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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2005
Takayuki Ichihara, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Tamai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuzuru Hosoe, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Ichihara, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Tamai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuzuru Hosoe, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording medium capable of reconciling a high recording density with high thermal stability, and having a high write-ability while maintaining high magnetic anisotropy energy. In one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording medium has a soft-magnetic underlayer, and magnetic recording layers, and the magnetic recording layers comprises a first recording layer containing magnetic grains oriented in a direction normal to a medium plane, and a second recording layer containing magnetic grains tilted in a cross-track direction. There can be provided a perpendicular magnetic recording medium resistant to thermal fluctuation, small in medium noise, and excellent in write-ability.