Abstract:
Provided herein is a method including forming a data zone guiding pattern and forming a servo zone guiding pattern. A servo pattern and a data pattern are simultaneously formed. Directed self-assembly of block copolymers is guided by the data zone guiding pattern and the servo zone guiding pattern.
Abstract:
Provided herein is an apparatus, including a first region of a substrate corresponding to a data region in a patterned recording medium; a first set of protrusions etched out of the first region of the substrate, wherein the protrusions of the first set of protrusions are rectangle shaped; a second region of the substrate corresponding to a servo region in a patterned recording medium; and a second set of protrusions etched out of the second region of the substrate, wherein the second set of protrusions includes radial lines etched into the substrate across chevrons etched out of the substrate.
Abstract:
The embodiments disclose a method including patterning a template substrate to have different densities using hierarchical block copolymer density patterns in different zones including a first pattern and a second pattern, using a first directed self-assembly to pattern a first zone in the substrate using a first block copolymer material, and using a second directed self-assembly to pattern a second zone in the substrate using a second block copolymer material.
Abstract:
Provided herein is an apparatus including a rectangular array of rectangular protrusions in a first region corresponding to a data region; and a hexagonal array of circular protrusions in a second region corresponding to a servo region, wherein a first global protrusion density for the first region is greater than a second global protrusion density for the second region. Also provided herein is a method including forming a first template; forming a second template; and cross-imprinting the first template and the second template to form a third template corresponding to the foregoing apparatus.
Abstract:
Provided herein is an apparatus, including a patterned resist overlying a substrate; a number of features of the patterned resist, wherein the number of features respectively includes a number of sidewalls; and a sidewall-protecting material disposed about the number of sidewalls, wherein the sidewall-protecting material is characteristic of a conformal, thin-film deposition, and wherein the sidewall-protecting material facilitates a high-fidelity pattern transfer of the patterned resist to the substrate during etching.
Abstract:
The embodiments disclose a method of using a trimmed imprinted resist and chemical contrast pattern to guide a directed self-assembly (DSA) of a predetermined lamellar block copolymer (BCP), creating chromium (Cr) lamellar guiding lines using the BCP and DSA in a dry Cr lift-off process and etching the Cr lamellar guiding line patterns into a substrate to fabricate the imprint template.
Abstract:
Provided herein is an apparatus, including a patterned resist overlying a substrate; a number of features of the patterned resist, wherein the number of features respectively includes a number of sidewalls; and a sidewall-protecting material disposed about the number of sidewalls, wherein the sidewall-protecting material is characteristic of a conformal, thin-film deposition, and wherein the sidewall-protecting material facilitates a high-fidelity pattern transfer of the patterned resist to the substrate during etching.
Abstract:
Provided herein is a method, including a) transferring an initial pattern of an initial template to a substrate; b) performing block copolymer self-assembly over the substrate with a density multiplication factor k; c) creating a subsequent pattern in a subsequent template with the density multiplication factor k; and d) repeating steps a)-c) with the subsequent template as the initial template until a design specification for the subsequent pattern with respect to pattern density and pattern resolution is met.
Abstract:
Provided herein is an apparatus, including a first region corresponding to a data region in a patterned recording medium; a first set of features in the first region; a second region corresponding to a servo region in a patterned recording medium; and a second set of features in the second region including rhomboidal protrusions, wherein the first set of features and the second set of features are circumferentially aligned in accordance with concentrically circular lines etched into the apparatus across the first region and the second region.
Abstract:
A method of forming patterned magnetic media disclosed herein includes patterning a guiding layer on a substrate to form a nucleation guiding pattern. A layer of magnetic material is formed over the nucleation guiding pattern. The magnetic material may comprise a non-magnetic segregant. Magnetic grains are grown in a down-track direction and in a cross-track direction responsive to the nucleation guiding pattern and the non-magnetic segregant forms grain boundaries between the magnetic grains.