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Modeling and Simulation of a Single Crystal Silicon Microactuator for Hard Disk Drives

Jianqiang M., Shixin C., Yi L., Data Storage Institute, SG

The modeling and simulation of a single crystal silicon microactuator for high-density hard disk drives are described in this paper. The microactuator is fabricated by LISA process, which has an electrically isolated structure directly from [...]

Effects of Slider-Driven Piezo-Microactuator Placements and Profiles on HGA Sway Mode

Yang J.P., Chen S.X., National University of Singapore, US

With areal recording density of hard disk drives (HDD) historically growing at an average of 60% per year, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to maintain the precise positioning required of the ever-smaller GMR heads [...]