scholarly journals Investigations of Adhesion under Different Slider-Lube/Disk Contact States at the Head–Disk Interface

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (17) ◽  
pp. 5899
Author(s):  
Yuyan Zhang ◽  
Ling Jiang ◽  
Weixu Yang ◽  
Chenbo Ma ◽  
Qiuping Yu
Keyword(s):  
Disk Drive ◽  
Adhesive Contact ◽  
Flying Height ◽  
Lubricant Layer ◽  
Repulsive Interaction ◽  
Head Disk Interface ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Disk Interface ◽  
Static Contact ◽  
Key Factor

Adhesion is the key factor influencing the failure of the hard disk drive operating under ultra-low flying height. In order to mitigate the negative effects of adhesion at the head–disk interface (HDI) and promote further development of the thermal flying height control (TFC) technology, an adhesive contact model based on the Lifshitz theory accounting for the thermal protrusion (TP) geometry of TFC slider, the layered structures of the head and disk, and the operation states of the slider was proposed to investigate the static contact characteristics at the HDI. The simulation results demonstrated the undesirable unstable regions during the transitions between different operation states and the necessity of applying TFC technology. The reduction in the head–media spacing (HMS) was found to be achieved by properly increasing the TP height, decreasing the thickness of the lubricant layer or the thickness of the diamond–like carbon (DLC) layer during the flying state or the TP–lube contact state. At the TP–DLC contact regime, the attractive interaction was stronger than other states, and the strong repulsive interaction made the HMS difficult to be further reduced through the increase in the TP height or the decrease in the lubricant thickness.

Head-Disk Interface Issues for Near Contact Recording

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Wang ◽  
V. Raman ◽  
U. V. Nayak
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Pressure ◽  
Disk Drive ◽  
Flying Height ◽  
Head Disk Interface ◽  
Disk Interface ◽  
Magnetic Spacing ◽  
Wear And Corrosion ◽  
Disk Lubricant ◽  
Contact Recording

Abstract As the magnetic recording density increases towards hundreds of Gb/in2, both the magnetic spacing and head-disk clearance decrease to < 10 nm. By one estimate, the magnetic spacing for 1 Tb/in2 is about 6 nm and the read width is ∼ 30 nm. There are at least two different approaches to achieving this. The first one is an extension of the traditional flying interface and the second is contact recording. In the former case one needs to be concerned about maintaining adequate clearance both at sea level and at higher elevation whereas in the latter case the wear and corrosion of the heads and disks may pose major challenges. In the flying regime, an accelerated test to assess the relative integrity of the head-disk interface is described here. This is accomplished by monitoring the acoustic emission, capacitance or friction between the head and the disk as the ambient pressure is reduced. The pressure at which an abrupt change in the above signals takes place is called take-off pressure (TOP). This is also known as altitude avalanche measurement. With this method it is possible to compare different disk and head designs at the full velocity of the slider. We present results correlating the TOP with disk roughness and the influence of disk lubricant. An example of how head-disk interference takes place in a disk drive will be given for an experimental 10 nm flying slider. The effects of radial flying height profile, take-off height of the disk, and the disk curvature on mechanical spacing are presented. The results of changes occurring on the air bearing surface and the disks after long term flyability test are discussed.

Simulation of Contact at Head and Multilayer Disk Interface Under Quasi-Static Condition

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ao Hongrui ◽  
Han Zhiying ◽  
Zhang Kai ◽  
Jiang Hongyuan
Keyword(s):  
Normal Load ◽  
Static Condition ◽  
Flying Height ◽  
Lubricant Layer ◽  
Magnetic Storage ◽  
Multilayer Thin Film ◽  
Head Disk Interface ◽  
Principal Stresses ◽  
Disk Interface ◽  
Von Mises

The reduction of head-media separation (HMS) results in a decreased flying height. Consequently, the contact probability between the slider and the lubricant layer or hard overcoat surface on the disks will increase greatly. Therefore, investigating the contact stress of the disk is vital for improving the reliability of the head disk interface. In this study, a rigid hemisphere sliding over a multilayer thin film half-space is implemented to simulate the contact between the recording slider and the magnetic storage multilayer disk under the quasi-static condition. The effects of different parameters such as normal load, friction coefficient and radius of slider on the von Mises, shear and principal stresses in the multilayer system are analyzed by using finite element method (FEM).

scholarly journals Particle Contamination on a Thermal Flying-Height Control Slider

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nan Liu ◽  
David B. Bogy
Keyword(s):  
Disk Drive ◽  
Flying Height ◽  
Head Disk Interface ◽  
Direction Parallel ◽  
Disk Interface ◽  
Height Control ◽  
Thermophoretic Force ◽  
Thermal Flying Height Control ◽  
Particle Contamination ◽  
Saffman Lift Force

Particle contamination on a slider in a hard disk drive (HDD) affects the HDD’s reliability. With the introduction of the thermal flying-height control (TFC) slider, the temperature in the head-disk interface (HDI) becomes non-uniform, which induces a temperature-gradient dependent force on particles moving in the HDI. This paper investigates the effect of this force, the so called thermophoretic force, on a particle’s motion in the HDI as well as its effect on particle contamination on the TFC slider. By numerical simulation of the particle’s trajectory together with an analytical analysis, we show that the thermophoretic force is always negligible compared to the Saffman lift force, which points to a direction parallel to the thermophoretic force. We conclude that the current particle contamination simulator without any thermophoretic forces included would not be significantly altered by the inclusion of these forces.

A Method to Reduce Head-Disk Interface (HDI) Degradation Risk During Thermal Asperity (TA) Mapping in a Hard Disk Drive

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhishek Srivastava ◽  
Rahul Rai ◽  
Karthik Venkatesh ◽  
Bernhard Knigge
Keyword(s):  
Hard Disk Drive ◽  
Bias Voltage ◽  
Disk Drive ◽  
Test Time ◽  
Head Disk Interface ◽  
Disk Interface ◽  
Height Control ◽  
Contact Sensor ◽  
Fly Height ◽  
Sample Set

Abstract One of the issues in thermal asperity (TA) detection using an embedded contact sensor (ECS) is the degradation caused to the read/write elements of the head while interacting with the TA. We propose a method to reduce such head-disk interaction (HDI) during TA detection and classification by flying higher at low thermal fly-height control (TFC) power, which minimizes the interaction of the TA with the head. The key idea is to scan the head at higher fly height, but with higher ECS bias voltage. Initial experiments have shown that the TA count follows a negative cubic relationship with the backoff at various bias levels, and that it follows a square relationship with bias at various backoff levels. Using a sample set, the calibration curves i.e. the golden relationship between these parameters can be established. Using these, one can start the TA detection at the highest backoff and high ECS bias, and start to estimate the nominal TA count. By mapping out these TAs and ensuring the head does not fly over them again to prevent HDI, the fly height can then be lowered, and the rest of the TA cluster can be scanned. Following this method iteratively, the entire TA cluster can be mapped out with minimal interaction with the head. Although this method entails an increase in the test time to detect and map all TAs, compared to detecting them with TFC being on, this can help improve the reliability of the drive by protecting the sensitive read/write elements especially for energy assisted recording from HDI.

Effect of Head–Disk Interface Biasing and Relative Humidity on Wear of Thermal Flying Height Control Sliders

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liane M. Matthes ◽  
Frederick E. Spada ◽  
Andrey Ovcharenko ◽  
Bernhard E. Knigge ◽  
Frank E. Talke
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Flying Height ◽  
Head Disk Interface ◽  
Disk Interface ◽  
Height Control ◽  
Thermal Flying Height Control
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