摘要:
A magnetic thin film alloy comprising cobalt, chromium, nickel and platinum for horizontal recording has a high coercivity, good corrosion resistance, and good noise performance. The platinum has a concentration between 8 to 15 atomic percent, the chromium has a concentration of 3 to 8%, the nickel concentration is 5 to 10% and the balance consist of essentially cobalt. The magnetic alloy has a thickness less than 100 nm and is sputtered on an undercoat consisting of nickel and phosphorus. The phosphorus content is between 5 to 30 weight percent, and the nickel phosphorus has a thickness between 5 and 100 nm. Alternatively, other amorphous metallic thin film undercoats can be applied. By judicious selection of the amount of chromium and nickel in the alloy, the saturation magnetization can be kept high while still maintaining good corrosion resistance. In addition, the sputtered media exhibits low noise.
摘要:
A film of magnetic recording media is formed by sputtering an alloy of cobalt and platinum onto a substrate. The sputtering takes place in a chamber containing argon and nitrogen. The magnetic coercivity of the resulting film is controlled by varying the concentration of nitrogen in the sputtering chamber. By using this technique, the film coercivity is controlled without varying other important parameters such as the saturation magnetization.
摘要:
A film of magnetic recording media is covered with a layer comprising ZrO.sub.2. Advantageously, the ZrO.sub.2 layer inhibits corrosion in the underlying magnetic recording media. The ZrO.sub.2 layer is wear resistant and also exhibits reduced static friction. In one embodiment of our invention, an intermediate layer is sputtered onto the media and the ZrO.sub.2 is sputtered onto the intermediate layer. Advantageously, the intermediate layer adheres strongly to both the media and the ZrO.sub.2. We have discovered that by providing the intermediate layer, static and dynamic friction between a read-write head and the disk tends to remain consistently low, and reliability of the disk is enhanced.
摘要:
A film of magnetic recording media is formed by sputtering an alloy of cobalt and platinum onto a substrate. The sputtering takes place in a chamber containing argon and nitrogen. The magnetic coercivity of the resulting film is controlled by varying the concentration of nitrogen in the sputtering chamber. By using this technique, the film coercivity is controlled without varying other important parameters such as the saturation magnetization. The film coercivity can also be controlled by varying the concentration of oxygen in the sputtering chamber.
摘要:
A film of magnetic recording media is covered with a layer comprising ZrO.sub.2. Advantageously, the ZrO.sub.2 layer inhibits corrosion in the underlying magnetic recording media. The ZrO.sub.2 layer also exhibits desirable mechanical properties, e.g. reduced stiction. In one embodiment of our invention, the ZrO.sub.2 is sputtered onto the magnetic recording media.
摘要:
A new magnetic alloy exhibits high Hc and Ms while exhibiting excellent corrosion resistance, thereby providing ideal physical properties for high density recording applications. Other parameters of the media, such as SNR, PW50, and S are at least maintained, if not also improved. The alloy contains cobalt and up to 10 at. % Ni, up to 20 at. % Pt, up to 10 at. % Ta, up to 10 at. % Ti, and optionally up to 6 at. % B. The ratio of the tantalum to titanium in the alloy is between 3:1 and 1:3. The alloy is deposited by vacuum deposition (typically sputtering) on a similarly deposited non-magnetic Ni alloy under layer. Nitrogen and/or oxygen may be introduced into the alloy during deposition to improve SNR. Other corrosion-resistant thin film alloys may also be obtained by the inclusion of Ta and Ti.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing a disk includes the step of forming a first nickel-phosphorus alloy layer on an aluminum substrate, e.g., by electroless plating. A second nickel-phosphorus layer is then sputtered onto the first nickel-phosphorus layer, and a magnetic alloy is sputtered onto the second nickel-phosphorus layer. The magnetic alloy is typically sputtered immediately after the second nickel-phosphorus layer is formed without removing the disk from the sputtering apparatus between the time the second nickel-phosphorus layer is formed and the time the magnetic alloy is formed. Because of this, contaminants are not capable of lodging on or affecting the surface of the disk prior to formation of the magnetic alloy. The second nickel-phosphorus layer is typically amorphous and therefore masks any nonuniformities in the surface of the first nickel-phosphorus layer. Because of this, the second nickel-phosphorus layer serves as a uniform nucleation surface for forming the magnetic alloy, and thus the magnetic alloy exhibits uniform magnetic characteristics.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing a disk includes the step of forming a first nickel-phosphorus alloy layer on an aluminum substrate, e.g., by electroless plating. A second nickel-phosphorus layer is then sputtered onto the first nickel-phosphorus layer, and a magnetic alloy is sputtered onto the second nickel-phosphorus layer. The magnetic alloy is typically sputtered immediately after the second nickel-phosphorus layer is formed without removing the disk from the sputtering apparatus between the time the second nickel-phosphorus layer is formed and the time the magnetic alloy is formed. Because of this, contaminants are not capable of lodging on or affecting the surface of the disk prior to formation of the magnetic alloy. The second nickel-phosphorus layer is typically amorphous and therefore masks any nonuniformities in the surface of the first nickel-phosphorus layer. Because of this, the second nickel-phosphorus layer serves as a uniform nucleation surface for forming the magnetic alloy, and thus the magnetic alloy exhibits uniform magnetic characteristics.
摘要:
A carbon film for protecting a magnetic disk is sputtered in the presence of hydrogen. If a sufficient amount of hydrogen is present in the sputtering chamber, the resulting carbon film will exhibit superior mechanical characteristics, i.e. an enhanced wear resistance during a contact-start-stop or drag test in a disk drive. Sputtering in the presence of hydrogen can be accomplished by either DC or RF magnetron sputtering, or DC or RF diode sputtering.
摘要:
A carbon film for protecting a magnetic disk is sputtered by a DC magnetron sputtering method, with the addition of superimposed AC power on the DC power applied to the carbon target. When the carbon film is sputtered for extended period in a production sputtering machine, nodular growth occurs over the sputtering surface of the carbon target. Such nodules are variously called "warts" or "mushrooms" in the industry and they are detrimental to the productivity of the sputtering machine. The size and quantity of the nodules over the target surface increase as the target is sputtered longer, and because these region do not contribute to sputtering, the efficiency of the target decreases. As sputter efficiency decreases, power input must be increased to the target to make up for the loss in the effective sputtering area of the target. Eventually, the power input must be increased to a point where arcing occurs continuously and sputtering cannot be continued. By superimposing AC power onto the DC power applied to the target, virtually all arcing on the carbon target is eliminated, thereby significantly reducing the nodular growth and extending the use of the target.