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Magnetic recording medium, magnetic storage apparatus and method of producing magnetic recording medium

US7566507B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 7, 2005
Grant dateJul 28, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/84
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic recording medium is provided with an hcp Co alloy magnetic layer with the crystallographic c-axes tilted at an angle from a substrate surface and fixed relative to a recording direction. The tilt is induced by epitaxial growth of the hcp Co alloy on an obliquely evaporated nonmagnetic polycrystalline underlayer, so that the magnetic recording medium exhibits thermal stability and improved overwrite with a single pole-type head.

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