Landing zone skew angle, long term stiction, and contamination build up on slider surfaces of disk drives

Abstract

This work presents results of experimental investigation on the relationship between landing zone skew angle, long term stiction, and contamination build up on slider surface caused by slider-disk interaction in the landing zone. Results indicate that larger skew angle in the landing zone will lead to higher long-term stiction force and increases the likelihood of linelike contamination build up on slider surface.