Patterned multilevel perpendicular magnetic recording media
US6947235B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C11/1675
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A patterned perpendicular magnetic recording medium has magnetic islands that contain stacks of individual magnetic cells to provide multilevel recording. Each cell in an island is formed of a material or set of materials to provide the cell with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and is a single magnetic domain. Each cell is magnetically decoupled from the other cells in its island by nonmagnetic spacer layers. Thus each cell can have a magnetization (magnetic moment) in one of two directions (into or out of the plane of the layer making up the cell), and this magnetization is independent of the magnetization of the other cells in its island. This permits multiple magnetic levels or states to be recorded in each magnetic island.
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