Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080241595 | Magnetic recording medium - A magnetic recording medium includes a soft magnetic underlayer formed on a substrate, magnetic patterns made of a ferromagnetic material and provided separately on the soft magnetic underlayer, and a nonmagnetic layer including two sublayers or more of a same material and formed on the soft magnetic underlayer between the magnetic patterns. | 10-02-2008 |
20080285174 | Magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage device - A magnetic recording medium includes: a substrate; a recording layer that is formed on the substrate to have a grooved pattern; and a protection layer formed on the recording layer to fill in the grooved pattern, wherein the recording layer is defined to have a servo portion that retains servo data and a recording track portion that retains recording data, and wherein a first film thickness of the protection layer at the servo portion is larger than a second film thickness of the protection layer at the recording track portion by a thickness that is in a range from 1 nm to 10 nm. | 11-20-2008 |
20090081482 | Magnetic recording medium and method of manufacturing the same - A magnetic recording medium a magnetic recording medium includes a soft magnetic layer formed on a substrate, magnetic patterns made of a protruded ferromagnetic layer separated from each other on the soft magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic layer formed between the magnetic patterns, a nitrogen concentration therein being higher on a surface side than on a substrate side. | 03-26-2009 |
20090162704 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes forming protruded magnetic patterns on a substrate, depositing a nonmagnetic material in recesses between the magnetic patterns and on the magnetic patterns, and etching back the nonmagnetic material using an oxygen-containing etching gas while reforming a surface of the nonmagnetic material. | 06-25-2009 |
20090166323 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes depositing a magnetic recording layer and a sacrifice layer on a substrate, patterning the sacrifice layer and magnetic recording layer to form protruded magnetic patterns and sacrifice patterns, depositing a nonmagnetic material in recesses between the magnetic patterns and sacrifice patterns and on the sacrifice patterns, and etching back the nonmagnetic material. | 07-02-2009 |
20090195929 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISCRETE TRACK RECORDING MEDIUM AND DISCRETE TRACK RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a discrete track recording medium includes forming protruded magnetic patterns on a substrate, and repeating processes of depositing a nonmagnetic material so as to be filled in recesses between the magnetic patterns and etching back the nonmagnetic material two or more times with rotating the substrate in a plane thereof by an angle less than one revolution. | 08-06-2009 |
20090202865 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes magnetic patterns made of a ferromagnetic recording layer containing Co, and a nonmagnetic layer which separates the magnetic patterns and has a lower Co concentration than the magnetic patterns. | 08-13-2009 |
20090232928 | Method of Manufacturing Stamper, and Stamper - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a stamper includes forming a conductive layer on a surface of a master having patterns of protrusions and recesses, forming an electroforming layer on the conductive layer, separating the electroforming layer and the conductive layer from the master to form a stamper to which the patterns of protrusions and recesses of the master are transferred, removing a resist left on the surface of the stamper, and etching the surface of the stamper with an acidic solution having a pH value of less than 3. | 09-17-2009 |
20090273858 | SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - It is possible to improve the recording and reproducing S/N ratio, the reproduction signal intensity, and the degree of high density recording. There are provided a plurality of recording tracks formed on a substrate, each recording track being formed of a magnetic material, and non-recording sections formed on the substrate, each non-recording section separating adjacent recording tracks, each recording track including a plurality of recording sections and connecting sections for connecting the recording sections adjacent thereto in a track longitudinal direction, and each connecting section having a cross-sectional area in a track width direction that is smaller than a cross-sectional area in a track width direction of adjacent recording sections. | 11-05-2009 |
20100084374 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium comprises forming a protective film on a ferromagnetic recording layer containing Cobalt (Co) on a substrate and forming a recess in both the protective film and the ferromagnetic recording layer at a part where a nonmagnetic layer is to be formed. The method further comprises removing Co from a part of the recess of the ferromagnetic recording layer to form the nonmagnetic layer that separates magnetic patterns made of the ferromagnetic recording layer containing Co. The nonmagnetic layer has an identical chemical composition as the ferromagnetic recording layer, except for the nonmagnetic layer having a lower Co concentration than the magnetic patterns. | 04-08-2010 |
20100247974 | Substrate for magnetic recording medium, magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording apparatus - It is possible to improve the recording and reproducing S/N ratio, the reproduction signal intensity, and the degree of high density recording. There are provided a plurality of recording tracks formed on a substrate, each recording track being formed of a magnetic material, and non-recording sections formed on the substrate, each non-recording section separating adjacent recording tracks, each recording track including a plurality of recording sections and connecting sections for connecting the recording sections adjacent thereto in a track longitudinal direction, and each connecting section having a cross-sectional area in a track width direction that is smaller than a cross-sectional area in a track width direction of adjacent recording sections. | 09-30-2010 |
20100302679 | Patterned media and method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic recording apparatus - A patterned media has a substrate, and a magnetic recording layer on the substrate including protruded magnetic patterns and a nonmagnetic material filled in between the protruded magnetic patterns. In the patterned media, a depth D | 12-02-2010 |
20110000880 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes forming a resist on a magnetic recording layer, imprinting a stamper to the resist to transfer patterns of protrusions and recesses, and partially etching the magnetic recording layer in areas not covered with patterns of the resist used as masks by ion beam etching using a mixed gas of He and N | 01-06-2011 |
20110011830 | Magnetic Recording Media, Magnetic Recording Apparatus, and Method for Manufacturing Magnetic Recording Media - A magnetic recording media includes a toroidal substrate, a surface thereof is divided into a recording area located in a central part between an outer peripheral edge and an inner peripheral edge, edge areas located within 100 μm or more and 2,000 μm or less from the outer and inner peripheral edges, respectively, and adjacent areas located between the edge areas and the recording area, respectively, a magnetic film on the substrate, and a protective film on the magnetic film, in which the magnetic film is thinner in the edge areas than that in the adjacent areas, and at least a part of the protective film in the edge areas is thicker than that in the adjacent areas. | 01-20-2011 |
20110164337 | SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - In an example magnetic recording medium substrate, a plurality of recording tracks are formed on a substrate, each recording track being formed of a magnetic material. Non-recording sections are formed on the substrate, each non-recording section separating adjacent recording tracks. Each recording track includes a plurality of recording sections and connecting sections for connecting the recording sections adjacent thereto in a track longitudinal direction, and each connecting section has a cross-sectional area in a track width direction that is smaller than a cross-sectional area in a track width direction of adjacent recording sections. | 07-07-2011 |
20110165438 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISCRETE TRACK RECORDING MEDIUM AND DISCRETE TRACK RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a discrete track recording medium includes forming protruded magnetic patterns on a substrate, and repeating processes of depositing a nonmagnetic material so as to be filled in recesses between the magnetic patterns and etching back the nonmagnetic material two or more times with rotating the substrate in a plane thereof by an angle less than one revolution. | 07-07-2011 |
20120009439 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium includes forming protruded magnetic patterns on a substrate, depositing a nonmagnetic material in recesses between the magnetic patterns and on the magnetic patterns, and etching back the nonmagnetic material using an oxygen-containing etching gas while reforming a surface of the nonmagnetic material. | 01-12-2012 |
20120251655 | Method of Manufacturing Stamper, and Stamper - According to one embodiment, a stamper is described with a surface that comprises patterns of protrusions and recessed. The arithmetic average roughness Ra of the surface is 1 nanometer (nm) or more and 5 nm or less. | 10-04-2012 |
20130075358 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A magnetic recording medium a magnetic recording medium includes a soft magnetic layer formed on a substrate, magnetic patterns made of a protruded ferromagnetic layer separated from each other on the soft magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic layer formed between the magnetic patterns, a nitrogen concentration therein being higher on a surface side than on a substrate side. | 03-28-2013 |