1. Date of download: 11/13/2017
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From: Flying Clearance Distribution With Thermal Flying Height Control in Hard Disk Drives
J. Tribol. 2010;132(2): doi: /
Figure Legend:
TFC and the corresponding head-media spacing change

2. Date of download: 11/13/2017
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From: Flying Clearance Distribution With Thermal Flying Height Control in Hard Disk Drives
J. Tribol. 2010;132(2): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Definition of the flying clearance, target clearance, adjusted clearance, and clearance distribution

3. Date of download: 11/13/2017
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From: Flying Clearance Distribution With Thermal Flying Height Control in Hard Disk Drives
J. Tribol. 2010;132(2): doi: /
Figure Legend:
FH change profile with TFC actuation taken from burn-in (or self-diagnosing) process of the HDD (experiment)

4. Date of download: 11/13/2017
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From: Flying Clearance Distribution With Thermal Flying Height Control in Hard Disk Drives
J. Tribol. 2010;132(2): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Maximum flying clearance distribution change with temperature (experiment)