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US 6,638,608 B1Granted
Protection overcoat for recording media
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsJing Gui, Michael Stirniman, Xiaoding Ma
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Abstract
A magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic layer and a protective carbon-containing overcoat comprising a first carbon density, preferably of a low-density carbon, and a second carbon density different from the first carbon density, preferably of a high-density carbon, and a method of making and using the magnetic recording medium are disclosed.
Claims6
A magnetic recording medium comprising:
- a substrate;
- a magnetic layer substantially free of carbon;
- and
- a carbon-containing overcoat having a thickness of about 150 Å or less and comprising a first carbon density and a second carbon density different from the first carbon density,
- wherein the magnetic recording medium does not contain a dielectric layer between the magnetic layer and the carbon-containing overcoat,
- wherein the carbon-containing overcoat comprises at least a first carbon layer of less than 30 Å and a second carbon layer, said first carbon layer being an amorphous carbon-containing layer. wherein the first carbon layer is closer to the magnetic layer and comprises the first carbon density,
- further wherein the first carbon density is about 1.8 g/cm3 or less, the second carbon density is higher than the first carbon density and the difference between the second carbon density and the first carbon density is at least about 0.025 g/cm3.
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