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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Wd Media, Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hua Yuan, Fremont, CA (US);
Alexander S. Chernyshov, San Jose, CA (US);
B. Ramamurthy Acharya, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
WD MEDIA, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 14/00 (2006.01); C23C 14/32 (2006.01); G11B 5/851 (2006.01); C23C 14/14 (2006.01); G11B 5/84 (2006.01); C23C 14/35 (2006.01); C23C 14/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/851 (2013.01); C23C 14/14 (2013.01); C23C 14/3407 (2013.01); C23C 14/35 (2013.01); G11B 5/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
FePt-based heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) media comprising a thick granular FePt:C magnetic recording layer capable of maintaining a single layer film having desirable magnetic properties. According to one embodiment, the thick granular FePt:C magnetic recording layer comprises a plurality of carbon doped FePt alloy columnar grains, where the plurality of carbon doped FePt alloy columnar grains comprise a carbon gradient along the thickness of the hard magnetic recording layer.