Mitigating shock of operating HDDs using smart suspensions

• Main Author: Djati Wibowo Djamari
• Other Authors: Nader Vahdati
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/20853
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Small form factor (1” HDD) and 2.5” hard disk drives are widely used in mobile consumer electronics. Due to their mobile applications, mobile HDDs are susceptible to an environmental shock/ vibration. The shock/ vibration can be very severe that can damage the HDDs and the data stored in it. In this...