FLEXIBLE AIR BEARING DESIGN SYSTEM WITH INDEPENDENT PROFILE MAPPING AND HEIGHT FIELD DEFINITION FOR MASK TIERS

摘要

A system for modeling air bearing designs for heads of a data storage system. The modeling system includes user definable surface contours 226 for mask surfaces 208. The system generates integrated surface functions 224 for the mask surfaces based upon the user defined mask surface contours 226. The system includes a user definable depth dimension 230 for the mask surface functions and the integrated mask surface functions 224 and dimension parameter for the mask surfaces 228 are compiled to simulate a modeled air bearing structure for performance analysis and evaluation. The integrated mask surface functions 224 are used to define the multiple mask tiers 200-1, 200-2 for slider fabrication.