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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
May. 25, 2001
Bijoyendra Nath, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Yu-Li Chang, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for modeling air bearing designs for heads of a data storage system The modeling system includes user definable surface contours for mask surfaces. The system generates integrated surface functions for the mask surfaces based upon the user defined mask surface contours. The system includes a user definable depth dimension for the mask surface functions and the integrated mask surface functions and dimension parameter for the mask surfaces are compiled to simulate a modeled air bearing structure for performance analysis and evaluation. The integrated mask surface functions are used to define the multiple mask tiers for slider fabrication.