• DocumentCode
    1448162
  • Title

    Effect of GMR amplitude asymmetry at track edge on servo position error signal

  • Author

    Kao, Andrew S. ; Li, Zhaohui ; Yang, Won Choul ; Wang, Geng ; Lee, Hyung J.

  • Author_Institution
    Samsung Inf. Syst. America, San Jose, CA, USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    9/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2590
  • Lastpage
    2592
  • Abstract
    The effect of track-edge amplitude asymmetry on position-error signal, PES, of spin-valve GMR heads was investigated. Cross-track profiles of both amplitude and amplitude asymmetry are showed along with the PES line of the head. The results indicated that amplitude-asymmetry effect from servo burst is finite but not significant enough to alter PES sensitivity, or the slope of PES line. However, it is shown experimentally that the PES linearity is functionally correlated with asymmetry of the servo bursts, which substantiates the track-edge effect of spin-valve heads
  • Keywords
    giant magnetoresistance; magnetic heads; servomechanisms; spin valves; GMR amplitude asymmetry; PES linearity; amplitude-asymmetry effect; cross-track profiles; position-error signal; servo burst; servo bursts; servo position error signal; spin-valve GMR heads; track edge; Degradation; Demagnetization; Fabrication; Lead; Linearity; Magnetic heads; Magnetization; Position measurement; Servomechanisms; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.908525
  • Filename
    908525