WO2003010760A1 - Read/write head assembly - Google Patents
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- This invention relates generally to read/write head arrays for magnetic data stores and more particularly to a read/write shield-pairing technique for optimizing head surface wear.
- the improvement in magnetic medium data storage capacity arises in large part from improvements in the magnetic head assembly used for reading and writing data on the magnetic storage medium.
- a major improvement in transducer technology arrived with the magnetoresistive (MR) sensor originally developed by the IBM corporation.
- the MR sensor transduces magnetic field changes in a MR stripe to resistance changes, which are processed to provide digital signals .
- Data storage density can be increased because a MR sensor offers signal levels higher than those available from conventional inductive read heads for a given bit area.
- the MR sensor output signal depends only on the instantaneous magnetic field intensity in the storage medium and is independent of the magnetic field time-rate-of-change arising from relative sensor/medium velocity.
- the quantity of data stored on a magnetic tape may be increased by increasing the number of data tracks on the tape, which also decreases the distance between adjacent tracks and forces adjacent read/write heads closer together. More tracks are made possible by reducing feature sizes of the read and write elements, such as by using thin-film fabrication techniques and MR sensors.
- the magnetic storage medium such as tape or a magnetic disk surface
- the magnetic read/write (R/ ) head assembly is passed over the magnetic read/write (R/ ) head assembly for reading data therefrom and writing data thereto.
- R/ magnetic read/write
- a read-while-write head assembly includes, for each of one or more data tracks, a write element in-line with a read element, herein denominated a R/W track-pair, wherein the gap of the read element is closely-disposed to and aligned with the gap of the write element, with the read element positioned downstream of the write element in the direction of medium motion.
- the recovered data is compared to the original data to afford opportunity for action, such as re-recording, to correct errors.
- the R/W track-pairs are interleaved to form two-rows of alternating read and write elements. Alternate columns (track-pairs) are thereby disposed to read-after-write in alternate directions of tape medium motion.
- Tape heads suitable for reading and writing on high-density tapes also require precise alignment of the track-pair elements in the head assembly.
- Practitioners in the art provide very hard wear-resistant layers on the air bearing surfaces of magnetic heads to inhibit wear, for example, a sputtered layer of diamond-like carbon or titanium-carbide, but such layers are also very thin, being perhaps 20 nanometers thick.
- a magnetic head assembly having an air bearing surface (ABS) , comprising: a read head including: a magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element having opposite ends each connected to a respective electrical lead conductor, the MR sensor element and the two electrical lead conductors being disposed in spaced relationship between two MR element shields; and a first electrical conductor coupling at least one of the MR element shields and at least one of the electrical lead conductors; a write head including: two magnetic pole pieces each having a pole tip portion disposed adjacent the ABS; and a write gap located between the pole tip portions; and a second electrical conductor coupling the one MR element shield and one of the write-gap poles.
- ABS air bearing surface
- the write gap is conventionally non-magnetic.
- the invention further provides a magnetic tape drive including at least one magnetic head assembly as described above, the magnetic tape drive further comprising: a magnetic recording • medium having a recording surface; a motor for moving the magnetic recording medium; a head-mount assembly for supporting the magnetic head assembly with respect to the magnetic recording medium; a second electrical conductor coupling the one MR element shield and one of the write-gap poles.
- the two spaced magnetic pole tips are disposed in spaced relationship with a write-gap shield such that the one magnetic pole tip is disposed between the write-gap shield and the other magnetic pole tip.
- the write-gap shield is magnetically and conductively integral with the one magnetic pole tip.
- the electrical conductors consist essentially of one or more materials chosen from the group of tantalum, copper and gold.
- the second conductor has a resistence in the range from about 5 kilohms to about 100 kilohms.
- a wear-resistant interleaved read/write head assembly is preferably provided with improved symmetric wear characteristics.
- the read/write head assembly employs independent read/write shield-paring and charge-clamped magnetoresistive sensors.
- head wear is optimised by equalizing the voltage environments of the read and write heads to reduce electrochemical/mechanical erosion of the wear-resistant air bearing surface (ABS) layer.
- ABS wear-resistant air bearing surface
- This is in a preferred embodiment accomplished by adding an electrical connection between adjacent electrically conductive reader shields and writer poles/shields.
- such connection is preferably provided independently for each pair of read/write elements in the array.
- a write-gap pole or shield is provided adjacent the read gap shield.
- at least one and preferably both read gap shields is electrically-clamped to one of the MR signal leads (preferably the lead having the most positive potential) or to both MR leads via a center-tapped resister clamping structure that may be appreciated with reference to the commonly-assigned U.S. Patent No. 6,246,553.
- a write-gap pole or shield of the type used by IBM Corporation for head manufacturability can according to the preferred embodiment be easily connected by a conductor to the adjacent read-gap shield.
- the invention further provides a method for making a magnetic head assembly that has an air bearing surface (ABS) , comprising the unordered steps of:
- MR magnetoresistive
- the method further comprises : (b.3) forming a write-gap shield in spaced relationship with the two spaced magnetic pole tips such that the one magnetic pole tip is disposed between the write-gap shield and the other magnetic pole tip.
- a magnetic head assembly including a write gap formed between two spaced magnetic pole tips and a magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element having opposite ends each connected to a respective electrical lead conductor, the MR sensor element and the two. electrical lead conductors being disposed in spaced relationship between two MR element shields, wherein the improvement comprises: a first electrical conductor coupling at least one of the MR element shields and at least one of the electrical lead conductors; and a second electrical conductor coupling the one MR element shield and one of the write-gap poles .
- MR magnetoresistive
- Fig. 1 illustrates a front view of the air bearing surface (ABS) of an interleaved magnetoresistive (MR) head assembly in relation to a magnetic tape storage medium in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 2 illustrates a cutaway portion of the MR head assembly from
- Fig. 1 expanded to illustrate the features of the interleaved thin-film read and write gap shield-couplings in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the MR head assembly from Fig. 2 taken along 3-3 with insulation between the layers removed in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention
- Figs. 4A-4B illustrate expanded views of alternative exemplary embodiments of the thin-film read gap of this invention showing the MR shield charge-clamping layer;
- Fig. 5 illustrates a schematic diagram of a magnetic tape drive useful with the magnetic head assembly of an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of the method of the present invention for fabricating a magnetic head assembly.
- Fig. 1 shows the air bearing surface (ABS) of a preferred embodiment an interleaved magnetoresistive (MR) head assembly 10, where the read elements are marked R and the write elements are marked W.
- the write elements, exemplified by the write head 12 and the read elements, exemplified by the read head 14, are disposed in alternating fashion to form a single set of thirty-eight (for example) read/write track-pairs, exemplified by the R/W track-pair 12-14.
- the term alternating is intended to include other formats. For example, one format provides that the odd-numbered heads HI, H3, H5 etc. are operative during forward tape movement, while the even-numbered heads H2, H4, H6 etc. are operative during the opposite direction of tape movement.
- the length of the magnetic tape medium 16 moves in either a forward or reverse direction as indicated by the arrows 18 and 20.
- Head assembly 10 is shown in Fig. 1 as if magnetic tape medium 16 were transparent, although such tape medium normally is not transparent.
- Arrow 18 designates a forward movement of tape medium 16
- arrow 20 designates a reverse direction.
- Magnetic tape medium 16 and interleaved MR head assembly 10 operate in a transducing relationship in the manner well-known in the art. Other formats usable in the practice of this invention are considered to be within the teaching of this invention.
- Each of the head elements in head assembly 10 is intended to operate over a plurality of data tracks in magnetic tape medium 16, as may be appreciated with reference to the data tracks TI, T9, T17, etc. in Fig. 1, which shows an exemplary 288-track scheme having a data track density on magnetic tape medium 16 of eight times the recording element density of R/W track-pairs HI, H2, . . . H36 in MR head assembly 10.
- Tracks T9, T25, . . . T281 may be written with one pass of magnetic tape medium 16 in direction 18 over even-numbered R/w track-pairs H2, H4, . . . H36 and then tracks TI, T17, . . .
- T273 written on a return pass of magnetic tape medium 16 over the odd-numbered R/W track-pairs HI, H3, . . . H35 by moving the lateral position of MR head assembly 10 in the direction of the arrow 21 by a distance equivalent to one track pitch (T1-T2) , which is about 12% of the R/W track-pair spacing (H1-H2) .
- Interleaved MR head assembly 10 includes two thin-film modules 22 and 24 of generally identical construction. Modules 22 and 24 are joined together with adhesive layer 25 to form a single physical unit, wherein the R/W track-pairs HI, H2, . . . H36 are aligned as precisely as possible in the direction of tape medium movement. Each module 22, 24 includes one head-gap line 26, 28, respectively, where the individual R/W gaps, exemplified by write head 12 and read head 14, in each module are precisely located. Each thin-film module 22, 24 includes a separate substrate 30, 32 and a separate closure piece 34, 36, respectively.
- Substrate 30 is bonded near head-gap line 26 by adhesive to closure piece 34 to form thin-film module 22 and substrate 32 is bonded near head-gap line 28 by adhesive to closure piece 36 to form thin-film module 24.
- An underlayer (35, 37) may be deposited on the substrate (30, 32) before formation of the R/W heads and an overlayer (39, 41) is deposited over the R/W heads before placement of the closure piece (34, 36) , substantially as shown.
- head-gap lines 26, 28 are disposed perpendicular to the directions of tape medium movement as represented by arrows 18, 20.
- the R/W head-gaps at H1-H36 in thin-film module 22 cooperate with the corresponding R/w head-gaps in thin-film module 24 to provide read-after- rite functionality during movement of magnetic tape medium 16.
- the read head gaps of one thin-film module are precisely aligned with the write head gaps of the other module along the direction of movement of tape medium 16.
- write head 12 is aligned with read head 14 to form a single R/W track-pair HI for read-after-write during magnetic tape movement in the direction indicated by arrow 18.
- Fig. 2 shows in detail and in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention a portion of substrate 30 from Fig. 1, including portions of three exemplary R/W head gaps on head-gap line 26, which are aligned with track-pairs H3-H5 substantially as shown.
- the thin-film elements shown in Fig. 2 are illustrated showing submicron detail in the usual manner and are not to scale.
- a magnetoresistive (MR) sensor element 40 is disposed between the two MR element (S2 & SI) shields 46 and 48, with each MR sensor end coupled to an electrical lead conductor 42 and 4 .
- the relative disposition of electrical lead conductors 42-44 may be better appreciated with reference to Fig. 3, which illustrates a semi-transparent cross ⁇ -sectional view of substrate 30 from Fig. 2 taken along section line 3-3.
- read head 38 is seen to be disposed between the two write heads 50 and 52 positioned for writing data on track-pairs H3, H5, each adjacent to track-pair H4, substantially as shown.
- Write head 52 is substantially identical to write head 50, which includes a write-gap 54 defined by two spaced magnetic pole (PI & P2) tips 56 and 58.
- Write head 50 may also include a write-gap SI shield 60 (substantially identical to the write-gap SI shield 62 in write head 52) positioned on and integral with magnetic pole PI tip 56 and substantially in line with MR element SI shield 48.
- Write-gap SI shield 60 may be electrically isolated from magnetic pole PI tip 56 by means of an intermediate insulating layer (not shown) but is preferably integral therewith and is deposited using the same material and deposition cycle as MR element SI shield 48 to improve manufacturability.
- magnetic tape medium 16 is illustrated in cross-section and shown adjacent the air bearing surface (ABS) 64 of substrate 30 and interleaved MR head assembly 10 (Fig. 1) .
- the direction of motion of magnetic tape medium 16 is perpendicular to the page, as indicated -by the oncoming and retreating arrow symbols.
- Fig. 3 shows in semi-transparent cross-section the relative planar view of some elements of interest, particularly the back-gap portion 66 of magnetic pole Pi piece 56 where it is joined to the back gap portion of the other magnetic pole P2 piece 58 (see Fig. 2) to complete the magnetic circuit energized by the write-coil 68 in the usual manner.
- FIGs. 1 shows in semi-transparent cross-section the relative planar view of some elements of interest, particularly the back-gap portion 66 of magnetic pole Pi piece 56 where it is joined to the back gap portion of the other magnetic pole P2 piece 58 (see Fig. 2) to complete the magnetic circuit energized by the write-coil 68 in the usual manner.
- an electrical connection 70 is established between the electrically-conductive MR element SI shield 48 and the immediately-adjacent write-gap SI shield 60 (and thereby to magnetic pole PI piece 56) .
- Electrical connection 70 is established for each laterally-adjacent R/W head pair along head-gap lines 26 and 28 (Fig. 1) and is implemented in Fig. 2 by the electrical conductor 70, which is merely one of many useful means for conductively coupling the two shield elements 48 and 60.
- the electrical connection exemplified by electrical conductor 70 is made independently for each reader-writer pair along both head-gap lines 26 and 28 of substrates 30 and 32 (Fig. 1) . Electrical conductor 70 (Figs.
- electrical conductor 70 operates to couple MR element SI shield 48 to both write-gap SI shield 60 and magnetic pole PI tip 56, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- Electrical conductor 70 may, for example, have a resistance in the range from about 5 kilohms to about 50 kilohms or more.
- MR element shield 48 is also connected by means of an electrical conductor 72 to one of electrical lead conductors 42-44, preferably the most positively-biased of the two (shown as electrical lead conductor 44 in Fig. 3) .
- Figs. 2-3 show this connection between MR element shield 48 and electrical lead conductor 44, for example.
- Figs. 4A and 4B illustrate this charge-clamping connection in the alternative.
- Fig. 4A shows MR element shield 48a clamped to. electrical lead conductor 44a by means of the electrical conductor 72a.
- MR element shield 48b is connected through the electrical conductor 72b to electrical lead conductor 42b.
- the fabrication and operation of electrical conductor 72a-b may be better appreciated with reference to the commonly-assigned U.S. Patent No. 6,246,553.
- Sputtered alumina is known to be less wear-resistant in acidic and basic environments, such as in conjunction with the head-tape interface at ABS 64, than in neutral environments.
- the inventor has shown that this conjectured chemical-mechanical mechanism appears to be influenced by the local electrical environment, which is controlled in the interleaved MR head assembly by equalizing the robustness of the write heads and the read heads .
- Fig. 5 shows a schematic diagram of a magnetic tape drive 73 useful with magnetic head assembly 10 discussed above in connection with Figs . 1-4.
- the controller 74 accepts information from a supply reel tachometer 76, which is coupled to a supply reel motor 78, which is controlled by controller 74 to reversibly rotate a supply reel 82 shown within a single supply reel cartridge 83.
- a take-up reel tachometer 84 is connected to a take-up reel motor 86 that is reversibly driven by controller 74. Take-up reel motor 86 drives a take-up reel 88.
- Magnetic tape 16 and its leader block moves along a path shown by the dotted line 90, from supply reel 82 past an idler bearing 92, the air bearing tape guides 94 and 96, continuing around a roller 98 coupled to a tension arm transducer 100 under the control of controller 74, and therefrom to take-up reel 88, substantially as shown.
- the resulting output from the read elements in MR head assembly 10 is transmitted to controller 74, which also directs data from an .external source to head assembly 10 for transfer onto tape medium 16 through the plurality of write elements in MR head assembly 10.
- Magnetic tape drive 73 may be generally of the one-half inch type having a single reel cartridge. As is well-known in the tape drive industry, other media formats are also available for example, quarter-inch cartridge (QIC), digital linear tape (D T) , digital analog tape (DAT), and the like.
- interleaved MR head assembly 10 is primarily suitable for data tape recording applications, the same fabrication principles could be applied to making a magnetic R/W head assembly for other magnetic recording applications.
- Disk drive applications generally use merged or piggy-back R/w heads that are less troubled with head wear problems and unlikely to need the improvement disclosed herein.
- Fig. 6 provides a block diagram illustrating a preferred method for fabricating a magnetic head assembly in accordance with the MR head assembly method of an embodiment of the present invention.
- the diagram in Fig. 6 is shown in sections, with the left column showing steps for forming the write element plurality, the right column showing steps for forming the read element plurality, and the middle column showing steps common to both. In practice, these processes are performed concurrently so that both read and write elements are formed as much as possible in the same process steps . The following exemplary- description is limited to a single adjacent write-read pair, from which the process may be easily appreciated.
- the first step 134 prepares the surface of wafer substrate 30 (Fig. 1) .
- the insulating alumina undercoat layer 35 (Fig. 1) is sputtered onto the surface of substrate 30.
- the surface of alumina undercoat layer 35 is lapped to a thickness of 3-4 microns. This provides a flat surface for deposition of the first Sendust SI layer at the step 140, which is patterned to create MR element SI shield 48 at the step 142 and write-gap SI shield 60 at the step 144 (Figs. 2-3) .
- electrical conductor 70 is formed to couple upper SI MR shield 48 to upper SI write shield 60.
- the several layers making up the MR sensor including MR sensor element 40, electrical lead conductors 42 and 44 and the embracing insulating layers, are deposited and etched in the step 148.
- an insulating layer may be deposited over upper SI write shield 60 to isolate it from magnetic pole PI tip 56, but optional step 150 is preferably omitted so that the S2 layer deposition in the step 152 is made directly over upper SI write shield 60 to join it to magnetic pole PI tip 56, which is patterned in the step 154.
- the step 156 patterns MR element S2 shield 46.
- the step 158 deposits write-coil 68 in the usual manner (Fig. 3) and the step 160 deposits magnetic pole P2 tip 58.
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