• DocumentCode
    1451139
  • Title

    Operating Range Optimization of a Slider With an Integrated Microactuator (SLIM) for Hard Disk Drives

  • Author

    Dinulovic, Dragan ; Pape, Florian ; Saalfeld, Henry ; Kurniawan, Willyanto ; Obermeier, Ernst ; Gatzen, Hans H.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Production Technol., Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Garbsen, Germany
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    3769
  • Lastpage
    3772
  • Abstract
    The paper describes the tests performed to determine the characteristics of four various leaf springs, as well as the evaluation of the mounting platform/chiplet motion as a function of the excitation current. For the leaf spring evaluation, a nanoindenter (Hysitron Tribo Indenter) was used. To determine the variation of the air gap as a function of the excitation current, optical microscopy as well as laser Doppler vibrometry (LDV) was applied.
  • Keywords
    disc drives; hard discs; microactuators; optical microscopy; Hysitron Tribo Indenter; excitation current; hard disk drives; laser Doppler vibrometry; leaf spring evaluation; mounting platform-chiplet motion; nanoindenter; operating range optimization; optical microscopy; slider with an integrated microactuator; Electromagnetic microactuator; flying height adjustment; hard disk drive; second-stage track following;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2009.2022746
  • Filename
    5257300