Trace Storage Tech. Corp.

Hung-huei Liang

James Liang

Tai-hwang Lai

Yu-Yun Lo

Tain-Wong Hung

Fu-Wen Cheng

A magnetic recording medium for use in making high-density computer hard disks. It contains: (a) an aluminum or Ni/P substrate; (b) a chromium underlayer on the substrate; (c) a four-component magnetic recording layer on the underlayer; and (d) a carbon protective layer on the magnetic recording layer. The magnetic recording layer comprises 66-78 atom percent of cobalt, 12-16 atom percent of chromium, 6-10 atom percent of nickel, and 4-8 atom percent of tantalum. The CoCrTiTa four-component exhibits a high coercivity (greater than 2,800 Oe), which results in many improved qualities, including increased recording density, reduced noise, improved off-track capability (OTC), and reduced on-track error rate (OTER). It also also allows the sputtering process to be conducted at a substantially lowered temperature.

CoCrNiTa/Cr magnetic recording medium

A thin-film magnetic recording media is prepared which contains a carbon overcoat sputtered on a magnetic recording layer. The carbon overcoat is sputtered on the magnetic recording layer using a sputtering process which is conducted in a sputtering chamber having an inert gas and a mixture of nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas, wherein said nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas are provided at a mole ratio of nitrogen/hydrogen between about 0.5 and about 1. The hydrogen and nitrogen doped amorphous carbon overcoat exhibits excellent mechanical properties and tribological performance.

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