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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Xiaoping Bian, San Jose, CA (US);
Mary Frances Doerner, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Mohammad Taghi Mirzamaani, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy Martin Reith, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/66 ;
Abstract
A thin film magnetic disk (and a disk drive using the magnetic disk) with improved recording performance having a thin seed layer consisting of tantalum (Ta), a suitable underlayer and a CoPtCrB magnetic layer is described. The underlayer is preferably a Cr alloy with a grain size which is smaller than that of pure Cr. CrTi is suitable as an underlayer. An appropriate overcoat such as hydrogenated carbon can be applied.