The present disclosure relates to disk drives and suspensions for disk drives.
Dual stage actuation (DSA) suspension disk drive head suspensions and disk drives incorporating DSA suspensions are generally known and commercially available. For example, DSA suspensions having an actuation structure on the baseplate or other mounting portion of the suspension, i.e., proximal to the spring or hinge region of the suspension, are described in the Okawara U.S. Pat. No. 8,199,442, the Shum U.S. Pat. No. 8,665,567, the Fuchino U.S. Pat. No. 8,405,934 and the Imamura U.S. Pat. No. 5,764,444. DSA suspensions having actuation structures located on the loadbeam or gimbal portions of the suspension, i.e., distal to the spring or hinge region, are also known and disclosed, for example, in the Jurgenson U.S. Pat. No. 5,657,188, the Krinke U.S. Pat. No. 7,256,968 and the Yao U.S. Patent Publication No. 2008/0144225. Co-located gimbal-based DSA suspensions are disclosed in the Miller U.S. Pat. Nos. 8,681,456, 8,896,970 and 9,147,413. All of the above-identified patents and patent applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety for all purposes.
There remains a continuing need for improved DSA suspensions. DSA suspensions with enhanced performance capabilities are desired. The suspensions should be capable of being efficiently manufactured.
Various examples concern a suspension having a DSA structure on a gimbaled flexure includes a loadbeam and a flexure attached to the loadbeam. The flexure includes a metal layer, the metal layer including a pair of spring arms, a tongue including a slider mounting surface, and a pair of struts including a first strut and a second strut. The pair of struts connects the pair of spring arms to the tongue, the first strut having a distal-most edge, the second strut having a proximal-most edge. The suspension further includes a pair of traces, each trace in the pair of traces including one or more insulated conductors, the pair of traces being routed around opposite sides of the slider mounting surface, over the pair of struts to a set of terminal contacts on a distal portion of the tongue. The suspension also includes a motor mounted on the flexure, the motor having opposite lateral ends, the motor orientated laterally across the flexure such that the opposite lateral ends of the motor are on opposite lateral sides of the flexure. Electrical activation of the motor rotates the slider mounting surface relative to the loadbeam.
Various examples concern suspension having a DSA structure on a gimbaled flexure comprising a loadbeam, and a flexure attached to the loadbeam, the flexure comprising a metal layer. The metal layer includes a pair of spring arms, a tongue comprising a slider mounting surface, and a pair of struts including a first strut and a second strut, the pair of struts connecting the pair of spring arms to the tongue, the first strut having a distal-most edge, the second strut having a proximal-most edge. The suspension further includes a pair of traces, each trace including one or more insulated conductors routed to a set of terminal contacts on a distal portion of the tongue. The suspension also includes a motor mounted on the flexure, the motor having opposite lateral ends, the motor orientated laterally across the flexure such that the opposite lateral ends of the motor are on opposite lateral sides of the flexure, wherein electrical activation of the motor rotates the slider mounting surface relative to the loadbeam. The suspension also includes a first electrical contact pad in electrical communication with the motor, conductive adhesive electrically connecting the first electrical contact pad to the at least one of the insulated conductors, and a second electrical contact pad in electrical communication with the motor. The first electrical contact pad is in electrical communication with at least one of the insulated conductors of the traces and provides a power supply to drive the motor. The second electrical contact pad is in electrical communication with the metal layer and provides a ground connection to the motor. The first electrical contact pad is separated by gap from the adjacent spring arm, the gap being configured to mitigate electrical shorting between the metal layer and the at least one of the insulated conductors caused by spillover of the conductive adhesive during a manufacturing process.
Further features and modifications of the various examples are further discussed herein and shown in the drawings. While examples are disclosed, still other embodiments of the present disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which shows and describes illustrative examples of this disclosure. Accordingly, the drawings and detailed description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not restrictive.
Disk drive suspensions can be susceptible to unwanted swaying, particularly DSA suspensions designed to articulate laterally over disk media. Various features that can be employed to prevent unwanted sway and/or arrest sway motion in DSA suspensions are presented herein. Disclosed techniques further facilitate efficient manufacturing of such DSA suspensions.
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The distal end of the flexure 12 is cantilevered from the base portion 50. The spring arms 52 apply a force through the tongue 33 and the motor 34, to maintain contact between the motor 34 and the beam region 20 of the loadbeam 18, e.g., such as contact between the motor 34 and a dimple (not shown) on the beam region 20. Contact between the motor 34 and a dimple allows the tongue 33 and the head slider 32 to pitch and roll as needed during operation of the suspension 10, such as in response to vibration and/or wind generated by spinning disk media, as well as rotate in response to activation of the motor 34. The head slider 32 is mounted on the tongue 33. For example, the top side of the head slider 32 can be attached with adhesive to a slider mounting surface on the bottom side of the tongue 33.
The suspension 10 may utilize energy-assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) element, which uses various types of energy to selectively change the coercively of disk media, such as by heating a small area of the disk media to temporarily change the coercivity of the area just before writing. Various types of EAMR exist, such as heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAIVIR) and microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR). An EAMR element can be mounted on the tongue 33 (e.g., on a top surface of the tongue 33) and can project vertically up through the window 15 in the loadbeam 18. Examples of the present disclosure can include an EAMR element, such as in any manner disclosed in the commonly assigned Bennin U.S. Pat. No. 8,717,712, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety for all purposes.
The flexure 12 includes a stainless steel layer 40 (or other metal layer) that forms the main structure support of the flexure 12. The flexure 12 further includes traces 60, which include a dielectric base layer and individual conductors, the individual conductors within traces 60 being electrically isolated from the stainless steel layer 40 by the dielectric base layer.
The stainless steel layer 40 includes a base portion 50 which can be attached (e.g., by welding) to the loadbeam 18. The stainless steel layer 40 further includes a pair of spring arms 52, a tongue 33, and struts 56, 57 that respectively connect the pair of spring arms 52 to the tongue 33. The strut 56 is offset proximally of the strut 57. In this way, the pair of struts 56, 57 can be referred to as a proximal strut 56 with the proximal-most edge and a distal strut 57 with the distal-most edge.
The traces 60 extend along the distal end of the flexure 12 between the pair of spring arms 52 and around the tongue 33. The traces 60 comprise a dielectric base layer (e.g., a polymer such as polyimide) and at least one conductor extending along the base layer. The conductors can further be covered by a cover coat of the dielectric material. The traces 60 route the conductors along the suspension 10 to electrically connect components of the suspension 10 (e.g., transducers of the head slider 32) to control circuitry of the hard disk drive. Routing the traces 60 between the spring arms 52 minimizes the width of the distal end of the flexure 12 and minimizes the use of material as compared to routing the traces 60 outside of the pair of spring arms 52. In some examples, no part of either trace 60 extends laterally beyond either of the spring arms 52. For example, each trace 60 can extend from the base portion to the tongue 33 while being entirely between the lateral spring arms 52. In some examples, each trace 60 extends from the base portion 50 to the tongue 33 while no part of the trace 60 is laterally beyond either spring arm 52, wherein the trace 60 may overlap with a spring arm 52. In some alternative examples, each of the traces 60 extends from the base portion 50 to the tongue 33 substantially between the lateral spring arms 52, wherein a portion of each of the traces 60 may extend laterally beyond a spring arm 52 to a minor degree. It is noted that routing the traces 60 between the spring arms 52 may have a tendency to increase sway gain.
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The conductive traces 60 include optional tethers 61 within the dielectric base layer that provide an intermediate mechanical contact point with the adjacent lateral spring arm 52 over the span between the base portion 50 and the struts 56, 57. The tethers 61 function to help maintain the traces 60 in a flat planar configuration rather than a twisted configuration.
The motor 34 is located along an opposing side of the tongue 33 relative to the slider mounting surface 31. One or more conductors of the conductive traces 60 provide a power supply to drive the motor 34. The one or more insulated conductors of the conductive traces 60 further connect, via a conductive contact pad 64 of the conductive traces 60 to an electrical contact pad 44 of the stainless steel layer 40. Contact pad 44 serves as the positive terminal for the motor 34. A conductive adhesive may connect at least one of the insulated conductors within the conductive traces 60 to the electrical contact pad 44 such that the least one of the insulated conductors within the conductive traces 60 is in electrical communication with the electrical contact pad 44.
The electrical contact pad 44 within the stainless steel layer 40 is separated by gaps between both the outer arm portion and the inner arm portion of the adjacent spring arm 52, and in the illustrated example the electrical contact pad 44 is an island within the stainless steel layer 40. The gap 68 between the inner arm portion of the adjacent spring arm 52 and the electrical contact pad 44. The gap 68 is configured to mitigate electrical shorting between the stainless steel layer 40 and the at least one of the insulated conductors caused by spillover of the conductive adhesive during a manufacturing process. This may improve the repeatability of the manufacturing process and result in a higher proportion of useable suspensions. The conductive traces 60 further include a tether 66 within the dielectric layer that extends between the electrical contact pad 44 and the adjacent spring arm 52. The tether 66 may help maintain the electrical contact pad 44 within a common plane as the stainless steel layer 40 of the flexure 12 during assembly of the suspension 10.
The stainless steel layer 40 further includes an electrical contact pad 45 within the stainless steel layer 40 opposite the electrical contact pad 44. The electrical contact pad 45 is an extension of the spring arms 52, and serves as the negative terminal for the motor 34 by providing a ground connection for the motor 34. As the negative terminal, the electrical contact pad 45 directly connects to the adjacent spring arm 52 of the stainless steel layer 40 (the stainless steel layer 40 is connected to ground). Otherwise, the configuration of the electrical contact pad 45, the adjacent spring arm 52 and the adjacent conductive trace 60 is approximately symmetrical to that of the electrical contact pad 44 and its adjacent spring arm 52 and conductive trace 60. For example, both the electrical contact pad 44 and the electrical contact pad 45 are separate from the tongue 33 and on opposite sides of the tongue 33 in an approximately symmetrical arrangement about a longitudinal midline of the flexure 12.
The arrangement of the conductive traces 60 and the spring arm 52 adjacent the electrical contact pad 45 is largely to provide symmetry with the structures adjacent the electrical contact pad 44 within the dielectric layer of conductive traces 60. For example, the conductive traces 60 include a nonconductive contact pad 65, which is approximately symmetrical to the conductive contact pad 64. Within conductive traces 60, the electrical contact pad 45 is separated by gaps between both the outer arm portion and the inner arm portion of the adjacent spring arm 52. However, while the gap 68 functions to mitigate electrical shorting between the stainless steel layer 40 and the at least one of the insulated conductors caused by spillover of the conductive adhesive applied during a manufacturing process to connect the conductive contact pad 64 with the electrical contact pad 44, it is not necessary to use conductive adhesive to connect the nonconductive contact pad 65 to the electrical contact pad 45. Instead, the gap 69 is included to provide symmetry with the gap 68. As another example, the conductive traces 60 further include a tether 67 within the dielectric layer that extends between the electrical contact pad 45 and the adjacent spring arm 52. However, while the tether 66 may help maintain the electrical contact pad 44 within a common plane as the stainless steel layer 40 of the flexure 12 during assembly, the contact pad 45 is directly connected to the stainless steel layer 40 of the flexure 12 such that the tether 67 is not needed to constrain the electrical contact pad 45 during assembly. Instead, the tether 67 is included to provide symmetry with the tether 66
In comparison to alternative designs in which the conductive traces 60 run through a slider mounting surface, the DSA structure 14 limits or eliminates traces or polymer layers from between the stainless steel layer 40 of the flexure 12 and the head slider 32. Such a configuration reduces a standoff height for the head slider 32, and may also facilitate HAMR compatibility in that the stainless steel layer 40 remains uncovered by conductive traces 60 to allow room for HAMR components adjacent window 15. In addition, the configuration of the conductive traces 60 provides for approximate symmetry between conductive traces 60.
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For example, as the motor 34 (
Also, the manner in which the traces 60 are routed to connect with the tongue 33, or elements fixed to the tongue 33, can imbalance the tongue 33. For example, tension within the traces 60 can apply a force to the tongue 33, offsetting the rotational balance of the tongue 33. Rotational imbalance of the tongue 33 can increase sway gain. Routing the traces 60 between the spring arms 52 to minimize suspension width and/or adding an EAMR element, risks misbalancing the tongue 33 and increasing sway gain. However, the present disclosure provides features that counteract such misbalancing.
For example, stainless steel layer 40 may be designed to be as symmetric as possible about its midline. Minimal exceptions to the symmetry of stainless steel layer 40 include struts 56, 57 being asymmetrical from one another. In addition, electrical contact pad 45 is an extension of the spring arms 52 and serves as the negative terminal for the motor 34, whereas the electrical contact pad 44 is separated from the spring arms 52.
Although the present disclosure has been described with reference to the examples, those skilled in the art will recognize that changes can be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. For example, although described in connection with certain co-located DSA structures, stiffeners and associated features described herein can be used in connection with motors on other DSA structures, including other co-located DSA structures. In addition, the examples of the present disclosure can be modified with any feature disclosed in commonly owned Miller U.S. Pat. No. 8,675,314; Miller U.S. Pat. No. 8,681,456; Miller U.S. Pat. No. 8,891,206; and Miller U.S. Pat. No. 8,896,968, each of which is incorporated herein in its entirety for all purposes. Moreover, any of the examples of such disclosures can be modified in view the present disclosure.
This application claims priority to Provisional Application No. 62/335,150, filed May 12, 2016, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
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