Patent ID: 6212042
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A disc drive storage system, comprising:a rotating disc having a disc surface;a transducing head for reading and writing on the disc surface;transducing circuitry coupled to the transducing head;a slider having rails formed thereon and having an air bearing surface, the slider supporting the transducing head proximate the disc surface; anda plurality of pads carried on the rails having an area which contacts the disc surface during contact start/stop (CSS) and a height selected based upon a model and as a function of thickness of a lubricant carried on the disc surface to provide a desired maximum stiction during CSS wherein the slider includes rails on the air bearing surface and wherein a leading edge of each rail includes a single pad, a trailing edge of each rail includes a single pad and a middle portion of each rail contains a plurality of pads.