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Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Hong-sik Jung, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Donald Stafford, San Jose, CA (US);

B. Ramamurthy Acharya, Fremont, CA (US);

Sudhir S. Malhotra, Fremont, CA (US);

Gerardo A. Bertero, Redwood City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hong-Sik Jung, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Donald Stafford, San Jose, CA (US);

B. Ramamurthy Acharya, Fremont, CA (US);

Sudhir S. Malhotra, Fremont, CA (US);

Gerardo A. Bertero, Redwood City, CA (US);

Assignee:

WD Media, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method of incorporating atomic oxygen into a magnetic recording layer by sputtering a target containing an oxide of cobalt. The oxide of cobalt may be sputtered to provide a readily dissociable source of oxygen which may increase the concentration of free cobalt atoms (Co) in the magnetic recording layer and also increase oxide content in the magnetic recording layer.


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