Abstract:
@ A magnetic recording disk which comprises (1) a three-layered laminate consisting of a core layer of a biaxially oriented polyolefinfilm which has a birefringence of not more than 0.01 and an amorphous-region orientation coefficient of not more than 0.2 and two outer layers of a biaxially oriented polyester film adhered to said core layer, and (2) a magnetic layer formed on at least one side of the laminate. The magnetic recording disk of the invention undergoes only slight dimensional changes with variations in humidity and temperature, and the dimensional changes are isotropic in the plane. The disk therefore has an excellent electromagnetic properties such as output fluctuation and outbreak of dropouts caused by the environmental change.
Abstract:
A disc medium substrate which is made of resin and used for a disc, for instance a magnetic disc, on/from which information is recorded/reproduced with a floating head. Protrusions higher than 50 nm are not formed on the surface of the substrate which is scanned by the floating head. The substrate is so molded that the number of particles in the molding material whose particle diameters are larger than 5 mu m is not more than 10000/g. The molding can be injection molding. Thermoplastic norvolnene system resin can be employed as the molding material. Projections and recesses corresponding to recording tracks may be provided on the substrate.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for creating a position error signal (PES) voltage v. track distance curve for the head (20) of a hard disk drive (10). The disk (12) has a dedicated track which contains a plurality of servo bits (34) that allow the head to be centered with the centerline of the track. The dedicated track also has a number of calibration bits (50-60) each embedded at a known location off-set from the track centerline. The PES voltage v. track distance curve is generated by reading each calibration bit and storing the corresponding amplitude of the position error signal in a memory device of the disk drive. Each calibration bit is located from the track centerline a distance that is different from the other calibration bits so that there are provided multiple points on the track curve.
Abstract:
A ceramic substrate for hard disks, thin film chip capacitors, and hybrid ICs, of titanium oxide or aluminum oxide, has an extremely small number of pores of larger than 3 mu m diameter in the surface. The substrate is fabricated by burning finely powdered high-purity titanium oxide or high-purity aluminum oxide in the air, an inert atmosphere at 1,100-1,300 DEG C, or a reducing atmosphere at 1,200-1,400 DEG C and then, subjecting it to an HIP process.
Abstract:
In a CSS region of a magnetic disk, a means for setting the flying height of a magnetic slider in the CSS region higher than that in a data region is provided. The surface of the CSS region of the magnetic disk is rough. This prevents the attraction of the magnetic disk and the magnetic head slider to each other when the magnetic disk apparatus is stopped, and ensures the slide resistance of the CSS region. A magnetic disk apparatus mounted with such a magnetic disk has an excellent reliability and achieves a high recording density even when the flying height of the magnetic head slider is small.
Abstract:
A disklike magnetic recording medium having a magnetic layer containing a magnetic substance on a non-magnetic support, and a layer containing a pigment whose optical characteristics are changed by the irradiation of energy beam and interposed between the non-magnetic support and the magnetic layer. A continuous servo signal is recorded on the concentric tracks on the pigment-containing layer in accordance with variation of the optical characteristics of the pigment. This medium can be manufactured at a low cost, and has a large recordable area. Accurate tracking can be done by a single detector.
Abstract:
In a magnetic disk medium (1), a substrate (2) is etched to have a designed, controlled topography (6). A magnetic recording medium (3) and a protective layer (4) are provided over the substrate. A method for controlling production of the surface characteristics of the magnetic disk medium is controlled to optimize surface characteristics for use of the magnetic disk medium in a magnetic disk apparatus that reads information stored on the magnetic disk medium.
Abstract:
A method of producing a magnetic recording disk medium, which comprises the step of forming island-like protrusions by sputtering a target consisting principally of an intermetallic compound on a substrate on which a magnetic alloy film is formed. This method can shorten a single processing time, improve thermal stability of the protrusions, and maintain the shape of these protrusions. The resulting magnetic disk medium is not likely to adhere to the head in the case of a narrow head gap. This method can be also applied to the formation of island-like protrusions on the opposed surface of the magnetic head to a slider. A magnetic disk apparatus having a high recording density and reliable lubricity can be obtained by applying the resulting magnetic disk medium or magnetic head.
Abstract:
A magnetic recording disk has a textured test band (160) that is radially spaced from the textured landing zone (158) and that typically has laser-induced bumps with an average height substantially different from the average height of the laser-induced bumps in the textured landing zone. The bumps in both the test band and the textured band are formed in spiral tracks because the disk is simultaneously rotated and translated radially while the texturing laser is pulsing the disk. However, because the bumps in the textured band are not formed until after the average height of the bumps in the test band have been measured by a second analyzing laser, the two spiral tracks are separate and discontinuous.
Abstract:
A magnetic-recording disk (100) comprising a metal substrate disk having a textured annular first surface area (103) with an outer diameter which is substantially less than the diameter of the metal substrate is disclosed herein. The metal substrate disk further has a smooth annular second surface area (104) between the first surface area's outer diameter and the metal substrate's circumferential edge. The textured annular first surface area (103) has a laser-etched circular pattern. Furthermore the metal disk substrate of an aluminum alloy, a titanium alloy, or an austenitic stainless steel has a thin-film coating selected from the group consisting of nitrides, carbides, or borides of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum or tungsten.