• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.415-424
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• 2000

The use of magnetoresistive (MR) head requires much tighter control of particle contamination in a drive since loose particles on the disk surface will generate thermal asperities (TA). In this study, a spinoff test was performed to investigate the adhesion and removal capability of a particle to disk surface. Numerical simulation was also performed to investigate dominant factor of particle detachment and to support experimental results. It was shown that particles are detached from the disk surface by the moment derived from the centrifugal force and the drag force and that the centrifugal force and capillary force are the dominant force, which determines spin-off of a particle on the disk surface. Removal of particles smaller than several micrometers, which are the main source of TA generation, is extremely difficult since the adhesion forces exceed the centrifugal force. Lubricant types and manufacturing process also influence the particle removal. Lower bonding ratio and lower viscosity of the lubricant will help to increase the removal rate of the particles from the disk surface.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.88-91
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• 1999

A series of NiO/NiFe bilayer films are deposited with the variation of Ar sputtering pressure for the NiO layers only. As the pressure for the NiO layers increases, the exchange anisotropy field (HEX) decreases gradually and becomes extinct at 2.5 mTorr, at which the maximum coercive force (HC) in the NiO/NiFe films is obtained. Randomly oriented columnar structures with HEX a few tens of Oe and oriented columnar structures with zero HEX are observed in the NiP layers by highvoltage hihg-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The vanishing of the HEX in the oriented structures is attributed to the lack of exchange anisotropy energy (EEX) between NiO and NiFe layers, which results in little contribution of interfacial unidirectional pinning anisotropy to the interface of NiO/NiFe bilayer.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.299-303
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• 1995

In order to improve the read-out signal waveform, a shielded magnetoresistive (SMR) head has been designed and studied by applying the transmission-line model. The bias and signal field distribution, the voltage output, the harmonic output signal and resistance value of MR element are simulated as functions of bias current and recording displacement. The results show that the SMR head has good linear character with respect to the medium recording signal in high recording frequency of about 2.5 MHz. The amplitude and waveform of reroduction signal have been obviously improved. The saturation effect on the symmetry and amplitude of reproducing output have also been analyzed.

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2008년도 Asian Magnetics Conference
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• pp.26.2-26.2
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• 2008

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.335-342
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• 1999

Corrosion of the disk has been an ongoing concern for the manufacturers of hard disk drives. With the advent of magnetoresistive (MR) head, very low levels of corrosion and contamination become more critical since the raised defects and corrosion products on the disk surface-anything that heats the MR sensor due to the contact-can distort the output signal of the head. This phenomenon is called as thermal asperity. In this paper, the effect of corrosion as a form of Co migration on the occurrence of thermal asperity in MR drives was investigated. The corrosion test at high temperature (60$^{\circ}C$) and high relative humidity (80%) was emphasized in this study and the testing results at ambient condition were compared. The corrosion on the disks was characterized as the amount of Co ion migration using an ion chromatography (IC) and a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (TOF-SIMS). It is proved that corrosion on the disk surface after storage testing is closely correlated to the amount of Co ions migration from the magnetic layer to disk surfaces and higher Co migration causes more thermal asperities in the drive. In order to reduce Co migration, several methods such as burnishing process and structure of the carbon overcoat were investigated. It is found that the hydrogenated carbon overcoat shows the least Co migration among different types of overcoat layer. However, the most effective way to reduce Co migration is the application of Cr layer between the overcoat and the magnetic alloy layer.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.242-250
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• 1996

RF-마그네트론 스퍼터법으로 제조된 $400\;{\AA}$의 $Ni_{81}Fe_{19}$ 박막을 자장중에서 열처리할 때 박막의 미세구조 및 표면형상의 변화에 따른 전자기적 특성을 조사하였다. 보자력은 열처리 온가 $300^{\circ}C$까지 증가함에 따라 박막내부 잔류응력의 감소 및 재결정에 의해 감소하였고, $400^{\circ}C$에서는 결정립성장 및 표면조도의 증가에 의해 증가에 의해 증가하였다. $4{\pi}M_{s}$는 열처리온도에 따라 큰 변화를 보이지 않고, 9.2 kG 수준의 거의 일정한 값을 보였다. 열처리 온도가 증가 함에 따라 전기비저항은 $37\;{\mu}{\Omega}cm$에서 $24\;{\mu}{\Omega}cm$로 감소하였으며, 자기저항값은 $0.6\;{\mu}{\Omega}cm$ 수준으로 거의 일정한 값을 보였고, 자기저항비 1.5 %에서 3.1 %로 증가 하였다. 따라서 자기저항비의 증가는 주로 전기비저항의 감소에 기인한 것으로 나타났다. 이상에서 박막을 실제적인 자기저항 헤드에 응용을 고려시, 최적 열처리조건은 400 Oe의 일방향 자장중 $300^{\circ}C$에서 1시간 열처리할 때로 나타났다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.23-34
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• 1992

자기-저항 센서를 제작하기 위하여 Fe-Ni 합금과 Co-Ni 합금을 슬라이드 그라스와 Si wafer에 진공 증착하여 sensor element를 제작한 후 포화자속밀도($B_{s}$), 보자력($H_{c}$), 자기-저항 변화율 등을 조사하였다. 진공 증착된 Fe-Ni 합금 박막의 포화자속밀도는 0.65T이었으며 자화주파수 1 kHz에서 보자력은 0.379A/cm이었고 자냉처리 후 종방향 보자력은 0.370Acm(//), 횡방향 보자력은 0.390Acm(${\bot}$)로 변화되었다. 자기-저항 변화율은 박막의 산화로 인하여 매우 불안정하였다. 진공 증착된 Co-Ni 박막의 포화자속밀도는 0.66T이었으며 자냉처리 후의 종방향 보자력은 5.895Acm(//)이었고 횡방향 보자력은 5.898A/cm(${\bot}$)이었다. 한편 자기-저항 변화율(${\Delta}R/R$)은 $3.6{\sim}3.7%$로써 실온에서 매우 안정하였다. Fe-Ni 박막은 화학친화력이 강하여 자기-저항 센서 제조 공정에서 많은 문제점을 야기시키고 있으나, Co-Ni 박막은 화학친화력이 작고 자기-저항 효과가 뚜렷하여 고온용 자기-저항 소자 개발용 재료로 매우 적합할 것으로 사료된다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 1995

자기저항 효과를 이용한 저자장 자기센서를 제작하기 위하여 슬라이드 유리 기판위에 Ni-Co(0.7Ni-0.3Co) 합금을 $600\;{\AA}$ 두께로 진공증착 하였다. 증착된 박막을 bridge 구조의 격자무늬로 식각하는 과정에서 4개의 bridge arm을 주축과 $45^{\circ}$로 배열하고 그 면적율을 67%로 증대시켰다. 제작된 센서는 자장범위 ${\pm}0.5mT$에서 직선성이 양호하였으며 백색잡음은 0.2nV 이었고 전압감도는 7.6 $nV/{\mu}T$ 이었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.373-379
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• 2002

We investigated the evolution of magnetoresistance and magnetic property of tunneling magnetoresistive(TMR) device with microstructure and plasma oxidation time. TMR devices have potential applications for non volatile MRAM and high density HDD reading head. We prepared the tunnel magnetoresistance(TMR) devices of Ta($50{\AA}$)/NiFe($50{\AA}$)/IrMn($150{\AA}$)/CoFe($50{\AA}$)/Al($13{\AA}$)-O/CoFe($40{\AA}$)/FiFe($400{\AA}$)/Ta(($50{\AA}$) structure which have $100{\times}100\mu\textrm{m}^2$ junction area on $2.5{\times}2.5\textrm{cm}^2$ Si/$SiO_2$(($1000{\AA}$) substrates by an inductively coupled plasma(ICP) magnetron sputter. We fabricated the insulating layer using an ICP plasma oxidation method by with various oxidation time from 30 sec to 360 sec, and measured resistances and magnetoresistance(MR) ratios of TMR devices. We found that the oxidized sample for oxidation time of 80 sec showed the highest MR radio of 30.31 %, while the calculated value regarding inhomogeneous current effect indicated 25.18 %. We used transmission electron microscope(TEM) to investigate microstructural evolution of insulating layer. Comparing the cross-sectional TEM images at oxidation time of 150 sec and 360 sec, we found that the thickness and thickness variation of 360 sec-oxidized insulating layer became 30% and 40% larger than those of 150 sec-oxidized layer, repectively. Therefore, our results imply that increase of thickness variation with oxidation time may be one of the major treasons of the MR decrease.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.289-292
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• 1993

3-Gun 고주파 마그네트론 스퍼터링법에 의해 [Ni/Fe/Cu] 다층박막과 [Fe/Ni/Fe/Cu] 다층 박막을 제조하고 Ni/Fe 두께비에 따른 자기저항특성을 조사하였다. 열처리에 의한 효과를 고나찰하기 위하여 진공열처리를 행하였다. 두 종류의 다층박막에서 사잇층 Cu 두께에 따른 자기저항의 진동 현 상을 관찰할 수 있었다. Ni과 Cu의 계면에 삼입된 Fe 두께가 약 $3\;\AA$일때 자기저항이 극대값을 보 였으며, Fe 두께가 $1~2\;\AA$일때 자기저항은 이에 비해 크게 감소하지 않았으나, 포화자장은 현저 히 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. ${[Fe(1\;\AA)/Ni(18\;\AA)/Fe(1\;\AA)/Cu(23\;\AA)]}_{20}Fe(80\;\AA)/Si$ 시편의 경우, 100 Oe의 포화자장에서 6%의 자기저항을 얻을 수 있었다. 열처리에 의해서는 자기저항이나 큰 변화를 관찰할 수 없었으며, 합금상 형성 여부는 확인할 수 없었다.