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The Effect of Conducting Gap Spacers on the Impedance of Magnetic Heads

The impedance of magnetic recording heads at high frequencies is reduced by making the gap spacer of conducting material, because eddy currents in this conductor lower the permeance of the gap region. The traditional formulas for the complex permeability versus frequency of a conducting lamination (as used in transformer design) apply within the gap area. The formulas involve spacer initial permeability, resistivity, and the gap depth which corresponds to the usually used lamination thickness. Measurements of impedance versus frequency of a large -model- head verify the theory.

Author: Otto, Rudolf
Affiliation: Central Laboratory, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
JAES Volume 20 Issue 4 pp. 258-264; May 1972 Import into BibTeX

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