IP Library Granted Patent US 8,241,768
Granted Patent B2
US 8,241,768 · App. 12/527,818 · Granted Aug 14, 2012

Magnetic disk substrate, magnetic disk, and magnetic disk device

Assignees: Hoya Corporation; Hoya Glass Disk (thailand) Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,241,768
App. No.
12/527,818
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is an object to provide a magnetic disk substrate highly reliable to prevent the occurrence of crash failure even if a magnetic disk is rotated at high speed, and suitable for a hard disk that starts and stops by the load/unload method, and a magnetic disk using such a substrate. The representative structure of a magnetic disk substrate according to this invention is a disk-shaped glass substrate 10 having a generally flat main surface 11 , an end face 12 , a chamfered face 13 formed between the main surface 11 and the end face 12 , and an offset portion, at the periphery of the main surface 11 , raised or lowered with respect to a flat surface, other than the periphery, of the main surface 11 , and characterized in that the magnitude of the offset portion is approximately uniform over the entire circumference of the glass substrate 10.

Claims (18)

1. A magnetic disk substrate being a disk-shaped and polished glass substrate and having a generally flat main surface, an end face, a chamfered face formed between the main surface and the end face, and an offset portion, at a periphery of the main surface, raised or lowered with respect to a flat surface, other than the periphery, of the main surface, wherein:

said substrate is polished such that a magnitude of offset of said offset portion is substantially uniform over an entire circumference of said substrate such that when measuring said offset portion of said substrate at 12 points per 30° in a circumferential direction, a change in magnitude of the offset is 5 nm or less; and

an extreme portion, where rising or lowering is maximum in said offset portion, is present in a range of 92.0% to 97.0% with respect to a distance to the end face from a center of said substrate.

2. The magnetic disk substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the extreme portion, where rising or lowering is maximum in said offset portion, is located at substantially the same distance from the center of said substrate.

3. The magnetic disk substrate according to claim 1 , wherein, in said main surface, a circularity of a circle formed by the extreme portion, where rising or lowering is maximum in said offset portion, is 600 μm or less.

4. The magnetic disk substrate according to claim 1 , wherein:

said substrate has a circular hole in its center, and

in said main surface, a concentricity between a circle formed by the extreme portion, where rising or lowering is maximum in said offset portion, and said circular hole is 1200 μm or less.

5. The magnetic disk substrate according to claim 1 , wherein said substrate is a substrate for use in a magnetic disk to be mounted in a magnetic disk device of a load/unload type in which a magnetic head is loaded and unloaded with respect to a main surface of the magnetic disk through its outer periphery.

6. The magnetic disk substrate according to claim 1 , wherein said substrate is a substrate for use in a magnetic disk to be mounted in a magnetic disk device adapted to rotate the magnetic disk at a rotational speed of at least 5400 rpm or more.

7. A magnetic disk wherein at least a magnetic layer is formed on the substrate according to any one of claims 1 to 6 .

8. A magnetic disk according to claim 7 , wherein a touch-down height is 4 nm or less.

9. A magnetic disk according to claim 7 , wherein a recording density is 200 GBit/inch 2 or more.

10. A magnetic disk device mounted with the magnetic disk according to claim 7 .

11. A magnetic disk substrate according to claim 1 , characterized by being a substrate for use as a substrate of a magnetic disk adapted for a DFH (dynamic flying height) head.

12. A magnetic disk substrate according to claim 1 , wherein:

said substrate is a glass substrate capable of being chemically strengthened and having an ion-exchanged layer at least a part of the surface and faces of said substrate, and

a thickness of said ion-exchanged layer is greater at the end face than at the main surface.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 24, 2018
From: HOYA GLASS DISK (THAILAND) LTD.
To: HOYA LAMPHUN LTD.
Reel/Frame 047299/0010 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2009
From: TAKIZAWA, TOSHIO; PHANDON, KRAISORN; NISHIMORI, KENICHI
To: HOYA CORPORATION; HOYA GLASS DISK (THAILAND) LTD.
Reel/Frame 023118/0422 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2007-038926 · Feb 20, 2007 · national
JP 2007-038927 · Feb 20, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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