Parametric Investigations at the Head-Disk Interface of Thermal Fly-Height Control Sliders in Contact

Table 1

Simulated results for the three different ABS designs.

ABS design	Simulation TFC efficiency; nm/mW	Touchdown power; mW	Pressure at touchdown; atm.
ABS-1	0.108	96	60
ABS-2	0.119	91	38
ABS-3	0.145	69	27