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To: T Bowl who wrote (2750)	3/9/1998 1:51:00 PM
From: Bill Lin	Respond to of 9256

Thanks todd. isn't it curious that the density/Oe doesn't grow linearly? from 0.5gb to 1gb or to 1.6gb, the ratio is 1.6GB/Oe to 1.83GB/Oe but from 0.5gb to 4.4gb, the ratio is 3.25 GB/Oe or the gap from 1800 Oe to 2100 Oe is 0.5GB to 1 GB + and from 2800 Oe to 3000 Oe is almost 1GB from 3.5GB to 4.4GB. the difference is 200 Oe but the gain in density is almost 2x. ?? interesting huh? This is why i get confused a lot with density numbers and platter capacities. can't do anything but linear math in my head...and sometimes not even that! :) BL

To: T Bowl who wrote (2750)	3/9/1998 2:58:00 PM
From: Stitch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9256

T-Bowl, Bill Lin; Todd, HMT's reference is excellent but you are intuitively right about correlating areal density with coercivity. It will vary from process to process. It depends, on other characteristics such as called remanence thickness (or BRT), magnetic domain orientation, and its anisotropic characteristics. This latter two dollar buzz word refers to the individual magnetic domain and means the opposite of isotropic. In plain English it means the domains must display a characteristic of more longitude then latitude for pole definition. Each domain is a magnet with a south pole and a north pole...thus it represents a bit that can be reversed [coerced] from positive to negative. These bits must also be separate and distinct to avoid cross fringing interference or adjacent bit interference. As coercivity goes up each bit requires more external force in order for it to be reversed from a positive to a negative. This is desirable when you are crowding more and more bits in the same space so as to prevent them from interfering with one another and only responding to the external force designed (as in write amplitude from the head). Thus coercivity is one of the key elements of higher densities. The remanence mentioned has to do with the nature of the domain to stay reversed, or rather the remaining amount of magnetic flux after a write operation. There is always some loss due to hysteresis and eddy-current losses in the write head. This is largely dependent on the thickness of the film so is expressed as an equation of remanent flux and thickness. Hope this is more then you want to know cause it is all I know. Best, Stitch