Master disk for transferring magnetic pattern and magnetic recording medium
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsYutaka Nakamura, Hitoshi Komoriya, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Takao Hirahara
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Abstract
The present invention provides a master disk that can easily be brought into contact with and separated from a magnetic recording medium, and can accommodate foreign matters. This master disk transfers a predetermined magnetic pattern onto a magnetic recording medium that can record magnetic information. In the master disk, there are a magnetic pattern formation region in which the magnetic pattern is formed, and a blank region in which the magnetic pattern is not formed. A concave portion for accommodating foreign matters is formed in at least one part of the blank region.
Claims5
A magnetic-pattern transfer master disk for transferring a predetermined magnetic pattern onto a magnetic recording medium that can record magnetic information, said wherein a surface of the master disk facing the recording medium during the transfer operation comprises:
- magnetic pattern regions in which magnetic layers are formed;
- and
- blank regions in which the magnetic layers are not formed,
- wherein said blank regions form concave portions relative to said magnetic pattern regions,
- said blank regions having a larger combined surface area than said magnetic pattern regions, and
- wherein said blank regions are adjacent to said magnetic regions, and upon performing a magnetic transfer operation between said master disk and said recording medium, of said blank regions and said magnetic pattern regions, only said magnetic pattern regions contact the surface of the magnetic recording medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.