Everything about Hard disk drive interface

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Hard disk drive interfaceA 5-minute orientation
2. Pick up a classic book: The Apple IIGS bookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
3. Read the landmark paper: Tribocharging of the magnetic hard disk drive head–disk interfaceCited 20 times
4. Go sideways: SCSIA closely related topic
5. Go sideways: SATAA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Tribocharging of the magnetic hard disk drive head–disk interface

  J. D. Kiely, Y.-T. Hsia · 2002 · Journal of Applied Physics · 20 citations

• Shock modeling of the head~media interface in an operational hard disk drive

  E.M. Jayson, P.W. Smith, F.E. Talke · 2003 · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics · 19 citations

• Humidity effects on lubricant transfer in the head-disk interface of a hard disk drive

  Sang Hoon Kim, Qing Dai, Bruno Marchon · 2009 · Journal of Applied Physics · 15 citations

• Investigation of fretting wear at the dimple/gimbal interface in a hard disk drive suspension

  B. Raeymaekers, S. Helm, R. Brunner · 2010 · Wear · 14 citations

• The Physical Effects of Intra-Drive Particulate Contamination on the Head-Disk Interface in Magnetic Hard Disk Drives

  Kenneth J. Altshuler, Joshua C. Harrison, Evelyn Ackerman · 1999 · Journal of Tribology · 8 citations

• Effect of disk support system dynamics on the stability of head–disk interface during an operational shock in a mobile hard disk drive

  Rahul Rai, David Bogy · 2012 · Microsystem Technologies · 7 citations

• A numerical study of the dimple/gimbal interface in a hard disk drive

  Longqiu Li, Hao Zheng, Edmund B. Fanslau · 2011 · Microsystem Technologies · 6 citations

• Electrostatic Discharge and Electrical Breakdown Study of the Head–Disk Interface in a Hard Disk Drive

  A.J. Wallash · 2004 · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics · 5 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The Apple IIGS bookJeanne DuPrau · 1986

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