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Read Back Signals in Magnetic Recording - Research Group Fidler

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Contents<br />

3.2.4 Signal of Written Bits..................................................................................................................... 35<br />

3.3 PERPENDICULAR RECORDING ............................................................................................................. 36<br />

3.4 SIGNAL FIELD IN GAP ......................................................................................................................... 38<br />

4 NUMERICAL METHODS....................................................................................................................... 41<br />

4.1 FINITE ELEMENT METHOD.................................................................................................................. 42<br />

4.1.1 Dirichlet Boundary Conditions ..................................................................................................... 44<br />

4.1.2 Neumann Boundary Conditions..................................................................................................... 44<br />

4.1.3 L<strong>in</strong>ear equation solver................................................................................................................... 45<br />

4.2 STRAY FIELD CALCULATION............................................................................................................... 46<br />

4.3 ADAPTIVE CROSS-APPROXIMATION TECHNIQUE ................................................................................ 48<br />

4.4 CONDUCTOR MODEL .......................................................................................................................... 49<br />

4.4.1 Conductivity .................................................................................................................................. 49<br />

4.4.2 Electric Potential........................................................................................................................... 50<br />

4.4.3 Current Distribution...................................................................................................................... 50<br />

4.4.4 <strong>Magnetic</strong> Field of Current............................................................................................................. 51<br />

4.4.5 Hybrid FEM/BEM for Current Field............................................................................................. 52<br />

4.4.6 Example: Long Wire...................................................................................................................... 54<br />

4.4.7 Example: Coil................................................................................................................................ 55<br />

4.5 TIME INTEGRATION ............................................................................................................................. 57<br />

5 READ HEAD DESIGN ............................................................................................................................. 59<br />

5.1 BIAS SCHEMES.................................................................................................................................... 59<br />

5.1.1 Demagnetiz<strong>in</strong>g Factor................................................................................................................... 59<br />

5.1.2 Hard Bias ...................................................................................................................................... 60<br />

5.1.3 Exchange Bias ............................................................................................................................... 60<br />

5.1.4 Synthetic Antiferromagnet............................................................................................................. 61<br />

5.1.5 Sense Current ................................................................................................................................ 62<br />

5.1.6 Crystall<strong>in</strong>e Anisotropy................................................................................................................... 64<br />

5.2 SHIELDING .......................................................................................................................................... 64<br />

5.3 THERMAL STABILITY .......................................................................................................................... 64<br />

6 FEM SIMULATIONS............................................................................................................................... 65<br />

6.1 MODEL................................................................................................................................................ 65<br />

6.1.1 <strong>Magnetic</strong> Model............................................................................................................................. 65<br />

6.1.2 Conductor Model........................................................................................................................... 67<br />

6.2 RESULTS ............................................................................................................................................. 69<br />

6.2.1 Equilibrium State........................................................................................................................... 69<br />

6.2.2 Transfer Curve .............................................................................................................................. 70<br />

6.2.3 Influence of Shields ....................................................................................................................... 72<br />

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