Tilted media for hard disk drives and magnetic data storage devices
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1. A digital storage medium, comprising:
- a substrate;
a first magnetic layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the first magnetic layer has a first magnetic moment having a tilted easy axis;
a second magnetic layer disposed over the first magnetic layer, wherein the second magnetic layer has a second magnetic moment having a tilted easy axis; and
an overcoat layer disposed over the second magnetic layer,wherein the first magnetic layer has a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and the second magnetic layer has a longitudinal anisotropy.
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Abstract
A digital storage medium for use in data storage devices has two magnetic layers where the respective easy axes of the magnetic moments in the two layers are perpendicular to each other. Exchange coupling of the magnetic moments in the magnetic layers produces a resultant magnetic moment that is tilted out of the plane of the digital storage medium. The resultant magnetic moment of the medium allows the use of either a ring head, a single pole head, or a head that generates a field tilted at an angle for write operations.
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1. A digital storage medium, comprising:
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a substrate; a first magnetic layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the first magnetic layer has a first magnetic moment having a tilted easy axis; a second magnetic layer disposed over the first magnetic layer, wherein the second magnetic layer has a second magnetic moment having a tilted easy axis; and an overcoat layer disposed over the second magnetic layer, wherein the first magnetic layer has a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and the second magnetic layer has a longitudinal anisotropy. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, 16, 17)
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2. A digital storage medium, comprising:
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a substrate; a first magnetic layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the first magnetic layer has a first magnetic moment having a tilted easy axis; a second magnetic layer disposed over the first magnetic layer, wherein the second magnetic layer has a second magnetic moment having a tilted easy axis; and an overcoat layer disposed over the second magnetic layer, wherein the first magnetic layer has a longitudinal magnetic anisotropy and the second magnetic layer has a perpendicular anisotropy. - View Dependent Claims (5, 7, 9, 11, 18, 19, 20)
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12. A digital storage medium, comprising:
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a substrate; a first magnetic layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the first magnetic layer has a first magnetic moment having a tilted easy axis; a second magnetic layer disposed over the first magnetic layer, wherein the second magnetic layer has a second magnetic moment having a tilted easy axis; an interlayer disposed between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer; and an overcoat layer disposed over the second magnetic layer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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