HEAD SUSPENSION AND DISK DEVICE
A disk device has a head reading/writing data from and to a disk medium, a head slider supporting the head, a head suspension having a gimbal mounting the head slider, gimbal supports supporting the gimbal, traces having a wirings pattern, and a carriage arm supporting the head suspension. Further, the disk device has vibration sensors, each of the vibration sensors arranged at each side of a centerline of the head slider along a longitudinal direction of the head suspension and a signal processing circuit processing output signals from the vibration sensors so as to remove up/down vibration components.
1 . A head suspension comprising:
a gimbal mounting a head slider;
gimbal supports supporting the gimbal; and
vibration sensors, each of vibration sensors arranged at each side of a centerline of the head slider along a longitudinal direction of the head suspension.
2 . The head suspension as set forth in claim 1 , wherein each of the vibration sensors are placed on each gimbal support.
3 . The head suspension as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising traces having a wiring pattern, wherein each of the vibration sensors are placed on a part of each of the traces at outer sides of the gimbal.
4 . The head suspension as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the output signals from the vibration sensors are input to a differential amplifier.
5 . The head suspension as set forth in claim 4 , wherein
first electrodes of the vibration sensors are connected to each other, and
second electrodes of the vibration sensors are connected to input terminals of the differential amplifier.
6 . The head suspension as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the vibration sensors are piezoelectric sensors.
7 . The head suspension as set forth in claim 1 or 2 , wherein the vibration sensors are strain gauges.
8 . A disk device comprising:
a head reading/writing data from and to a disk medium;
a head slider supporting the head;
a head suspension having a gimbal mounting the head slider;
gimbal supports supporting the gimbal;
traces having a wirings pattern;
a carriage arm supporting the head suspension;
vibration sensors, each of the vibration sensors arranged at each side of a centerline of the head slider along a longitudinal direction of the head suspension;
a signal processing circuit processing output signals from the vibration sensors so as to remove up/down vibration components.
9 . The disk device as set forth in claim 8 , wherein the signal processing circuit has a differential amplifier outputting a difference of the output signals from the vibration sensors.
10 . The disk device as set forth in claim 8 , wherein each of the vibration sensors is placed on each gimbal support.
11 . The disk device as set forth in claim 8 , wherein each of the vibration sensors are placed on a part of each of the traces at outer sides of the gimbal.
12 . The disk device as set forth in claim 8 , wherein
first electrodes of the vibration sensors are mutually connected, and
second electrodes of the vibration sensors are connected to the signal processing circuit.
13 . The disk device as set forth in claim 8 , wherein the vibration sensors are piezoelectric sensors.
14 . The disk device as set forth in claim 8 , wherein the vibration sensors are strain gauges.