Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

Michinori Nishimura

Youichi Tei

Kazuo Nimura

Yoshiharu Kashiwakura

Michio Osawa

Yoshiaki Itoh

A magnetic recording medium and a method for the manufacture thereof are disclosed that are less likely to result in head crushing even if high-hardness slider materials are used, and which is formed with a carbon protective layer that has good anti-CSS characteristics. The carbon protective layer is formed using a sputtering gas mixed with methane at a greater amount than predetermined to form a carbon protective layer in which diamond bonds are present at a higher ratio than graphite bonds, and polymeric bonds are present to an adequate degree. A magnetic recording medium having such a carbon protective layer shows a very high durability in a CSS cycle test.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Michinori Nishimura