Abstract:
A magnetic recording medium, a hard disk drive (HDD) employing the same, and a method of measuring a write read (WR) offset of the HDD are provided. The magnetic recording medium includes a disk substrate and a magnetic recording layer formed on one or both surfaces of the disk substrate, wherein the magnetic recording layer comprises: at least one pattern area patterned into a plurality of data tracks wherein the at least one pattern area is formed of a patterned magnetic substance; and at least one continuous area formed of a continuous magnetic substance, wherein the continuous area is used to measure a WR offset. Accordingly, the HDD employing the magnetic recording medium can correct the WR offset of the magnetic head without requiring large modifications.
Abstract:
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprises a recording layer including a plurality of regions formed in the depth direction of the recording layer and a magnetic anisotropy constant of a region relatively deeper than another region, among the plurality of regions, is greater than that of the another region. The method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes: forming a recording layer having perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; and irradiating the recording layer with ions.
Abstract:
A light-coupling structure in a type of heat-assisted magnetic recording is provided, the structure not needing a separate additional slider or a suspension arm through reduction in variation amounts of coupling due to vibrations, and being realized as a high efficient, low-cost structure with compact size. The light-coupling structure in a type of heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) includes: a waveguide having, at its one end, a mirror part inclined at a certain angle; a slider having one of a groove provided along a width direction of one side thereof contacting the waveguide and a via hole provided along a width direction of one side thereof contacting the waveguide; and a fiber butt-connected to the waveguide by means of a connector provided parallel with the slider.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a micromirror array and a method of manufacturing an optical device having a micromirror. The method of manufacturing a micromirror array includes forming an adhesion layer on a substrate and a magnetic layer on the adhesion layer, patterning the adhesion layer and magnetic layer, magnetizing the magnetic layer and forming a bonding layer on each side of the adhesion layer and the magnetic layer. The substrate is severed into units, each unit including the adhesion layer, the magnetic layer, and the bonding layer. A mirror surface is formed on a side of the substrate to form a unit micromirror structure. The unit micromirror structure is then placed in a holder to form a micromirror array.
Abstract:
A perpendicular magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The perpendicular magnetic recording head records or reads information on or from a perpendicular magnetic recording medium. The perpendicular magnetic recoding head includes a coil, a main pole, and a return pole. The coil serves as a source for generating a magnetic field. The main pole and the return pole constitute a magnetic path of the magnetic field. The main pole includes an end facing the perpendicular magnetic recording medium. The end includes a leading part serving as a front side and a trailing part serving as a rear side with respect to a movement direction of the perpendicular magnetic recording medium. Both edges of the trailing part are chamfered, and the leading part has a plane inclined with respect to an air-bearing surface (ABS). The return pole has an end spaced from the main pole, and the other end connected with the main pole.
Abstract:
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium including a soft magnetic underlayer. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium includes: a lower structural body including an anti-ferromagnetic layer; a first soft magnetic underlayer, a non-magnetic layer, and a second soft magnetic underlayer sequentially formed on the anti-ferromagnetic layer, where the thickness ratio of the second soft magnetic underlayer to that of the first soft magnetic underlayer is designed to be within specific range; and a recording layer formed on the second soft magnetic underlayer. Therefore, noise generated on the soft magnetic underlayer due to external magnetic fields of a magnetic head and a voice coil motor can be reduced greatly.
Abstract:
A perpendicular magnetic recording head including: a data recording module comprising a main pole, a return pole, and a coil wrapped around the main pole; and a data reproduction module including magnetic shield layers and a reading device located between the magnetic shield layers, wherein the width of a lower end of the main pole is gradually reduced in a downward direction thereof, and the lower end of the main pole comprises a first part and a second part extending from the first part, the first part having a curved surface of a first curvature and the second part having a curved surface of a second curvature. The first curvature can be equal to or different from the second curvature, and magnetic shield devices can be further disposed on both sides of the lower end of the main pole.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording head and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes layering sequentially first magnetic layer and an insulating cap layer on a first insulating layer; forming a mask pattern of a desired width on the insulating cap layer, and etching the first magnetic layer and the insulating cap layer until the first insulating layer is exposed, thereby forming a trapezoidal layered portion; depositing an insulating material on the first insulating layer to form a second insulating layer to bury a periphery of the trapezoidal layered portion; and forming a second magnetic layer on the second insulating layer.
Abstract:
A perpendicular magnetic recording head including: a data recording module comprising a main pole, a return pole, and a coil wrapped around the main pole; and a data reproduction module including magnetic shield layers and a reading device located between the magnetic shield layers, wherein the width of a lower end of the main pole is gradually reduced in a downward direction thereof, and the lower end of the main pole comprises a first part and a second part extending from the first part, the first part having a curved surface of a first curvature and the second part having a curved surface of a second curvature. The first curvature can be equal to or different from the second curvature, and magnetic shield devices can be further disposed on both sides of the lower end of the main pole.
Abstract:
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium including: a substrate; a perpendicular magnetic recording layer disposed over the substrate; a soft magnetic underlayer disposed between the substrate and the perpendicular magnetic recording layer; a shunting layer disposed under the soft magnetic underlayer; and an isolation layer disposed between the soft magnetic underlayer and the shunting layer and providing magnetic isolation between the shunting layer and the other layers disposed over the shunting layer are provided. The shunting layer is magnetically separated from the other magnetic layers disposed over the shunting layer, and shunts a magnetic field generated by the magnetic domain walls of the soft magnetic underlayer such that the magnetic field cannot reach a magnetic head, thereby increasing a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).