Suspension Design for Customer Manufacturability Bob Evans DISKCON Asia Pacific March 2006
Suspension Design for Customer Manufacturability
Bob EvansDISKCON Asia Pacific
March 2006
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Intro
• New technologies and processes such as solder head attach, FEMTO/PEMTO sliders, flyheight control and dual stage actuation are creating new and challenging requirements for suspension assemblies.
• HTI continues to provide solutions for emerging technology requirements, while providing features that allow for improved manufacturability at our customers.
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Specification Progression
• Gram Load• Tolerance Reduction• Change Through Swage• Standardized Measurement
• Static Attitude Tolerance Reduction• Bond Pad to Dimple Registration
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Gram
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Gram Load Change Through Swage
• Optimization of the base plate can reduce both the amount of gram change and bias between up and down suspensions.
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Setting the Industry Standard for Gram MeasurementGenVe Fixture:
• GenVe allows for standardized measurement of gram load.
• Over 100 fixtures are used in the industry today.
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Static Attitude
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Bond Pad to Dimple Registration
• Factors driving the need for improved bond pad to dimple registration include:
Reduced flyheight variationReduced slider sizesIncreased termination countSolder termination
• Registration improvements to date are a result of industry-leading automation, precision tooling and progression of flexure technology.
• Machine vision and flexure manufacturing technology enhancements will offer future improvements to bond pad to dimple registration.
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Bond Pad to Dimple Registration
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Feature Progression
• Attachments• Merging & Handling• Electrical• Flexure Technology• Dual Stage
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Boss Size Reduction
• Enables thinner and smaller flanged base plates with reduced mass:
Significantly improves gram changeLess base distortionStronger flange
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Merge Features
• Allow the suspension to move on and off merge and shipping combs to reduce the possibility of damage and particle generation.
Comb DomeDielectric & CovercoatOverhang
Comb Rail
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Limiters
• Limiters restrict motion of the slider and gimbal.
• Benefits:Reduced handling damage during processingKeep head planar to disk during loading or shock events
Several configurations are available depending on design requirements.
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Plated Ground Features (PGF)
Low resistance ground (< 1 Ohm) minimizes ESD risk.
Simplifies head attach by eliminating conductive epoxy grounding.
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AS-21 ESD Coating
CopperCovercoat
Polyimide
Stainless Steel
Anti-Static Coating(thickness exaggerated for clarity)
Description:Description:• Semi-conductive polymer coating
Benefits:• Prevents tribocharging of the suspension • HGA and HSA ESD yield improvement• Reduced HSA DPPM• Reduced drive level ESD/EOS, increased drive yield, reduced drive rework
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SBB/SJB Robustness
• The heat generated during solder ball bonding or solder jet bonding can deform the gimbal.
• Both FEA modeling and part testing are used to minimize this change.
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Ultrasonic Robustness
• Carefully designed low stiffness FEMTO/PEMTO gimbals can eliminate damage from ultrasonics, while still meeting product requirements.
• Both FEA modeling and actual part testing can be used to improve and validate designs.
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Flexure Technology
TSA+ Additive Flexures• Registration for head attach• Polyimide covercoat for thermal robustness to high
temperature solder• Increased design flexibility
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Motor/Jumper Attach for Dual Stage
• Continued areal density progression will drive ever increasing TPI performance.
• Progression will challenge the servo bandwidth of today’s single stage actuation.
• HTI can provide dual stage suspensions to enable continued TPI increases without requiring major changes to HGA processes.
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Summary
• New technologies and processes such as solder head attach, FEMTO/PEMTO sliders, flyheight control and dual stage actuation are creating new and challenging requirements for suspension assemblies.
• HTI continues to provide solutions for emerging technology requirements, while providing features that allow for improved manufacturability at our customers.