• DocumentCode
    2055568
  • Title

    Dry etching of AlTiC with CF/sub 4/ and H/sub 2/ for slider fabrication

  • Author

    Zhang, M.S. ; Hor, Y.S. ; Han, G.C. ; Liu Bo

  • Author_Institution
    Data Storage Inst., Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    March 30 2003-April 3 2003
  • Lastpage
    10
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we investigated the effects of etching rate, selectivity and surface roughness. Because the AlTiC substrate consists of 2 phases Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ and TiC, some phenomenon observed is different from a single phase substrate. The results of the etching surface analyzed by AFM are also reported. Finally, a femto slider etched by CF/sub 4/ and H/sub 2/ and its fly height test results are presented.
  • Keywords
    alumina; aluminium compounds; atomic force microscopy; etching; magnetic heads; substrates; surface morphology; surface roughness; titanium compounds; AFM; Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/; AlTiC; AlTiC substrate; TiC; dry etching; etching surface; slider fabrication; surface roughness; Argon; Artificial intelligence; Corrosion; Dry etching; Fabrication; Hydrogen; Magnetic heads; Plasma applications; Plasma measurements; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7647-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230834
  • Filename
    1230834