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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1986
James E Opfer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bangalore R Natarajan, San Jose, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A thin film magnetic recording disc is provided wherein the magnetic layer is an alloy of cobalt and platinum disposed on a chromium layer. A barrier layer of chromium is formed on the cobalt-platinum film and a wear layer of an oxide of cobalt is provided on the barrier layer. The platinum content in the magnetic film is varied so as to provide a magnetic film with a desired coercivity which is significantly less dependent upon film thickness. This permits the cobalt-platinum film thickness to be adjusted to meet a wide range of recording system design parameters. The coercivity of the magnetic film may be determined primarily by the amount of platinum in the alloy and the saturation magnetization-thickness product of the film is determined primarily by the film thickness.