Data storage card having a non-magnetic substrate and data surface region and method for using same
US6857569B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B7/0033
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data storage card includes a glass substrate having first and second edges. A data storage surface region is located on the glass substrate between the first and second edges. The data surface region includes a magnetic storage medium having at least one layer of high density, high coercivity magnetic material for storing magnetic signals. The data storage card may include a relatively hard, abradeable protective coating formed on the magnetic material layer. The protective coating has a thickness between a maximum thickness which would materially attenuate magnetic signals passing between the magnetic material layer and a transducer of a read device, and a minimum thickness enabling said protective coating to be abraded by usage in an ambient natural atmosphere operating environment for removing therefrom a known quantity of the protective coating.
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