Magnetic disk and method for manufacturing same

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PATENT NO 8877359
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13133124

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Provided are a magnetic disk comprising a granular magnetic recording layer which causes less noise even with a recording capacity thereof of 250 G or more bits per square inch; and a method for manufacturing the same. The magnetic disk according to the present invention comprises: a granular magnetic recording layer (20) which is formed on a disk substrate 10 directly or via an intermediate layer and which has non-magnetic regions between granular columnar particles; and an auxiliary recording layer (22) which is formed on the granular magnetic recording layer 20 and which causes exchange interaction among the granular columnar particles, wherein the auxiliary recording layer (22) contains 0.1 to 3 moles of oxygen.

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  • WD MEDIA (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kajiwara, Takenori Tokyo, JP 19 680
Saito, Chiyo Tokyo, JP 5 308
Sato, Tokichiro Singapore, SG 15 1067

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