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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
May. 10, 2002
Applicants:
Chung-hee Chang, Fremont, CA (US);
Rajiv Y. Ranjan, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chung-Hee Chang, Fremont, CA (US);
Rajiv Y. Ranjan, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/66 (2006.01); G11B 5/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a substrate, an amorphous soft underlayer and a magnetic layer for perpendicular recording has reduced DC noise and surface roughness, which reduces the head-to-media spacing and the head-to-amorphous soft underlayer spacing.