THEORY OF OPERATION

The RMM, Remanent Moment Magnetometer (U.S. Patent #5,136,239) is a non-destructive means for measuring the remanent moment-thickness product (MrT), the remanent coercivity (Hcr) and the remanent switching field distribution (S') without the need for high speed operation in a drive environment. The principle of opcration of the RMM mimics that of an actual recording system differing principally in scale, i.e., parameters such as rccording head gap and head-media separation are increased by approximately three to four orders of magnitude while the angular velocity is decreased by a factor of 300. During the measurement, the recording head saturates the magnetization of a region of the disk with a field of at least 8 kOe. The current to the head is then reversed in direction and a region of oppositely directed magnetization is written. The details of the transition regions at the ends of this strip of reversed magnetization are then examined by rotating the disk at a very slow speed (typically 12 rpm) past a non-inductive magnetic field sensor.

The sensor actually measures the transition profiles with the peak-to-peak amplitude representing the remanent magnetization-thickness product in the reversed region.

The procedure is repeated for increasing values of write field resulting in the transfer curve, from which the remanent hysteretic parameters are determined. The measurement of the pertinent features of this transfer curve is the fundamental task of the RMM.

FEATURES


Spatial dependence of Mrt

Spatial dependence of Hcr

For further information contact:

Dr. Richard M. Josephs, President
Innovative Instrumentation Incorporated
rjosephs@innovinst.com

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