IMPROVED RECORDING PERFORMANCE AND OPTIMIZED DURABILITY OF THIN-FILM DISKS WITH ZONE CARBON OVERCOATS

Authors
YANG MM LAL BB SULLIVAN M SORDELLO C CHAO JL RUSSAK MA
Citation
Mm. Yang et al., IMPROVED RECORDING PERFORMANCE AND OPTIMIZED DURABILITY OF THIN-FILM DISKS WITH ZONE CARBON OVERCOATS, IEEE transactions on magnetics, 32(5), 1996, pp. 3672-3674
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE transactions on magnetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189464
Volume
32
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Part
1
Pages
3672 - 3674
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9464(1996)32:5<3672:IRPAOD>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The idea of zone carbon (ZC) is to use a thicker carbon overcoat in th e landing zone and a thinner carbon in the data zone. In this study, w e demonstrated the use of a zone carbon scheme to improve recording pe rformance while maintaining the durability of the thin film disk.