A Magnetic Rotary Encoder for Patterned Media Lithography

Experimental facility situated in the test section of the wind tunnel suction type was adjusted both in the total construction and in the construction of the fluttering body, the methodology of the measurement and evaluation of the flow and dynamic parameters during flutter were also changed. Preserved was the conception of the NACA0015 profile with two degrees of freedom, rotational and translational. Torque elasticity was now realized by the coil spring and changed by different length of this spring or by different diameter of the spring wire. The pitch angle of the profile was now measured by the magnetic rotary encoder. The translational position was indicated by the magnetic linear encoder and was centered by plane springs situated on both ends of the shiftable frame. With this model the testing measurement was realized by its self-excited vibration of flutter type in the range of Mach numbers M=0.20-0.215 and Reynolds numbers 263 000 – 283 000. Results obtained with M=0.21 and Re=276 000 are presented.

For increasing areal density in hard disk drives (HDDs), the physical clearance between the read/write element and the surface of the disk has been continuously decreasing to 1 nm or below [1]. At such a low clearance, the contact between the head and the disk is inevitable to occur, so head wear is becoming a critical issue in the development of HDD. The contact between the head and the disk induces a frictional heating, which may generate an additional thermal protrusion in the contact area of the head, and causes more wear. On the other hand, the target clearance in a HDD is generally determined by pulling back a setting TFC power from the touchdown point, accurately identifying the touchdown point is very significant for the clearance control in hard disk drive. A thermal protrusion is caused by friction-heating in the status of touchdown. Therefore, it is very necessary to quantitatively understand on friction induced thermal protrusion and clearance loss.

Reduction of the bit size in conventional magnetic recording media is becoming increasingly difficult due to the superparamagnetic limit. Bit patterned media (BPM) has been proposed as a replacement technology as it will enable hard disk areal densities to increase past 1 Tb in−2. Block copolymer directed self-assembly (BCP DSA) is the leading candidate for forming BPM due to its ability to create uniform patterns over macroscopic areas. Here we review the latest research into two different BCP DSA techniques: graphoepitaxy and chemoepitaxy (or chemical prepatterning). In addition to assessing their potential for forming high density bit patterns, we also review current approaches using these techniques for forming servo patterns, which are required for hard disk drive (HDD) operation. Finally, we review the current state of UV nanoimprint lithography, which is the favoured technique for enabling mass production of BPM HDDs.

Reduction of the bit size in conventional magnetic recording media is becoming increasingly difficult due to the superparamagnetic limit. Bit patterned media (BPM) has been proposed as a replacement technology as it will enable hard disk areal densities to increase past 1 Tb in−2. Block copolymer directed self-assembly (BCP DSA) is the leading candidate for forming BPM due to its ability to create uniform patterns over macroscopic areas. Here we review the latest research into two different BCP DSA techniques: graphoepitaxy and chemoepitaxy (or chemical prepatterning). In addition to assessing their potential for forming high density bit patterns, we also review current approaches using these techniques for forming servo patterns, which are required for hard disk drive (HDD) operation. Finally, we review the current state of UV nanoimprint lithography, which is the favoured technique for enabling mass production of BPM HDDs.

As continued reducing the track width (TW) of magnetic read sensor for gaining areal density in hard disk drive (HDD) industry, stripe height (SH) is needed to be reduced as keeping aspect ratio(TW/SH) for maintain resistance and signal constant. This paper is proposed to characterize the free layer behavior of tunneling magneto resistive (TMR) head with multiple SH by using ferro magnetic resonance analyzer (FMRA) that is able to analyze by layer-level state without applying external field. The results are found that, at shorter SH, effective stiffness field of free layer is increased which is based on decreasing FMR amplitude and increasing FMR frequency. As a result, magnetic read sensor is shown less sensitivity and signal to noise ratio (SNR) with shorter SH. The SH is a correlated function of the effective stiffness field in free layer that is referred to changed shape anisotropy field which has an effect to read ability.

With the requirement of increasing data areal density in hard disk drive (HDD) recording, one of the main applied approaches that effectively reduce recording bit size is to incorporate a spin transfer torque (STT) device in the magnetic writer, either to reverse a magnetic layer in the device in order to guide the magnetic flux of the writer pole more concentrated towards the into and out-of air bearing surface (ABS) directions [1] , or to drive a magnetic layer into large angle oscillations for a sufficiently large radiofrequency (rf) field in the media to realize the assist [2] . Micromagnetic simulations of the magnetic device inside the write gap (WG) between the main writer pole and its magnetic shield with an alternating write gap field, were conducted incorporating STT interactions between the magnetic layers. Modeling results for understanding assist performance optimized by STT device design from these two main approaches are discussed in this talk.

Stepped side shield writer for perpendicular recording

Nowadays, the hard disk drive (HDD) filling with helium have emerged to achieve highly stable magnetic recording. The bearing force in helium is different from that in air. This paper uses the three-dimensional (3D) direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method to investigate the bearing force over bit patterned media (BPM) in the filling gases of air and helium under different conditions, including ambient temperature, rotation speed of disk, slider surface temperature, flying attitude of slider, and velocity loss during the collision process between gas molecules and slider in the HDD.

The escalating demand for high-density storage of hard disk drives has prompted the innovation of advanced technologies to significantly boost an areal density (AD). Among these, three-dimensional magnetic recording systems incorporating double recording layers and bit-patterned magnetic recording (BPMR) have currently emerged as one promising solution. Therefore, this article investigates the integration of double-layer magnetic recording and BPMR technologies which is called double-layer BPMR, aiming for a substantial increase in AD. The primary focus lies on minimizing inter-layer interference and mitigating two-dimensional interferences by optimizing bit-island sizes for both upper and lower layers under the incorporation of staggered-like recording media arrangement and an array of magneto-resistive readers. Moreover, we also employ a rate-5/6 modulation code for compensating these effects. Detailed examinations reveal that our proposed system has a superior bit-error rate performance compared with conventional single-layer BPMR system.

To meet the need of automobile industry, a new kind of high resistivity MR (magneto resistance) film sensor with NiFeCr seed layer has been made. The magnetic rotary encoder system based on the sensor is designed. The system consists of the magnetic drum, magnetic head, amplification and shape circuit, quadruplicated frequency circuit, measure and display unit, etc. The characteristics of this system include simple structure, anti-adverse circumstance, fast response speed, low cost and high reliability. The system fits especially to automobile speed measuring.

Reducing the head positioning error is important to achieve higher track density in hard disk drives. In this paper, it is shown that the head off-track due to disk vibration can be reduced by using a head gimbal assembly capable of moving not only vertically to disk surface but also radially across the track. We find the optimal geometric relationship to minimize the head off-track due to disk vibration. The relationship is obtained based on precise mathematical modeling of head off-track mechanism due to disk vibration. Some examples of head gimbal assembly (HGA) with radial head motion capability, which satisfy such optimal relationship, are also proposed. It is experimentally found that the proposed optimal HGA can reduce non-repeatable run-out (NRRO) position error signal (PES) significantly. Since it reduces NRRO PES during servo track writing as well, the written-in portion of repeatable run-out PES can be also significantly reduced.

To overcome superparamagnetic limit, microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) is one interesting magnetic recording technology. Therefore, the effect of microwave on magnetization reversal in media should be analyzed. In this work, we propose the MAMR to decrease switching field (coercivity, Hsw) in exchange coupled composite (ECC) media by using the micromagnetic simulation based on the Landau - Lifshitz - Gilbert equation. The Hsw of single layer and ECC media without microwave field is 110.90 and 7.7 kOe, respectively. When the oscillating microwave field is added, Hsw of single layer media with microwave frequency of 2.5 - 40 GHz is lower than 110.90 kOe. Likewise, Hsw of ECC media with microwave frequency of 5 - 16 GHz is lower than 7.7 kOe and has the lowest value of 4.9 kOe at frequency of 10 GHz. The results from this work lead to solve superparamagnetic limit and increase areal density in hard disk drive.

The ever-growing demand for hard drives with greater storage density has motivated a technology shift from continuous magnetic media to patterned media hard disks, which are expected to be implemented in future generations of hard disk drives to provide data storage at densities exceeding 1012 bits per square inch. Step and Flash Imprint Lithography (S-FIL) technology has been employed to pattern the hard disk substrates. This paper discusses the infrastructure required to enable S-FIL in high-volume manufacturing; namely, fabrication of master templates, template replication, high-volume imprinting with precisely controlled residual layers, and dual-sided imprinting. Imprinting of disks is demonstrated with substrate throughput currently as high as 180 disks/hour (dualsided). These processes are applied to patterning hard disk substrates with both discrete tracks and bit-patterned designs.

The study focuses on efficient design and integration of Silicon Intellectual Properties (SIPs), as well as measurement of SIP physical signals to meet the following three objectives: 1. efficient design of master and slave wrappers by using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) model to describe System on Chip (SoC) bus behavior; 2. an SoC integration framework including master and slave SIP templates, memory controller, DMA and SoC bus analyzer to accelerate SoC integration; and 3. an SoC bus analyzer measuring physical hardware signals for bus protocol specification testing and thus to alleviate debugging from physical to system levels in the process of SoC integration. We exploit the Real-Time UML (RT-UML), SoC bus governed FPGA platform, and a waveform viewer reading test benches described in standard Hardware Description Language (HDL) such as Verilog. The RT-UML achieves fast design of master/slave wrappers, the FPGA platform reaches fast SoC integration with physical hardware prototype, and the waveform viewer accomplishes real world signal analysis. We begin at SDRAM controller and successfully transplant it to the FPGA platform. Firstly according to SDRAM specifications, we modify timing parameters according to the AC electrical characteristics. Secondly, according to the waveform defined in the AMBA specification, we draw out the Message Sequence Chart (MSC), and in accordance with the MSC we generate parameterized Finite State Machines (FSMs) for wrappers. Regarding the parameterized wrapper FSMs as templates, we wrap the SDRAM controller into an AMBA-compatible slave SIP. The AMBA SoC bus Analyzer, without interposing the bus transactions among SIPs under test, captures bus signals to external SDRAM. With programmable triggering conditions in complex logic, SoC engineers dump the signals before and after triggered point and analyze protocol compatibility using the waveform viewer. In this way, DMAs and user-defined ASICs are easily wrapped into platform-based and truly reusable SIPs. With the wrapper templates and the analyzer, we develop two types of direct memory access (DMA) prototypes including an independent DMA master/slave SIP and a dedicated DMA control framework that is integratible into memory-intensive SIPs. The wrapper templates, DMA prototypes, and the SoC bus analyzer constitute a reconfigurable SoC design framework. The statistical analysis suggests that the SoC design flow includes the proposed framework and gradually integrates verified SIPs. Therefore, providing real-world hardware rapid prototyping, the proposed framework effectively reduces complexity and uncertainty while increases reliability of SoC integration before the backend design stage.

Seagate designed a micro-actuator that enables fine positioning by a dual-stage servo system to increase recording density of hard disk drives (HDDs). In this paper, a degradation accelerated life test (ALT) performed at Seagate using two stressors (temperature and AC voltage) is discussed. Statistical ALT analysis techniques were used to assess the test results. Finally, the Palgrem-Miner's damage accumulation rule was employed (applied AC voltage on micro-actuator being a narrow-band random process) to predict the micro-actuator reliability. The results show that the micro-actuator designed by Seagate demonstrates very high long-term reliability. The approach presented in this paper can be universally applied for predicting device field reliability using in-house ALT data modeling and field usage profile information