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Perpendicular magnetic recording disk with recording layer containing selected metal oxides and formed on a reduced-thickness exchange-break layer

US7491452B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 2005
Grant dateFeb 17, 2009
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/678
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A perpendicular magnetic recording disk has a granular Co-based ferromagnetic alloy recording layer (RL) with oxides of a selected metal (Ta or Nb) and a reduced-thickness exchange-break layer (EBL) between the RL and the soft magnetic underlayer (SUL). A perpendicular magnetic recording system that includes the disk, the write head and the read head, has an improved ability to write to the RL because of the reduced-thickness EBL.

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