Komag Corporation

Tracy L Scott

Tu Chen

Tsutomu Tom Yamashita

Mark D Moravec

Kyou H Lee

Tam Huu-Minh Nguyen

Definition of the required geometry of the air bearing surface ('ABS') of a magnetic head slider is achieved while providing an ABS which exhibits low wear, low friction, and low stiction at its interface with a disk surface, by securely embedding monocrystalline diamond particles into a lapping plate, removing substantially all particles from the plate which are not firmly affixed thereto, and lapping the slider in a linear, X-Y direction at a relatively high lapping pressure. Material susceptible to being dislodged during CSS is removed during the lapping process. Thus, the incidence of material dislodging from the ABS and increasing wear-induced stiction is substantially reduced, resulting in improved CSS performance. A desired microtexture is also applied to the ABS. Reduced pole tip recession is also observed.

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Los Gatos, CA, United States of America

Tracy L Scott