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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
May. 22, 2010
Takashi Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeaki Furugori, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeaki Furugori, Tokyo, JP;
WD Media (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
To provide a method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, which is capable of coping with the much higher recording density. Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording medium to be used for recording information by a perpendicular magnetic recording system, including at least a soft magnetic layer, an intermediate layer, and a magnetic recording layer on a substrate, characterized in that the method includes the step of: composing the intermediate layer of consecutive N layers (provided that N is an integer of at least 3 or more), depositing a first layer containing ruthenium (Ru) as a main component, first; setting a gas pressure during the deposition to the pressure which is higher than or the same as that in the first layer; depositing a second layer containing ruthenium (Ru), or ruthenium (Ru) containing oxygen or an oxide as a main component; and adjusting so that the oxygen content remains constant, or increases toward the uppermost layer in the second layer and succeeding layers.