The slider of a Load/unload (LUL) drive can be loaded to a high flying stable state under certain conditions, which positions the read/write transducers much higher from the disk surface than the normal flying height (FH) and resulting in the issues in read or write. To avoid the issues caused by the high flying loading, it is necessary to find ways to recognize the existence of the high FH and eliminate it in the design stages. In this paper, we introduce a method that can identify the existences of the multiple FHs in loading process conveniently. The basic idea is to plot surfaces of air bearing forces in a domain of flying attitude, and then check if multiple FHs exist to generate the same air bearing forces that match the suspension forces. The analysis results indicate that the method is easy and efficient in identifying multiple FHs in loading process.
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