Magnetic layering for bit-patterned stack
US9311948B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 2008 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B5/743
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A perpendicular magnetic recording layer of a magnetic recording medium includes a plurality of bit-patterned magnetic islands, wherein each of the plurality of islands overlay a soft magnetic under-layer. Each of the magnetic islands includes a first magnetic sub-layer adjacent a second magnetic sub-layer, wherein the first sub-layer has a relatively high magnetic anisotropy that is greater than a magnetic anisotropy of the second sub-layer. The magnetic recording layer further includes a third sub-layer, which extends to connect each of the plurality of islands. The third sub-layer may have a magnetic anisotropy that is less than that of the second sub-layer of each of the magnetic islands and/or may serve as an interlayer, extending between the first sub-layer and the soft magnetic under-layer of the recording medium, and having a structure to help to produce the greater anisotropy first magnetic sub-layer.
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