types of sealing glass can be used for providing a high performance magnetic head having high strength in high yield. The conventional types of sealing glass for a magnetic head have compositions which render the sealing glass to be easy to crystallize and be poor in strength, and thus have a problem that they are prone to suffer the occurrence of cracking by an impact when a head chip is manufactured by cutting and grinding, in a recent production process wherein a magnetic head having a narrow track and a narrow gap which corresponds to a high density recording is manufactured with high accuracy.
Abstract translation:用于磁头的前间隙侧的密封玻璃,其包含13至17重量%的SiO 2,5至6.8重量%的B 2 O 3,70至77重量%的PbO,0.1至5重量%的至少一种Al 2 O 3和ZnO ,和0.1〜3重量%的Na 2 O和K 2 O中的至少一种; 以及用于磁头的背隙侧的密封玻璃,其包含3至9重量%的SiO 2,11至17重量%的B 2 O 3,66至77重量%的PbO和3至15重量%的至少一种Al 2 O 3和 氧化锌。 这些类型的密封玻璃可用于以高产率提供高强度的高性能磁头。 用于磁头的常规类型的密封玻璃具有使密封玻璃易于结晶并且强度差的组成,因此存在如下问题:当头部芯片 通过切割和研磨制造,在最近的制造方法中,其中以高精度制造具有对应于高密度记录的窄轨道和窄间隙的磁头。
Abstract:
A system and method for measuring, analysis, removal, addition or imaging of material using nanostructures in conjunction with mechanical, electromagnetic (optical) and electrical means. Techniques for fabricating such nanostructures and techniques for combining these elements in a system which can modify bulk or large area objects such as silicon wafers, and masks for lithography.
Abstract:
A thin-film magnetic recording head utilizing a timing based servo pattern is fabricated by sputtering a magnetically permeable thin film onto a substrate. A gap pattern, preferably a timing based pattern, is defined by the thin film. The gap pattern includes termination patterns or endpoints having one or more rounded corners.
Abstract:
A thin film magnetic recording head is fabricated by forming a substrate from opposing ferrite blocks which have a ceramic member (14) bonded between them. This structure is then diced to form a plurality of columns, wherein each column has a ferrite/ceramic combination (16A,14; 16B,14; 16C,14; 16D;14; 16E,14). Each column represents a single channel in the completed head. A block of ceramic is then cut to match the columned structure and the two are bonded together. The bonded structure is then cut or ground until a head is formed, having ceramic disposed between each channel. A ferrite back-gap is then added to each channel, minimizing the reluctance of the flux path. The thin film is patterned on the head to optimize various channel configurations.
Abstract:
A longitudinal recording head (50, 56, 60) for use with magnetic recording media includes a non-uniform gap (54, 59, 64) between first (51, 57, 61) and second magnetic (52, 58, 62) poles which focuses magnetic flux onto a small area of the magnetic recording medium. The non-uniform gap is preferably in the form of a cavity that is contoured to produce the desired flux pattern. Longitudinal recording heads incorporating the non-uniform gap are capable of improved recording densities.
Abstract:
A thin film magnetic recording head (5) utilizing a timing based servo pattern is fabricated using a focused ion beam (FIB). The recording head is fabricated by sputtering a magnetically permeable thin film (16) onto a substrate (12, 14). A gap pattern, preferably a timing based pattern, is defined on the thin film and the FIB cuts a gap (30) through the thin film based on that pattern. Once completed, the recording head is used to write a servo track onto magnetic tape. The timing based servo track then allows for the precise alignment of data read heads based on the positional information obtained by a servo read head which scans the continuously variable servo track.