Objective The aim of the MIHFAD project is to develop some of the key technologies required for the development of high-density, high-performance miniature disk-drives. Miniature magnetic heads represent one of the key components that will shape the overall properties of the final disc drive.A magnetic material with high saturation magnetization has been selected, with appropriate characteristics for use in the development of high density, high performance miniature disk drives. A pico slider in the format 35% has been designed and has proven to exhibit good flying characteristics with a suspension which has been specifically adapted. Tests have been performed with prototypes of magnetic heads and performances which are close to the desired storage densities have been achieved.There is a continuing trend towards the miniaturisation of disk drives, as evidenced by the successive development of 5.25 3.5 2.5 and now 1.8 inch diameter devices. MIHFAD's target storage density of 400 Mbits per square inch is will enable the demonstration of 2.5 and 1.8inch" diameter drives with capacities of 320 Mbytes and 160 Mbytes respectively (two times those available in 1993). In order to achieve such characteristics, the key technologies that need to be mastered are related to: - improvement in the magnetic materials and circuits of the heads in order to write on the recording media with a higher coercivity - lower and constant head flying heights and the reduction of slider size - improvement in disk media involving substrate, magnetic layer and head/disk interaction. Programme(s) FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator Silmag EU contribution No data Address 17 avenue des Martyrs 38041 Grenoble France See on map Total cost No data Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) France EU contribution No data Address Centre d'Études de Grenoble 17 avenue des Martyrs 38041 Grenoble See on map Total cost No data Conner Peripherals Europe Italy EU contribution No data Address Viale Carlo Viola 65 11026 Pont St. Martin Aosta See on map Total cost No data
