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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Yang Yun, San Jose, CA (US);
Xiaofeng Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
Yi Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul C. Dorsey, Los Altos, CA (US);
Yang Yun, San Jose, CA (US);
Xiaofeng Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
Yi Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul C. Dorsey, Los Altos, CA (US);
WD Media, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for reducing the surface roughness of magnetic media to be used in storage drives are described. One such method includes forming a recording media on a substrate, the recording media including at least one recording layer configured to store information magnetically, depositing a first layer of carbon on the recording media, the first carbon layer having a first average preselected thickness, etching the first carbon layer to have a second average preselected thickness less than the first average preselected thickness, depositing a second layer of carbon on the etched first carbon layer, the second carbon layer having a third average preselected thickness that is less than the first average preselected thickness, and implanting nitrogen in the second carbon layer.