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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sudhir S Malhotra, Fremont, CA (US);
Brij Bihari Lal, Milpitas, CA (US);
James L Chao, Milpitas, CA (US);
Michael A Russak, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
HMT Technology Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 653 ; 428 655 ; 428 657 ; 4286 / ; 4286 / ; 4286 / ; 428336 ; 428900 ; 2041922 ;
Abstract
A magnetic recording medium having a barrier layer deposited directly on the magnetic recording layer is described. The barrier layer is deposited by sputter deposition under a nitrogen-containing sputtering atmosphere to form a nitrogen-containing chromium or chromium alloy barrier layer. The barrier layer is effective to inhibit migration of cobalt from the underlying magnetic recording layer, reducing corrosion of the medium and improving magnetic recording performance.