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Method to improve remanence-squareness-thickness-product and coercivity profiles in magnetic media

US7592079B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 1, 2004
Grant dateSep 22, 2009
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/676
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A magnetic disk for information storage that includes a substrate and an information layer for containing information. The information layer includes a upper (e.g., recording) and lower (e.g., stabilizing) layers. The information layer has a remanence-squareness-thickness-product (“Mrt”) that varies radially between first and second disk radii. At least one of the following conditions is true: (i) the information layer has a coercivity that is at least substantially constant between the first and second disk radii; (ii) the lower magnetic layer has a magnetic anisotropy energy of no more than about 1.5×106 erg/cm3; and (iii) the magnetic anisotropy energy of the upper magnetic layer is at least about 150% of the magnetic anisotropy energy of the lower magnetic layer.

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