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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brij Bihari Lal, San Jose, CA (US);
Sudhir S Malhotra, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael A Russak, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
HMT Technology Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428611 ; 428336 ; 428668 ; 428678 ; 4286 / ; 4286 / ; 4286 / ; 2041922 ; 427131 ; 427132 ;
Abstract
An improvement in a magnetic recording medium having an underlayer and first and second magnetic recording layers is described. The improvement, effective to reduce media noise, includes deposition of an interlayer between the first and second magnetic recording layers. The interlayer is deposited to a thickness of between 5-50 .ANG. and is composed of an CoCr-based alloy having a defined saturation magnetization.