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US 4,689,260 AGranted
Abrasion-resistant magnetic recording disk
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMarian Briska, Gerhard Elsner, Holger Hinkel
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMarian Briska, Gerhard Elsner, Holger Hinkel
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A magnetic recording disk comprises a magnetic layer consisting of a binder and magnetic particles, a silicon substrate and abrasion-resistant material formed on the silicon substrate. The abrasion-resistant material is in the form of elevations which protrude from the silicon substrate and whose surface is coplanar with the surface of the magnetic layer. The abrasion-resistant elevations are formed on the substrate in a predetermined uniform distribution either after the surface of the substrate has been blanket doped and/or covered with a layer comprising aluminum as a main component, by tempering and optionally oxidizing; or after the surface of the substrate has been selectively doped, by etching off the undoped regions of the surface of the substrate.
A magnetic recording disk comprising a monocrystalline silicon substrate, a magnetic layer applied on the substrate comprising a binder and magnetic particles, and abrasion-resistant material anchored to the substrate, the abrasion-resistant material being formed as a distribution of generally pyramid shaped elevations of silicon protruding above the surface of the substrate so as to be generally coplanar with the upper surface of the magnetic layer, the silicon elevations containing aluminum atoms at a concentration of approximately 5.times.10.sup.18 per cubic centimeter.
A magnetic recording disk comprising a silicon substrate, a magnetic layer applied on the substrate comprising a binder and magnetic particles, a layer of aluminum oxide formed between the silicon substrate and the magnetic layer, and abrasion-resistant generally spike-shaped elevations formed on the aluminum oxide layer and protruding above the substrate so as to be generally coplanar with the upper surface of the magnetic layer.
A magnetic recording disk comprising a boron doped monocrystalline silicon substrate, a magnetic layer applied on the substrate comprising a binder and magnetic particles, and abrasion-resistant silicon elevations anchored to the substrate and protruding above the surface of the substrate so as to be generally coplanar with the upper surface of the magnetic layer, the silicon elevations having a boron concentration substantially higher than the boron concentration of the silicon substrate.
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