Design and Analysis of a Novel Micro Flying Head in Mass Storage System

Abstract

In order to meet the mass storage system’s need for higher density and integration, a novel structural design for micro flying head is conceived and an air bearing surface is designed based on micro fluid theory of hydrodynamics. Both positive and negative pressures can be generated by the air bearing surface, with the stiffness and motion stability enhanced by negative pressure. A lubrication model has been investigated with 1.5 order slip model of the generalized Reynolds equation, and the finite volume method is used for the simulation of the flying characteristics. The theoretical analysis and experimental results show that the proposed micro flying head exhibits satisfying flying stability, with head-disk spacing less than 75nm, and carrying capacity exceeding 93mN.