Title :
Perpendicular recording heads for high areal density and high data rate applications
Author :
Tabat, N. ; Plumer, M. ; Shukh, A. ; Bozeman, S. ; Amin, N. ; Pang, C. ; Pokhil, T. ; Pu-Ling Lu ; Michel, R. ; Sharma, N. ; Kautzky, M. ; Johnston, A. ; Murdock, E.
Author_Institution :
Recording Heads Operations, Seagate Technol., Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
Significant progress has been made within the past year on perpendicular recording technology development and its application to Winchester type disc drives. Paced by rapid advancements in the perpendicular recording physics understanding, component design and fabrication technology has made great strides toward closing the performance gap with the more mature longitudinal recording technology. In particular, closer examination of the combined heads and media parameters and their interdependence and interactions has been instrumental in enabling the recent perpendicular recording areal density and data rate achievements. Concurrently, integration of these advanced components in disc drives has provided valuable information on system level performance issues and has accelerated component design maturity.
Keywords :
digital magnetic recording; disc drives; magnetic disc storage; magnetic heads; perpendicular magnetic recording; Winchester type disc drives; high areal density; high data rate applications; perpendicular recording head; Bit error rate; Disk recording; Drives; Fabrication; Laboratories; Magnetic heads; Perpendicular magnetic recording; Physics; Winches; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Joint NAPMRC 2003. Digest of Technical Papers [Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Conference]
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7746-X
DOI :
10.1109/NAPMRC.2003.1177064