EXTREMELY HIGH DENSITY MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA, WITH PRODUCTION METHODOLOGY CONTROLLED LONGITUDINAL/PERPENDICULAR ORIENTATION, GRAIN SIZE AND COERCIVITY

Authors

David J. Sellmyer, Lincoln, NEFollow
Chunping Luo, Milpitas, NE

Date of this Version

2003

Citation

Patent No.: US 6,555,252 B2

Comments

Appl. No.: 09/803,769

Abstract

Disclosed is a modulated grain-composition magnetic recording material with up to terabit areal density recording capacity which, preferably, is produced by Sequential Vacuum deposition and Subsequent annealing procedures that allow Selective fabrication of magnetic material with desired grain size and coercivity, and with desired longitudinal or perpendicular magnetic particle “c-axis' orientation. The preferred magnetic recording material has multiple layers of FePt/BO and/or Fe/Pt/BO, with minimum grain Size of approximately ten (10) nanometers, with perpendicularly oriented “c-axis”, and with coercivity (Hc) of up to twelve (12) K-Oe. The preferred fabrication procedure involves sequential sputter deposition of FePt and B₂O₃ layers, followed by an anneal step.