IP Library Granted Patent US 9,082,443
Granted Patent B2
US 9,082,443 · App. 13/644,835 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Glass substrate for magnetic disk and magnetic recording medium

Inventor: Kenichi Nishimori (Lamphun, TH)
Assignee: HOYA CORPORATION
G11B5/7315G11B5/82Y10T428/1157
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,082,443
App. No.
13/644,835
Filed
Oct 4, 2012
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1785
USPC
428/846.9
Abstract

With regard to a glass substrate 1 according to the present invention, a value of an amendment concentricity AC that has taken into consideration Sk and/or Ku calculated from a shape profile over the whole circumference of an inside hole, or the skewness is within a predetermined range. The glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium can stably read servo information including track information stored on a magnetic disk when the glass substrate is used for an HDD.

Claims (153)

1. A glass substrate for a magnetic disk with an inside hole formed therein, wherein:

a circularity of the inside hole is 5.5 μm or less, and

a value of Sk calculated from a shape profile over a whole circumference of the inside hole is in a range of 0.55 to −0.55, and

Sk is given by

Sk

=

i

=

1

n

R

i

3

n

σ

3

(

1

)

where n is the number of samples, and n=3600, R i is an ith difference between the shape profile and a least-square-approximated circle of the shape profile on a line drawn to the least-square-approximated circle of the shape profile from a center of a circle calculated by a least-square approximation of the shape profile over the whole circumference of the inside hole, and σ is a standard deviation.

2. The glass substrate for a magnetic disk as recited in claim 1 , wherein a value (Ku−3) obtained by subtracting 3 from Ku calculated from the shape profile over the whole circumference of the inside hole is in a range of 1.6 to −1.6, and

Ku is given by

Ku

=

i

=

1

n

R

i

4

n

σ

4

(

3

)

where n is the number of samples, and n=3600, R i is an ith difference between the shape profile and a least-square-approximated circle of the shape profile on a line drawn to the least-square-approximated circle of the shape profile from a center of a circle calculated by a least-square approximation of the shape profile of the inside hole, and σ is a standard deviation.

3. The glass substrate for a magnetic disk as recited in claim 1 , wherein a circularity of the inside hole is 3 μm or less.

4. The glass substrate for a magnetic disk as recited in claim 1 , wherein the glass substrate is used for a magnetic disk having a storage capacity of at least 80 GBytes per one 2.5-inch disk.

5. The glass substrate for a magnetic disk as recited in claim 1 , wherein a value of AC calculated by using a value of Sk ID calculated from the shape profile over the whole circumference of the inside hole, a value of Sk OD calculated from a shape profile of an outer circumference of the glass substrate for a magnetic disk, and a value of a concentricity C is 9.6 μm or less,

AC is given by

A

C

=

C

(

1

+

Sk

OD

Sk

ID

)

(

4

)

Sk ID is given by

Sk

ID

=

i

=

1

n

R

i

3

n

σ

3

(

5

)

where n is the number of samples, R i is an ith difference between the shape profile and a least-square-approximated circle of the shape profile on a line drawn to the least-square-approximated circle of the shape profile from a center of a circle calculated by a least-square approximation of the shape profile over the whole circumference of the inside hole, and σ is a standard deviation, and

Sk OD is given by

Sk

OD

=

i

=

1

n

R

i

3

n

σ

3

(

6

)

where n is the number of samples, R i is an ith difference between the shape profile and a least-square-approximated circle of the shape profile on a line drawn to the least-square-approximated circle of the shape profile with the smallest value of the shape profile from a center of a circle calculated by a least-square approximation of the shape profile of the outer circumference, and σ is a standard deviation.

6. The glass substrate for a magnetic disk as recited in claim 1 , wherein an M-value calculated from a relationship between a radial position from a center of the glass substrate for a magnetic disk and a thickness at that radial position is within 20×10 6 mm 3 , and the M-value is given by

M

=

i

=

0

n

r

i

2

Δ

t

i

(

7

)

Δ

t

i

=

t

i

-

t

0

(

8

)

where n is the number of samples, r i is a radius of a measurement point, t i is a thickness at the measurement point, and t 0 is a thickness at an initial measurement point (thickness of an inner circumferential edge).

7. A magnetic recording medium comprising:

the glass substrate for a magnetic disk as recited in claim 1 ; and

an underlayer, a magnetic layer, a protective layer, and a lubricating layer provided on a main surface of the glass substrate.

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 Dec 21, 2012
From: NISHIMORI, KENICHI
To: HOYA CORPORATION; HOYA GLASS DISK (THAILAND) LTD.
Reel/Frame 029521/0618 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-221366 · Oct 5, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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