Claims
- 1. A magnetic recording medium formed on a non-magnetic substrate comprising:
at least a soft magnetic undercoat film comprising a soft magnetizing material; an orientation control film for controlling the orientation of the film directly above; a perpendicular magnetic film whose axis of easy magnetization is generally oriented perpendicular to the substrate; a protective film; and an in-plane undercoat film formed between the non-magnetic substrate and the soft magnetic undercoat film and an in-plane hard magnetic film whose axis of easy magnetization is generally oriented in the in-plane direction; wherein the in-plane undercoat film is comprised of a Cr or a Cr alloy; and the in-plane hard magnetic film comprises one or more than two alloys selected from alloys represented by CoCrPtX (where X is one or more of B, Ta, Cu, Zr, Nb, Re, Ni, Mn, Ge, Si, O, and N).
- 2. A magnetic recording medium according to claim 1 wherein the magnetic recovery factor of the soft magnetic undercoat film is equal to or greater than 0.85.
- 3. A magnetic recording medium according to claim 1 wherein the coercive force squareness ratio S* of the in-plane hard magnetic film is equal to or greater than 0.6.
- 4. A magnetic recording medium according to claim 1 wherein the coercive force Hc of the in-plane hard magnetic film is equal to or greater than 1000 (Oe), the saturated magnetism Ms is equal to or greater than 200 (memu/cm3) and less than 600 (memu/cm3), and the thickness is equal to or greater than 10 nm and less than 100 nm.
- 5. A magnetic recording medium according to claim 1 wherein the film thickness of the soft magnetic undercoat film is 50 to 200 nm.
- 6. A manufacturing method for a magnetic recording medium formed on a non-magnetic substrate comprising at least a soft magnetic undercoat film made of a soft magnetic material, an orientation control film for controlling the orientation of the film directly above, a perpendicular magnetic layer whose axis of easy magnetization is generally oriented in the in-plane direction, and a protective layer, the manufacturing method comprises the steps of:
forming in sequence an in-plane undercoat film and an in-plane hard magnetic film whose axis of easy magnetization is generally oriented in the in-plane direction, wherein the in-plane undercoat film is formed by Cr or a Cr alloy, and the in-plane hard magnetic film is formed by a CoCrPtX alloy (where X is one or more of B, Ta, Cu, Zr, Nb, Re, Ni, Mn, Ge, Si, O, or N).
- 7. A magnetic recording and replay apparatus provided with a magnetic recording medium and a magnetic head that records and replays the information on the magnetic recording medium,
wherein, the magnetic recording medium comprises a non-magnetic substrate, at least a soft magnetic undercoat film comprised of a soft magnetic material, an orientation control film for controlling the orientation of the film directly above, a perpendicular magnetic film whose axis of easy magnetization is generally oriented perpendicular to the substrate, and a protective layer, wherein an in-plane undercoat film and an in-plane hard magnetic film, whose axis of easy magnetization is generally oriented in the in-plane direction, are formed between the non-magnetic substrate and the soft magnetic undercoat film; and an in-plane undercoat film comprises Cr or a Cr alloy; and an in-plane hard magnetic film that incorporates a CoCrPtX alloy (where X is one or more of B, Ta, Cu, Zr, Nb, Re, Ni, Mn, Ge, Si, O, or N).
Priority Claims (1)
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P2001-154449 |
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a), and claims benefit, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 119(e)(1), of the filing dates of Provisional Application No. 60/295,819 filed Jun. 6, 2001, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 111(b).
Provisional Applications (1)
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60295819 |
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