... February 1, 1999; revised manuscript received June 30, 1999. Paper No. 99-Trib-31. Associate Technical Editor: J. L. Streator. 10 October 1999 01 February 1999 30 June 1999 magnetic disc storage data integrity manufacturing processes surface contamination adhesion particle...

... data integrity One of the essential requirements in reducing the spacing between the read/write element carrying slider and the disk surface is reduction in the roughness of the disk to minimize head/disk contacts. To achieve this, a recent technology has resorted to the so-called “tri-pad...