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THE CENTER FOR MICROMAGNETICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

THIRTEENTH MINT RESEARCH REVIEW

EE/Csci Building, Room 3-180, University of Minnesota
Monday, October 6, 1997


For more information, please contact with Professor Jack Judy at (612) 625-7381 or judy@ece.umn.edu.

8:30-10:00 AM    THIN FILM MEDIA, HEADS, and TRIBOLOGY       EE/CSci 3-180 


Overview of Thin Film Media, Heads, & Tribology Research Activities      Jack Judy

O01: Study of Time Decay of Mr of Ultra-High Density Recording Thin Film Media     Dehua Han
O02: Time-Decay Measurement and Evaluation of Areal Density Improvement in Keepered Thin Film Media Jinghuan Chen
O03: Calculated Effect of Grain Size Distribution on Time Decay of Thin Film Media     Cheng Yang
O04: Factors Affecting Magnetic Properties of RF-Sputtered NiFe/NiO Bi-Layers     Zhenghong Qian
O05: Saturation Magnetostriction of Co/NiFe and NiFe/Co RF-Sputtered Bi-Layers     Jack Sivertsen


10:30-12:00 PM   SIGNAL PROCESSING                           EE/CSci 3-180 


Overview of Signal Processing Research Activities     Jay Moon

O06: Error Propagation in 3D-110 and FDTS/DF Detection Channels     Barrett Brickner
O07: Low-cost MLSD via Signal Space Partitioning     Young Kim
O08: Asynchronous Channels     Travis Oenning
O09: What Should Be the Optimal Bit Aspect Ratio?     Jay Moon
O10: High-Speed BiCMOS Circuits for Read Channels: Equalizer, Detector and Timing Recovery     Ramesh Harjani


12:00-2:00 PM    LUNCH  and  POSTER PRESENTATIONS            EE/CSci 3-180


P01: Time Decay of Mr, Hc, & Readback Signal of Ultra-Thin CoCrTa(Pt)/Cr Media     Hiroyuki Uwazumi
P02: Effect of Stress on Hex, Hc, and Hk Fields of FeMn/NiFe GMR Spin-Valves     Dehua Han
P03: Stress Effect on the Magnetic Properties of NiFe/FeMn & NiMn GMR Spin-Valves     Eric Linville
P04: Nano-Hardness of Facing-Target-Sputtered Ultra-Thin C and CN Films     Zhenghong Qian
P05: Evaluation of Amorphous CN as Protective Wear Coatings on Media & Sliders     Jack Sivertsen
P06: Comparison of Error Distribution Statistics in PRML and DFE     Jin Li
PO7: Spectral Characterization of Transition Noise     Wenzhong Zhu


2:00-4:00 PM      LABORATORY DEMONSTRATIONS and WINE & CHEESE    EE/CSci 6-146

    
D01: Communications and Data Storage Laboratory     Barrett Brickner     EE/CSci 6-158
D02: MFM Imaging Magnetization Clusters Ultra-Thin CoCrTa/Cr Thin Film Media     Hiroyuki Uwazumi     EE/CSci 6-142 
D03: Recording Performance and Time Decay of Keepered Thin Film Media     Jinghuan Chen      EE/CSci 6-140
D04: VSM Measurement Temperature Dependence of Coercivity of Thin Film Media     Cheng Yang     EE/CSci 6-138  
D05: Measurement Stress Effect RF-Sputtered NiFe/NiO & NiFe/FeMn Spin-Valves     Eric Linville     EE/CSci 6-138
D06: Ultra-High-Vacuum (UHV) Multi-Target DC Magnetron Co-Sputtering System     Norm Frame      EE/CSci 5-166


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