Abstract: Embodiments of the invention suppress head jump at the time of application of an impact to provide for an excellent impact resistance performance in a magnetic disk device. In one embodiment, a magnetic disk device comprises a disk that records information, a slider mounting thereon a magnetic head, and an actuator mounting thereon the slider on a tip end side thereof turnably so as to move radially of the disk. The actuator comprises a suspension mounting the slider on a tip end side thereof to give a predetermined load to the slider, and an arm that holds the suspension, the arm being supported to be able to turn. The arm comprises two arm portions juxtaposed in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the disk, and a spacing between the two arm portions on a side of supported portions thereof in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the disk is larger than that on a side of the slider in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the disk.

Abstract: A magnetic disk drive having a high recording density and enabling high speed transfer is achieved by reducing vibration of a carriage arm assembly to reduce a positioning error. The disk drive is configured so that a carriage arm is configured by two arm portions, the arm portions being coupled to each other by a restraint member through a viscoelastic material, the restraint member being supported on a carriage body or an area of the carriage arm in the vicinity of the body by means of adhesion or a viscoelastic material. By providing a high damping effect against various vibration modes in which in-plane bending and out-plane bending of the carriage arm are generated, vibration of the carriage arm assembly is suppressed, so that the positioning error is reduced, thereby the magnetic disk drive having a high recording density can be achieved.

Abstract: A magnetic disk drive comprises at least one magnetic head for reading and writing information on at least one magnetic disk, a carriage supporting the magnetic head over the magnetic disk for movement of the magnetic head about a predetermined shaft, an annular coil supported by a bobbin provided on the carriage and subjected to an electromagnetic force for driving the carriage. The drive further comprises a first connection member for joining the annular coil and the bobbin, an in-coil member arranged inside the annular coil, and a second connection member for joining the in-coil member and the annular coil. A modulus of longitudinal elasticity of the in-coil member is larger than that of the first or second connection member. The drive thus formed has the increased carriage rigidity, the improved positioning accuracy of a magnetic head and the increased recording capacity of the disk.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention decrease bending vibrations and torsional vibrations of a voice coil generated by off-plane vibrational forces on the voice coil to reduce noise and to enable a large capacity. In one embodiment, a rotating disk type storage unit comprises a rotating disk recording medium, a head that moves radially relative to the rotating disk recording medium to perform recording or reproduction, a turnable actuator having mounted on one side thereof the head, and a voice coil motor to drive the actuator. The voice coil motor comprises a voice coil mounted on the other side end of the actuator, and a magnet arranged in opposition to the voice coil. A magnet outer periphery of the magnet disposed distant from an actuator turning center is formed to be arcuately concave in shape, and the concave-shaped outer periphery intersects the voice coil.

Abstract: A head support mechanism includes a head to write/read information, and a head support member to support the head. The head support member has parts delimiting an opening at a portion thereof in which opposing parts which delimit the opening in a width direction of the head support member are elastically deformable. Protrusions are formed on edges of the opening, and piezoelectric elements are mounted on the protrusions to enable deforming of the head support member in a direction of positioning of the head.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention efficiently improve the stray field robustness without changing the size or weight of the drive on a large scale. Because a stray field concentrates on a magnetic field element, a symptom in which already recorded data is erased is prevented. According to one embodiment, in a magnetic recording system that uses a perpendicular recording medium having a soft magnetic under layer, a soft magnetic shield is provided on an upper part and a side of a slider on which a magnetic head is mounted, and a distance C between the shield and the medium is made smaller than a distance A or B between the shield and the slider.

Abstract: A carriage arm assembly for swingably supporting a magnetic head which includes a slider, a suspension carrying the slider, a carriage arm to which the suspension is attached, and a body section. The body section includes first and second arm members extending substantially in parallel with a swinging plane of the carriage arm, and a fixing portion provided at a distal end of the carriage arm for mounting the suspension thereon. Each of the first and second arm members have narrow sections in a distal end area and a base end area thereof, wherein a width of the narrow sections in a swinging direction is smaller than a width of an intermediate area of the first and second arm members.

Abstract: A head support mechanism includes a slider equipped with a magnetic head to read/write information from/to a magnetic disk, a load beam to provide the slider with an appropriate load, the load beam being flexible in a direction substantially perpendicular to the disk, and a microactuator mounting portion equipped with a microactuator. A first actuator fixing portion, which connects the microactuator mounting portion to a carriage, and a second actuator fixing portion on the magnetic head side of the microactuator mounting portion, which connects the microactuator mounting portion to the load beam, are coupled by two arm portions of the microactuator mounting portion. The microactuator is mounted on the microactuator mounting portion so that the microactuator does not come into contact with the microactuator mounting portion between the first actuator fixing portion and the second actuator fixing portion.

Abstract: A magnetic disk device having a magnetic disk for recording information, a rotary mechanism for rotating the magnetic disk, a magnetic head unit for recording information on the rotating magnetic disk, a slider having mounted thereon the magnetic head unit and flying over the rotating magnetic disk, a magnetic head supporting mechanism for supporting the slider, and a positioning mechanism for setting the magnetic head unit at a predetermined radial position. The magnetic head supporting mechanism has mounted thereon an integrated circuit (IC) for amplifying an information write/read signal of the magnetic head unit, and a control circuit is connected to the IC. A recording frequency is controlled according to the radial position of the IC on the magnetic disk by the control circuit.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a carriage arm assembly including a carriage arm having two arm members. The arm member is constructed in such a way that the width of its coil side end and the width of its suspension side end are narrower than that of its intermediate area. This construction widens a servo band width, improves positioning accuracy, and reduces positioning errors of a magnetic disk apparatus, so that recording density is improved and storage capacity is increased. Further, by coupling two arm members using a restriction member via a visco-elastic member, it is possible to achieve a high damping effect on various vibration modes including in-plane bending of the arms, and suppress vibration of the carriage so as to reduce the positioning errors.

Abstract: Power amplifier circuits which constitute an RF power module used for a digital device capable of handling high frequency signals in two frequency bands are disposed over the same IC chip. The power amplifier circuits are disposed around the IC chip, and a secondary circuit is disposed between the power amplifier circuits. Thus, the power amplifier circuits are provided within the same IC chip to enable a size reduction. Further, the distance between the power amplifier circuits is ensured even if the power amplifier circuits are provided within the same IC chip. It is therefore possible to suppress the coupling between the power amplifier circuits and restrain crosstalk between the power amplifier circuits.

Abstract: It is to be made possible to eliminate unevenness of the inductances of bonding wires and to reduce the size of semiconductor devices. Over the surface of a semiconductor device in whose MISFET formation area a MISFET comprising a plurality of unit MISFETs connected in parallel, gate electrode pads electrically connected to the gate electrode of the MISFET and drain electrode pads electrically connected to the drain electrode of the same are arranged in a row each. The intervals of the gate electrode pads become gradually shorter from the end areas towards the central area of the electrode array of the gate electrode pads. The intervals of the drain electrode pads also become gradually shorter from the end areas towards the central area of the electrode array of the drain electrode pads.

Abstract: A magnetic disk device having a magnetic disk for recording information, a rotary mechanism for rotating the magnetic disk, a magnetic head unit for recording information on the rotating magnetic disk, a slider having mounted thereon the magnetic head unit and flying over the rotating magnetic disk, a magnetic head supporting mechanism for supporting the slider, and a positioning mechanism for setting the magnetic head unit at a predetermined radial position. The magnetic head supporting mechanism has mounted thereon an integrated circuit (IC) for amplifying an information write/read signal of the magnetic head unit, and a control circuit is connected to the IC. A record frequency is controlled according to the radial position of the IC on the magnetic disk by the control circuit.

Abstract: A multistage high frequency power amplifier-circuit device has a plurality of semiconductor amplification elements connected in a cascade. The circuit device is provided with a bias control circuit used to control the bias voltage or bias current of the output semiconductor amplification element in each stage so as to reduce the variation of the output power with respect to the power control signal voltage in an area around the threshold voltage of the semiconductor amplification elements. This realizes a high frequency power amplifier circuit device provided with excellent controllability of the output power and high efficiency at the time of low power output realized with use of such a control voltage as a power control signal.

Abstract: An infrared ray insulating dielectric multilayer film 3 for cutting infrared rays is provided on one of the surfaces of a glass plane-convex lens 2a, 2c having a flat refractive surface 21 on one side and a convex refractive surface 22 on the other side. A multi-cavity lens molding 26 having projections 24 of a convex lens integrally formed on the surface of a flat plate 25 is molded with glass, the infrared ray insulating dielectric multilayer film 3 is provided on either one of the surfaces of the multi-cavity lens molding 26, and the portion of the flat plate 25 of the multi-cavity lens molding 26 having the dielectric multilayer film 3 formed thereon is cut into individual projections 24. A lens with an infrared ray filter 1c which is obtained is used as a condenser for compact cameras.

Abstract: A semiconductor device for amplification with enhanced performance is provided for use at a base station. The semiconductor device has a semiconductor chip for amplification and a transmission line substrate in the package of an amplifier used at a base station for mobile communication equipment such as a mobile phone. Stubs formed in the empty region of the transmission line substrate are connected to an output of the semiconductor chip for amplification by using bonding wires. The stubs and the bonding wires have been designed to form a resonant circuit resonating at a frequency double the fundamental frequency of an output signal from the semiconductor chip for amplification. This suppresses a doubled-frequency-wave signal of the signal outputted from the semiconductor chip for amplification and achieves an improvement in the transmission efficiency of the amplifier and a reduction in transmission distortion.

Abstract: A magnetic disk unit includes a magnetic disk attached to a spindle so as to be rotatable, a slider having a magnetic head for reading/writing data onto/from the magnetic disk, a suspension for providing the slider with a predetermined load, and an actuator arm for positioning the slider attached to the suspension on the magnetic disk. A first pad including the magnetic head and second pads including no magnetic heads are disposed on an air bearing surface of the slider. During rotation of said magnetic disk, a part of the first pad keeps in contact with the magnetic disk. A load point of the suspension with respect to the slider is positioned between a leading edge of the slider and a position located at a distance equivalent to substantially 0.42 times a whole length of the slider from the leading edge of the slider.

Abstract: A multistage high frequency power amplifier circuit device has a plurality of semiconductor amplification elements connected in a cascade. The circuit device is provided with a bias control circuit used to control the bias voltage or bias current of the output semiconductor amplification element in each stage so as to reduce the variation of the output power with respect to the power control signal voltage in an area around the threshold voltage of the semiconductor amplification elements. This realizes a high frequency power amplifier circuit device provided with excellent controllability of the output power and high efficiency at the time of low power output realized with use of such a control voltage as a power control signal.