Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation

Ryo Osamura

Masayuki Takagishi

Tomoyuki Maeda

Naoyuki Narita

Yuji Nakagawa

Kosuke Kurihara

Tazumi Nagasawa

According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes a first magnetic region, a second magnetic region, a third magnetic region, a fourth magnetic region, and a fifth magnetic region. The second magnetic region is provided between the fifth magnetic region and the first magnetic region in a first direction from the fifth magnetic region to the first magnetic region. The third magnetic region is provided between the fifth magnetic region and the second magnetic region in the first direction. The fourth magnetic region is provided between the fifth magnetic region and the third magnetic region in the first direction. A first composition ratio of a first Pt atomic concentration to a first Co atomic concentration in the first magnetic region is higher than a second composition ratio of a second Pt atomic concentration to a second Co atomic concentration in the second magnetic region.

Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording device

According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes a first magnetic region, a second magnetic region, and a third magnetic region. The second magnetic region is provided between the third magnetic region and the first magnetic region in a first direction from the third magnetic region to the first magnetic region. A first composition ratio of a first Pt atomic concentration in the first magnetic region to a first Co atomic concentration in the first magnetic region is higher than a second composition ratio of a second Pt atomic concentration in the second magnetic region to a second Co atomic concentration in the second magnetic region. A third composition ratio of a third Pt atom concentration in the third magnetic region to a third Co atom concentration in the third magnetic region is higher than the second composition ratio.

Magnetic recording medium with varying composition ratio and magnetic recording device

According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes first and second magnetic poles, a conductive part, an element part, and first to fourth terminals. The conductive part is electrically insulated from the first and second magnetic poles. The first and second terminals are electrically connected to the conductive part. The element part is provided between the first and second magnetic poles and electrically connected to the first and second magnetic poles. The element part is conductive. The third terminal is electrically connected to the first magnetic pole. The fourth terminal is electrically connected to the second magnetic pole. A first magnetic pole temperature in a first state is higher than a second magnetic pole temperature of the second magnetic pole in the first state. A first current is supplied between the first and second terminals in the first state.

Magnetic head with multilayer configuration between magnetic poles and magnetic recording device

According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording device includes a magnetic head and a magnetic recording medium. The magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a magnetic element provided between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole. The magnetic element includes a first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic pole. The magnetic element includes a midpoint between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer in a first direction from the first magnetic pole to the second magnetic pole.

Magnetic recording device with magnetic element configuration details

According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a magnetic element provided between the first and the second magnetic poles. The magnetic element includes first to fifth magnetic layers. A differential electric resistance of the magnetic element when a voltage between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole being changed includes a first positive peak and a second positive peak. The voltage corresponding to the first positive peak is a first positive peak voltage. The voltage corresponding to the second positive peak is a second positive peak voltage. The second positive peak voltage is higher than the first positive peak voltage. An element voltage applied between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole in a recording operation is higher than the second positive peak voltage.

Magnetic head and magnetic recording device

According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a magnetic element provided between the first and the second magnetic poles. The magnetic element includes first to fourth magnetic layers, and first to fifth non-magnetic layers. The fourth magnetic layer includes a first element and at least one of Fe, Co or Ni. The first element including at least one selected from the group consisting of Cr, V, Mn, Ti, N and Sc. The fourth non-magnetic layer including at least one selected from the group consisting of Cu, Au, Cr, Al, V and Ag. The fifth non-magnetic layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Cu, Au, Cr, Al, V and Ag.

According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a magnetic element provided between the first and the second magnetic poles. The magnetic element includes first to fifth magnetic layers, and first to sixth non-magnetic layers. The fifth magnetic layer includes a first element and at least one of Fe, Co or Ni. The first element includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Cr, V, Mn, Ti, N and Sc. The fifth non-magnetic layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Ru, Ir, Ta, Rh, Pd, Pt and W. The sixth non-magnetic layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of Cu, Au, Cr, Al, V and Ag.

According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a first magnetic pole, a second magnetic pole, and a stacked body. The first magnetic pole includes a first face and a second face crossing the first face. The second face includes a first face region continuous with the first face. The second magnetic pole includes a third face and a fourth face crossing the third face, and the fourth face includes a second face region that is continuous with the third face. The first face and the third face are along the third direction. The stacked body is provided between the first face region and the second face region. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, and a second magnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the second face region. The second magnetic layer includes a second magnetic layer face facing the second face region.

Magnetic head with stacked body configurations and magnetic recording device including the same

According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes first and second magnetic poles, a stacked body, and first to third terminals. The stacked body is provided between the first and second magnetic poles. The stacked body includes a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic pole, a third magnetic layer between the second magnetic layer and the second magnetic pole, a fourth magnetic layer between the third magnetic layer and the second magnetic pole, a first nonmagnetic layer between the first magnetic pole and the first magnetic layer, a second nonmagnetic layer between the first and second magnetic layers, a third nonmagnetic layer between the second and third magnetic layers, a fourth nonmagnetic layer between the third and fourth magnetic layers and a fifth nonmagnetic layer between the fourth magnetic layer and the second magnetic pole.

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Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan

Ryo Osamura