Corrosion-resistant granular magnetic media with improved recording performance and methods of manufacturing same
US7691499B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 21, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/672
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A corrosion-resistant granular magnetic recording medium with improved recording performance comprises a non-magnetic substrate having a surface; and a layer stack on the substrate surface, including, in order from the surface: a granular magnetic recording layer; an intermediate magnetic de-coupling layer; and a corrosion preventing magnetic cap layer. The intermediate magnetic de-coupling layer has an optimal thickness and/or composition for: (1) promoting magnetic exchange de-coupling between the granular magnetic recording layer and the magnetic cap layer; and (2) reducing the dynamic closure field (Hcl) for determining writeability and eraseability of the medium. Grain boundaries of the magnetic cap layer are substantially oxide-free, and have a greater density and lower average porosity and surface roughness than those of the granular magnetic recording layer.
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