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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2002
Gary L. Huelsman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Subodh K. Kulkarni, Woodbury, MN (US);
W. Blake Kolb, Woodbury, MN (US);
Gary L. Huelsman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Subodh K. Kulkarni, Woodbury, MN (US);
W. Blake Kolb, Woodbury, MN (US);
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Abstract
A magnetic recording medium exhibits reduced magnetic flux modulation and improved signal-to-noise ratio. The magnetic recording medium may take the form of a magnetic tape or a magnetic disk. Providing a magnetic recording layer with a more uniform thickness can improve the magnetic flux modulation characteristic. For example, the magnetic recording medium may have a coercivity of greater than or equal to 2000 Oerstads with a magnetic flux modulation characteristic having a one sigma standard deviation of less than 0.06. In some cases, the magnetic flux modulation characteristic may have a one sigma standard deviation of less than 0.05, or even 0.04. Reduced magnetic flux modulation can support increased storage densities.