• DocumentCode
    1198114
  • Title

    Flux-guided MR head for very low flying height

  • Author

    Koshikawa, T. ; Ohtsuka, Y. ; Ikegawa, Y. ; Tanaka, H. ; Toda, J. ; Mizoshita, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    File Memory Lab., Fujitsu Ltd., Atsugi, Japan
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    11/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    3840
  • Lastpage
    3842
  • Abstract
    Our flux-guided magnetoresistive-read/inductive-write composite head, which we named the WING MR head after the shape of its wide flux-guides, is designed for very low flying height or contact recording. It has 0.05 μm-thick NiFe single layer flux-guides. The flux-guides are rectangular and wider than the read width. Test results show high linear density resolution and good offtrack characteristics at a flying height of 0.03 μm. The wide flux-guides reduce Barkhausen noise without lowering offtrack performance
  • Keywords
    magnetic heads; magnetic recording noise; magnetoresistive devices; 0.03 micron; 0.05 micron; Barkhausen noise reduction; NiFe; NiFe single layer flux-guides; WING MR head; contact recording; flux-guided MR head; magnetoresistive-read/inductive-write composite head; very low flying height; Chemical sensors; Magnetic heads; Magnetic sensors; Magnetoresistance; Mechanical sensors; Noise reduction; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Shape; Testing; Wearable sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.333918
  • Filename
    333918