Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120028076 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a soft magnetic layer, an underlayer, a magnetic recording layer, and a protective layer, wherein the magnetic recording layer is provided with a pattern including recording portions and non-recording portions, the non-recording portions have a composition that is equal to a composition obtained by demagnetizing the recording portions, the non-recording portions contain at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of vanadium and zirconium and at least one element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, boron and oxygen, and the at least one element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, boron and oxygen is contained in the non-recording portions at a higher content than the content of the at least one element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, boron and oxygen in the recording portions. | 02-02-2012 |
20120067844 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, in a method manufacturing a magnetic recording medium which is configured such that a ferromagnetic recording part is formed on a substrate in a desired track pattern or a desired bit pattern, a ferromagnetic film is formed on a substrate, and then a B thin film is formed on a region for isolating the ferromagnetic film between tracks or bits. Subsequently, ions are radiated on the B thin film, thereby increasing a B content of the region of the ferromagnetic film, on which the B thin film has been formed, and nonmagnetizing the region. | 03-22-2012 |
20120069468 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, in a method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium which is configured such that a ferromagnetic recording part is formed on a substrate in a desired track pattern or a desired bit pattern, a ferromagnetic film is formed on the substrate, and then a mask is formed on the ferromagnetic film, the mask having an opening above a region for isolating the ferromagnetic film between tracks or bits. Subsequently, a B-based gas is radiated on the region of the ferromagnetic film through the opening of the mask, thereby increasing a B content of the region to nonmagnetize the region. | 03-22-2012 |
20120087039 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, and a magnetic recording layer formed on the substrate. The magnetic recording layer includes recording portions having patterns regularly arranged in an longitudinal direction and containing cobalt and platinum, and non recording portions formed between the recording portions and containing boron and at least one light rare earth metal selected from the group consisting of yttrium, lanthanum, and cerium. | 04-12-2012 |
20120237795 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a magnetic recording layer formed on the substrate and containing a magnetic material, and a protective layer. The magnetic recording layer includes a recording portion having patterns regularly arranged in the longitudinal direction, and a non-recording portion having saturation magnetization lower than that in the recording portion. The non-recording portion contains the magnetic material, a deactivating species which makes the value of saturation magnetization smaller than that of saturation magnetization in the recording portion, and the component of the protective layer. | 09-20-2012 |
20120237798 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium is formed by performing gas ion irradiation by using a magnetism deactivating gas on a stack including a perpendicular magnetic recording layer, an Ru nonmagnetic underlayer containing a magnetism deactivating element selected from chromium, titanium, and silicon, and a nonmagnetic substrate. Before gas ion irradiation, the perpendicular magnetic recording layer contains platinum and at least one of iron and cobalt. Gas ion irradiation is performed using nitrogen gas alone or a gas mixture of nitrogen gas and at least one gas selected from the group consisting of helium, hydrogen, and B | 09-20-2012 |
20130065083 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - According to at least one embodiment, a metal peelable layer and a mask layer are formed on a magnetic recording layer, then, a projections pattern is formed on the mask layer, the projections pattern is transferred to the metal peelable layer and the magnetic recording layer in this order, and then the metal peelable layer is dissolved and removed by a solvent. The metal peelable layer is constituted of any of aluminum and an aluminum compound. An alkali solution is used as the solvent. | 03-14-2013 |
20130180948 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a release layer is formed on a magnetic recording layer, a mask layer is formed on the release layer, projecting patterns are formed on the mask layer, the projecting patterns are transferred onto the mask layer, the projecting patterns are transferred onto the release layer, the projecting patterns are transferred onto the magnetic recording layer, the release layer is removed by a solvent, and a remaining mask layer is removed from the surface of the magnetic recording layer. The release layer is made of a polymeric material. The mask layer is made of at least one of a metal or a metal compound. The projecting patterns are formed by using a self-organized layer made of a block copolymer having at least two of polymer chains. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182351 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to an embodiment includes a substrate and perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The perpendicular magnetic recording layer includes a recording portion and non-recording portion. The recording portion has patterns regularly arranged in the longitudinal direction, and includes magnetic layers containing Fe or Co and Pt as main components, and at least one additive component selected from Ti, Si, Al, and W. The non-recording portion includes oxide layers formed by oxidizing the side surfaces of the magnetic layers, and nonmagnetic layers formed between the oxide layers. | 07-18-2013 |
20130216864 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to at least one embodiment, a release layer, a first mask layer containing a first metal material, an antidiffusion layer containing an oxide or nitride of the first metal material, and a second mask layer containing a second metal material are formed on a magnetic recording layer, a resist layer is formed on the second mask layer, and projections pattern is formed in the resist layer and sequentially transferred to the second mask layer, antidiffusion layer, first mask layer, release layer, and magnetic recording layer. After that, the release layer is removed. | 08-22-2013 |
20130250453 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording medium including a soft magnetic under layer, a nonmagnetic seed layer consisting of AgGe, a nonmagnetic interlayer made of Ru or an Ru alloy, and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer, laminated on the nonmagnetic substrate is provided. The nonmagnetic seed layer is an layer containing Ag grains having an fcc structure and an amorphous Ge grain boundary, and the Ag grain surface is higher than the Ge grain boundary surface. | 09-26-2013 |
20130295299 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes a substrate, a soft magnetic layer, an underlayer, a magnetic recording layer, and a protective layer, wherein the magnetic recording layer is provided with a pattern including recording portions and non-recording portions, the non-recording portions have a composition that is equal to a composition obtained by demagnetizing the recording portions, the non-recording portions contain at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of vanadium and zirconium and at least one element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, boron and oxygen, and the at least one element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, boron and oxygen is contained in the non-recording portions at a higher content than the content of the at least one element selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, carbon, boron and oxygen in the recording portions. | 11-07-2013 |
20140120249 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MICROPATTERN MANUFACTURING METHOD - According to one embodiment, in a magnetic recording medium manufacturing method, an inversion liftoff layer and pattern formation layer are formed on a layer on which an inverted pattern is to be formed, a depressions pattern is formed by patterning the pattern formation layer and transferred to the inversion liftoff layer, the surface of the layer on which an inverted pattern is to be formed is exposed by removing the inversion liftoff layer from depressions, an inversion layer is formed on the inversion liftoff layer and exposed layer, and the inversion liftoff layer is removed, thereby forming, on the exposed layer, an inversion layer having a projections pattern obtained by inverting the depressions pattern. | 05-01-2014 |
20140247519 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic recording medium which includes a base, a magnetic recording layer having convex-shaped magnetic layers, which is formed on the base, and a protective film formed on the magnetic recording layer. There are gaps in a region surrounded by the protective film, the surface of the base, and each side wall of each magnetic layer. | 09-04-2014 |
20140248513 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING STAMPER - According to one embodiment, there is provided a method for producing a magnetic recording medium which includes forming a mask layer on a magnetic recording layer, applying metal fine particles on the mask layer, covering the metal fine particles with an overcoat layer, irradiating with energy beams through the overcoat layer so as to deactivate a protective coating of the metal fine particles, transferring a metal fine particle pattern from the mask layer to the magnetic recording layer, and removing the mask layer from the magnetic recording layer. | 09-04-2014 |
20140287265 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium including a substrate and a magnetic recording layer formed on the substrate and including a plurality of projections is obtained. The array of the plurality of projections includes a plurality of domains in which the projections are regularly arranged, and a boundary region between the domains, in which the projections are irregularly arranged. The boundary region is formed along a perpendicular bisector of a line connecting the barycenters of adjacent projections. | 09-25-2014 |