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Magnetic recording medium having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
Assignee: Hoya Corp
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Filing: 1987-06-04
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Granted: 1989-06-20
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Expires: 2007-06-04
Abstract
Abstract A magnetic recording medium having good perpendicular magnetic anisotropy is provided in which an alloy mainly consisting of Fe and Ti; or Fe, Ti and Cr; is fabricated on a substrate to have a structure of mixed phase comprising an amorphous phase and an isolated crystalline grains with bcc phase surrounded by the amorphous phase to have the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, the atomic percents of Ti component in the Fe-Ti alloy being 15-21 and the atomic percents of Ti and Cr components in the Fe-Ti-Cr alloy being 5-21 and 5-15, respectively. Thus, a good perpendicular magnetic recording medium suitable for massproduction can be provided at a lower cost by using relatively cheap Fe and Ti as main components.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideki Tamai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 11:17
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/62; G11B5/64; G11B5/66; G11B5/674; G11B5/65; G11B5/657; G11B5/658; G11B5/672; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/90; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/263; Y10T428/264; Y10T428/265
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A magnetic recording medium having at least a first recording layer which is a source of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and which comprises a magnetic film of an Fe-Ti or Fe-Ti-Cr alloy fabricated on a substrate, said alloy comprising: (a) 15-21 atomic percent of Ti and the balance of Fe, or (b) 5-21 atomic percent of Ti, 5-15 atomic percent of Cr and the balance of Fe, to have a structure of mixed phase comprising an amorphous phase and isolated crystalline grains with bcc phase surrounded by said amorphous phase.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
89 words
A magnetic recording medium having at least a first recording layer which is a source of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and which comprises a magnetic film of an Fe-Ti or Fe-Ti-Cr alloy fabricated on a substrate, said alloy comprising: (a) 15-21 atomic percent of Ti and the balance of Fe, or (b) 5-21 atomic percent of Ti, 5-15 atomic percent of Cr and the balance of Fe, to have a structure of mixed phase comprising an amorphous phase and isolated crystalline grains with bcc phase surrounded by said amorphous phase.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
A magnetic recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the alloy further containing a trace amount of at least one elements selected from the group consisting of Ta, Cr, Zr, W, Na, Hf, Mo, V, Cu, Nd, Mn, Bi, Si, Al, O, N, H and C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
A magnetic recording medium according to claim 1 or 2, which further comprises a film of an Ni-Fe alloy, sendust, or Ni-Fe-Mo alloy to give a two-layer magnetic recording medium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
120 words
A magnetic recording medium having a first recording layer which is a source of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, and which comprises a magnetic film formed of an Fe-Ti or Fe-Ti-Cr alloy which is fabricated on a substrate, said alloy comprising: (a) 15-21 atomic percent of Ti and the balance of Fe, or (b) 5-21 atomic percent of Ti, 5-15 atomic percent of Cr and the balance of Fe, said alloy having a structure of a mixed phase comprising an amorphous phase and isolated crystalline grains with a bcc phase surrounded by said amorphous phase, and a second magnetic recording layer which is comprised of a magnetic film formed from a group consisting of an Ni-Fe alloy, sendust, or an Ni-Fe-Mo alloy.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
120 words
A magnetic recording medium having a first recording layer which is a source of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, and which comprises a magnetic film formed of an Fe-Ti or Fe-Ti-Cr alloy which is fabricated on a substrate, said alloy comprising: (a) 15-21 atomic percent of Ti and the balance of Fe, or (b) 5-21 atomic percent of Ti, 5-15 atomic percent of Cr and the balance of Fe, said alloy having a structure of a mixed phase comprising an amorphous phase and isolated crystalline grains with a bcc phase surrounded by said amorphous phase, and a second magnetic recording layer which is comprised of a magnetic film formed from a group consisting of an Ni-Fe alloy, sendust, or an Ni-Fe-Mo alloy.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1 or 4 wherein said Fe-Ti or Fe-Ti-Cr alloy is formed by a use of an RF magnetron sputtering method.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1 or 4 wherein the perpendicular anisotropy magnetic field of said Fe-Ti or Fe-Ti-Cr alloy has more tha 1 KOe.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1 or 4 wherein said first recording layer has the thickness of about 0.8 microns.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 1 or 4 wherein said substrate is a polyamide film.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The magnetic recording medium of claims 1 or 4 wherein said substrate is a glass plate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
42 words
The recording medium of claim 4 wherein said Ni-Fe alloy is formed by using an RF magnetron sputtering method, and said second layer taken from the group consisting of Ni-Fe alloy, sendust or Ni-Fe-Mo alloy has a thickness of about 0.5 microns.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The recording medium of claim 3 wherein said Ni-Fe alloys is formed by using an RF magnetron sputtering method, and said second layer taken from the group consisting of Ni-Fe alloy, sendust or Ni-Fe-Mo alloy has a thickness of about 0.5 microns.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The magneting recording medium of claim 3 wherein said Ni-Fe alloy is formed by using an RF magnetron sputtering.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The magnetic recording medium of calim 4 wherein said Ni-Fe alloy is formed by using an RF magnetron sputtering.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
The magnetic recording medium of calim 4 wherein said Ni-Fe alloy is formed by using an RF magnetron sputtering.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
30 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 3 wherein said second layer taken from the group consisting of Ni-Fe alloy, sendust, or Ni-Fe-Mo alloy has a thickness of about 0.5 microns.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
The magnetic recording medium of claim 4 wherein said second layer taken from the group consisting of Ni-Fe alloy, sendust, or Ni-Fe-Mo alloy has a thickness of about 0.5 microns.
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