Title
Real-time method to measure head disk spacing variation under vibration conditions
Abstract
Three readback signal detection methods are presented for real-time head disk spacing variation measurement under vibration conditions. The proposed PW50 parameter estimation method is not restricted by the isolated readback pulse signal requirement and, thus, can be used for spacing variation measurement in normally operated hard disk drives, especially for low-frequency variations. The thermal signal detection method, on the other side, is more effective for high-frequency spacing variation measurement. Amplitude detection gives a rough but simple way to study the head disk spacing change. Theoretical analysis and experimental results are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the methods.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1109/TIM.2003.814361
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
disc drives,distance measurement,hard discs,height measurement,parameter estimation,signal detection,vibrations,HDD,HF spacing variation measurement,PW50 parameter estimation method,amplitude detection method,flying height,hard disk drives,head disk spacing variation measurement,high-frequency spacing variation,low-frequency variations,readback signal detection methods,real-time method,thermal signal detection method,vibration conditions
Thermal,Detection theory,Electronic engineering,Pulse (signal processing),Low-pass filter,Vibration,Estimation theory,Amplitude,Mathematics,Flying height
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
52
3
0018-9456
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
1
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Amei Li100.34
Xinqun Liu211.54
Clegg, W.300.34
D. F. L. Jenkins433.12
T. Donnelly500.34