JPS6379230A - Magnetic recording medium - Google Patents

Magnetic recording medium

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JPS6379230A
JPS6379230A JP22560686A JP22560686A JPS6379230A JP S6379230 A JPS6379230 A JP S6379230A JP 22560686 A JP22560686 A JP 22560686A JP 22560686 A JP22560686 A JP 22560686A JP S6379230 A JPS6379230 A JP S6379230A
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Megumi Nagano
長野 恵
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Fuji Electric Co Ltd
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PURPOSE:To obtain a magnetic recording medium which is highly resistant to wear and corrosion and has decreased fluctuations in characteristics by providing a surface protective layer consisting of amorphous carbon and fluorine/carbon compd. on the surface of a magnetic layer consisting of a thin ferromagnetic alloy film. CONSTITUTION:An Ni-P alloy layer 12 is deposited by electroless plating on a substrate 11 consisting of an aluminum alloy and the surface is polished to <=0.1mum max. roughness. The magnetic layer 13 which is the thin ferromagnetic alloy film consisting of Fe, No, Ni, etc., is formed by plating, sputtering, vapor deposition, etc. The surface protective layer 14 mixed with the amorphous carbon 14 and fluorine/carbon compd. 14 is formed to 400Angstrom thickness on said layer by a magnetron type high-frequency sputtering method using a graphite carbon partly coated with a fluorine polymer as a target. The magnetic recording medium which is provided with the high wear resistance and high reliability by such surface protective layer is thus formed.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 〔発明の属する技術分野〕 本発明は、基板表面にめっき、スパッタリング。[Detailed description of the invention] [Technical field to which the invention pertains] The present invention involves plating and sputtering on the surface of a substrate.

蒸着などによって形成された金属薄膜磁性層を保護する
ための耐食性および耐磨耗性に優れた表面保護層を有す
る磁気記録媒体に関する。
The present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium having a surface protective layer with excellent corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance for protecting a metal thin film magnetic layer formed by vapor deposition or the like.

〔従来技術とその問題点〕[Prior art and its problems]

磁気ディスク装置などに用いられる磁気記録媒体におい
ては、その高記録密度化の要請により、めっき、スパッ
タリング、蒸着などによって形成される磁気特性に優れ
たCO合金などの強磁性金属合金薄膜からなる磁性層が
注目され、検討されている。
In magnetic recording media used in magnetic disk devices, etc., due to the demand for higher recording density, a magnetic layer consisting of a thin film of a ferromagnetic metal alloy such as a CO alloy with excellent magnetic properties is formed by plating, sputtering, vapor deposition, etc. is attracting attention and being considered.

ところが、一般にこのような磁性薄膜は金属であるため
に、腐食され易く、磁気ヘッドに対する摩擦係数が大き
くて、磁気ヘッドとの摺動によって磐耗や損傷を受は易
く、磁気特性が劣化するため、薄膜磁性層表面に保護層
を設け、耐食性、耐久性を改善することが行われている
。保護層の膜厚は保護機能の面からは厚い方が望ましい
が、反面、高密度記録を達成するためには、磁気記録装
置において磁気ヘッドと媒体の磁性層との間隙を小さく
する必要があり、磁性層と磁気ヘッドとの間に介在する
保護層の膜厚としては薄い方が望ましいことになり、1
000Å以下、好ましくは500Å以下とすることが要
求されている。
However, since such magnetic thin films are generally made of metal, they are easily corroded, have a large coefficient of friction against the magnetic head, and are easily abraded and damaged by sliding with the magnetic head, resulting in deterioration of magnetic properties. , a protective layer is provided on the surface of a thin film magnetic layer to improve corrosion resistance and durability. The thicker the protective layer is, the better from the standpoint of protection, but on the other hand, in order to achieve high-density recording, it is necessary to reduce the gap between the magnetic head and the magnetic layer of the medium in a magnetic recording device. , it is desirable that the protective layer interposed between the magnetic layer and the magnetic head be thinner;
000 Å or less, preferably 500 Å or less.

このような表面保護層として、スパッタリングなどによ
り被着されたアモルファス状カーボンく以下a−Cと略
す)膜が知られている。しかしながら、a−C膜は磁気
ヘッドとの長期間の繰り返しの摺動によって摩擦係数が
増大し、潤滑性能が低下し、また、耐食性も十分ではな
いという難点があった。これを改善するため、a−Cg
O表面に液状のふっ素糸潤滑剤を浸漬法あるいはスピン
コード法などにより塗布することが試みられているが、
保護層全体の膜厚の制約から、塗布膜厚は50Å以下に
する必要があり成膜が難しく、しかもa−C膜との密着
性が不充分であることから、高信頼性を要求される磁気
記録媒体の保護層としては問題であり、その改善が望ま
れていた。
As such a surface protective layer, an amorphous carbon (hereinafter abbreviated as a-C) film deposited by sputtering or the like is known. However, the a-C film has disadvantages in that the coefficient of friction increases due to repeated sliding with the magnetic head over a long period of time, the lubrication performance decreases, and the corrosion resistance is not sufficient. To improve this, a-Cg
Attempts have been made to apply liquid fluorine thread lubricant to the O surface using a dipping method or a spin cord method.
Due to restrictions on the overall thickness of the protective layer, the coating thickness must be 50 Å or less, making it difficult to form a film.Moreover, high reliability is required as the adhesion with the a-C film is insufficient. This is a problem as a protective layer for magnetic recording media, and an improvement has been desired.

〔発明の目的〕[Purpose of the invention]

本発明は、上述の欠点を除去して、耐磨耗性。 The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks and improves wear resistance.

耐食性に優れた表面保護層を有し、特性変動が少なく信
頼性の高い磁気記録媒体を提供することを目的とする。
The object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable magnetic recording medium that has a surface protective layer with excellent corrosion resistance, has little variation in characteristics, and has high reliability.

〔発明の要点〕[Key points of the invention]

本発明の目的は、強磁性金属合金薄膜からなる磁性層の
表面にスパッタリングにより被着されたアモルファス状
カーボンとふっ素−カーボン化合物とからなる表面保護
層を備えた磁気記録媒体によって達成される。
The object of the present invention is achieved by a magnetic recording medium having a surface protection layer made of amorphous carbon and a fluorine-carbon compound deposited by sputtering on the surface of a magnetic layer made of a ferromagnetic metal alloy thin film.

〔発明の実施例〕[Embodiments of the invention]

以下、本発明の実施例について、図面を参照しながら説
明する。
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

実施例1゜ 第1図は、本発明による磁気記録媒体の一実施例の層構
成を示す模式的断面図である。第1図において、11は
アルミニウム合金からなる基板であり、その表面は機械
加工によりうねりの小さい面に仕上げられている。12
は基板11の表面に無電解めっきで被着されたN1−P
合金層であり、その表面は機械研暦により表面最大粗さ
0.1μm以下に鏡面仕上げされている。その上に、磁
性層13として、Fe、Co、Niなどの強磁性金属な
どからなる合金薄膜をめっき、スパッタ、蒸着などで形
成する。この磁性層13の上に本発明によるa −C1
4aとふっ素−カーボン化合物14bとが混合してなる
表面保護層14を形成して磁気記録媒体とする。
Example 1 FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the layer structure of an example of a magnetic recording medium according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a substrate made of aluminum alloy, the surface of which is finished by machining into a surface with small undulations. 12
is N1-P deposited on the surface of the substrate 11 by electroless plating.
It is an alloy layer, and its surface is mirror-finished to a maximum surface roughness of 0.1 μm or less by mechanical polishing. Thereon, as the magnetic layer 13, a thin alloy film made of ferromagnetic metal such as Fe, Co, Ni, etc. is formed by plating, sputtering, vapor deposition, or the like. On this magnetic layer 13, a-C1 according to the present invention is applied.
4a and a fluorine-carbon compound 14b are formed to form a surface protective layer 14 to form a magnetic recording medium.

表面保護層14は、ふっ素糸重合体9例えばテフロン(
商品名、デュポン社製)で一部被覆されたグラファイト
カーボンをターゲットとし、マグネトロン型高周波スパ
ッタリング法で厚さ400人に形成される。表面保護層
のa −C14aとふっ素−カーボン化合物14bとの
組成比は被覆するふっ素糸重合体のスパッタリングされ
る有効面積を変化させることにより制御することができ
、例えば、ふっ素−カーボン化合物の含有量を磁性層側
で少なくし、自由表面側にむかって多くしていくという
ように膜厚方向の組成比に所定のプロファイルをもたす
ことも可能である。グラファイト状カーボンターゲット
とふっ素糸重合体ターゲットとを並置し、同時にスパッ
タリングして同様の表面保護層を成膜することも勿論可
能である。
The surface protective layer 14 is made of a fluorine thread polymer 9 such as Teflon (
The target is graphite carbon, which is partially coated with DuPont (trade name, manufactured by DuPont), and is formed to a thickness of 400 mm using a magnetron-type high-frequency sputtering method. The composition ratio of a-C14a and the fluorine-carbon compound 14b of the surface protective layer can be controlled by changing the effective sputtered area of the covering fluorine thread polymer, for example, by changing the content of the fluorine-carbon compound. It is also possible to give a predetermined profile to the composition ratio in the film thickness direction, such as decreasing the amount on the magnetic layer side and increasing it toward the free surface side. Of course, it is also possible to arrange a graphite-like carbon target and a fluorine thread polymer target side by side and perform sputtering at the same time to form a similar surface protective layer.

スパッタリングの方法としては、通常の高周波または直
流スパッタリング法、マグネトロン型高周波または直流
スパッタリング法など公知の方法が適用できるが、スパ
ッタリングレイトの点でマグネトロン型の方が有利であ
り、また、ふっ素糸重合体が絶縁物である点で特にマグ
ネトロン型高周波スパッタリング法が適している。
As the sputtering method, known methods such as ordinary high frequency or direct current sputtering method, magnetron type high frequency or direct current sputtering method can be applied, but the magnetron type is more advantageous in terms of sputtering rate. The magnetron-type high-frequency sputtering method is particularly suitable because the material is an insulator.

実施例2゜ 第2図は、本発明の磁気記録媒体の他の実施例の層構成
を示す模式的断面図であって、11.12.13はそれ
ぞれ実施例1と同様の基’5.N1−P層、磁性層であ
る。14cは磁性層13の表面にスパッタリングにより
平均膜厚350人に成膜されたa−C膜であり、14d
はその上に平均膜厚30人にスパッタリングにより成膜
されたふっ素−カーボン化合物膜であり、14Cと14
dで表面保護層14が形成されて磁気記録媒体となる。
Example 2 FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the layer structure of another example of the magnetic recording medium of the present invention, in which 11, 12, and 13 are the same groups as in Example 1, respectively. The N1-P layer is a magnetic layer. 14c is an a-C film formed on the surface of the magnetic layer 13 by sputtering to an average thickness of 350 mm, and 14d
is a fluorine-carbon compound film formed by sputtering to an average thickness of 30%.
A surface protective layer 14 is formed in step d to form a magnetic recording medium.

a−C膜14Cとふっ素−カーボン化合物膜14dとは
、並置されたグラファイト状カーボンターゲットとふっ
素糸重合体ターゲットとを次々と連続してスパッタリン
グし積層して成膜される。従って両者の間には明瞭な界
面は存在せず複合膜となっており、その密着性は極めて
強いものである。
The a-C film 14C and the fluorine-carbon compound film 14d are formed by successively sputtering and laminating a graphite-like carbon target and a fluorine thread polymer target that are juxtaposed one after another. Therefore, there is no clear interface between the two, forming a composite film, and the adhesion is extremely strong.

比較例 実施例1に準じて磁性層までを形成し、その上に、グラ
ファイト状カーボンターゲットのみを用いてスパッタリ
ングを行い、膜厚350人のa−C膜を被着させ、この
a−C膜表面にスピンコード法によりふっ素糸液体潤滑
剤9例えばフォンブリン2(商品名、モンテジソン社製
)を膜厚50Aに塗布して表面保護層とし磁気記録媒体
を作製した。
Comparative Example Up to the magnetic layer was formed according to Example 1, and then sputtering was performed using only a graphite-like carbon target to deposit an a-C film with a thickness of 350 mm. A magnetic recording medium was prepared by applying a fluorine thread liquid lubricant 9 such as Fomblin 2 (trade name, manufactured by Montegisson) to a thickness of 50 Å on the surface by a spin cord method to form a surface protective layer.

以上に述べた実施例1.2および比較例の磁気記録媒体
について、磁気ヘッドとの1耗試験および環境試験を行
った。
The magnetic recording media of Example 1.2 and Comparative Example described above were subjected to a wear test with a magnetic head and an environmental test.

磁気ヘッドとの1耗試験は、固定磁気ディスク装置にお
いて一般的に行われている、磁気ヘッドの浮上、接触を
繰り返す、いわゆるcss cコンタクト・スタート・
ストップ)試験を行い、媒体と磁気ヘッドとの摩擦係数
の変化を測定した。その結果を第1表に示す。
A one-time wear test with a magnetic head is a so-called CSS contact start test, which is commonly performed in fixed magnetic disk drives, in which the magnetic head repeatedly floats and makes contact.
A stop) test was conducted to measure changes in the coefficient of friction between the medium and the magnetic head. The results are shown in Table 1.

第1表 第1表に見られるとおり、実施例1.2においてはCS
 31000回で摩擦係数に僅かな増加はあるものの、
その後の変化は少なり、10万回まで安定している。一
方、比較例においては、C3S2万回までは実施例1,
2と同様であるが、5万回。
Table 1 As seen in Table 1, in Example 1.2, CS
Although there is a slight increase in the friction coefficient after 31,000 cycles,
After that, there are few changes, and it remains stable up to 100,000 times. On the other hand, in the comparative example, up to 20,000 times of C3S, Example 1,
Same as 2, but 50,000 times.

10万回とC8S回数が増すにつれて摩擦係数が大幅に
増大して(る。表面保護層にふっ素−カーボン化合物を
利用すると潤滑性が改善され耐暦耗性の向上に極めて有
効であることが明らかである。
As the number of C8S cycles increases to 100,000 cycles, the coefficient of friction increases significantly ().It is clear that using a fluorine-carbon compound in the surface protective layer improves lubricity and is extremely effective in improving wear resistance. It is.

また、温度80℃、相対湿度80%の雰囲気中に20日
間放萱する環境試験を行ったところ、比較例においては
、信号欠陥が2個/面増加したが、実施例1.2におい
ては信号欠陥の増加は認められず、耐食性も向上してい
ることが判る。
In addition, when an environmental test was conducted in which the temperature was 80°C and the relative humidity was 80% for 20 days, the number of signal defects increased by 2/side in the comparative example, but the number of signal defects increased by 2/side in the example 1.2. No increase in defects was observed, and it was found that corrosion resistance was improved.

〔発明の効果〕〔Effect of the invention〕

本発明によれば、強磁性金属合金薄膜からなる磁性層の
表面にスパッタリングによりアモルファス状カーボンと
ふっ素−カーボン化合物とからなる表面保護層を形成す
る。かくして、硬度の高いアモルファス状カーボンと潤
滑性、耐食性の優れたふっ素−カーボン化合物それぞれ
の性能が相まって、耐暦粍性、耐食性に優れた表面保護
層を有し、特性変動が少なく信頼性の高い磁気記録媒体
が得られることになる。
According to the present invention, a surface protective layer made of amorphous carbon and a fluorine-carbon compound is formed on the surface of a magnetic layer made of a ferromagnetic metal alloy thin film by sputtering. In this way, the performance of amorphous carbon with high hardness and the fluorine-carbon compound with excellent lubricity and corrosion resistance are combined, resulting in a surface protective layer with excellent scratch resistance and corrosion resistance, and high reliability with little variation in properties. A magnetic recording medium will be obtained.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1図は本発明による磁気記録媒体の一実施例の層構成
、第2図は他の実施例の層構成をそれぞれ示す模式的断
面図である。 11  基板、l 2Ni −P層、13  磁性層、
14  表面保護層、14a アモルファス状カーボン
、14bふっ素−カーボン化合物、14Cアモルファス
状カーボン膜、14d  ふっ素−カーボン化合物膜。 第1図 第2図
FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing the layer structure of one embodiment of the magnetic recording medium according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the layer structure of another embodiment. 11 substrate, l2Ni-P layer, 13 magnetic layer,
14 Surface protective layer, 14a amorphous carbon, 14b fluorine-carbon compound, 14C amorphous carbon film, 14d fluorine-carbon compound film. Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 1)強磁性金属合金薄膜からなる磁性層の表面にスパッ
タリングにより被着されたアモルファス状カーボンとふ
っ素−カーボン化合物とからなる表面保護層を備えたこ
とを特徴とする磁気記録媒体。
1) A magnetic recording medium comprising a surface protection layer made of amorphous carbon and a fluorine-carbon compound deposited by sputtering on the surface of a magnetic layer made of a ferromagnetic metal alloy thin film.
JP22560686A 1986-09-24 1986-09-24 Magnetic recording medium Pending JPS6379230A (en)

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS63282914A (en) * 1987-05-14 1988-11-18 Toshiba Corp Magnetic recording medium
US5275850A (en) * 1988-04-20 1994-01-04 Hitachi, Ltd. Process for producing a magnetic disk having a metal containing hard carbon coating by plasma chemical vapor deposition under a negative self bias
US5374463A (en) * 1991-10-22 1994-12-20 International Business Machines Corporation Magnetic recording disk having a contiguous fullerene film and a protective overcoat
EP0735523A2 (en) * 1995-03-31 1996-10-02 Sony Corporation Magnetic recording medium and method for producing same

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS63282914A (en) * 1987-05-14 1988-11-18 Toshiba Corp Magnetic recording medium
US5275850A (en) * 1988-04-20 1994-01-04 Hitachi, Ltd. Process for producing a magnetic disk having a metal containing hard carbon coating by plasma chemical vapor deposition under a negative self bias
US5374463A (en) * 1991-10-22 1994-12-20 International Business Machines Corporation Magnetic recording disk having a contiguous fullerene film and a protective overcoat
EP0735523A2 (en) * 1995-03-31 1996-10-02 Sony Corporation Magnetic recording medium and method for producing same

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