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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2009
Applicant:
Sadayuki Watanabe, Matsumoto, JP;
Inventor:
Sadayuki Watanabe, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/66 (2006.01); G11B 5/667 (2006.01); G11B 5/851 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A magnetic recording medium is formed by stacking in order, on a nonmagnetic base, at least an underlayer, magnetic recording layer, and protective layer. The magnetic recording layer includes a plurality of magnetic layers and an exchange-coupling control layer, and the magnetic recording medium is characterized in that a physical pattern is formed in the exchange-coupling control layer. The exchange-coupling control layer is located between the magnetic layers of the magnetic recording layer.