US20050045472A1 - Vacuum arc evaporation apparatus and method, and magnetic recording medium formed thereby - Google Patents
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- a diamond-like carbon (DLC) film, formed of carbon, is suitable for a wear or abrasive resistant layer of a magnetic recording medium because it has an excellent surface smoothness and a high hardness.
- Such a hard coating has been typically formed via a sputtering method, a plasma CVD method, or a vacuum arc evaporation method.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example of an arrangement of a filtered cathodic arc (FCA) evaporation apparatus currently used in a vacuum arc evaporation method.
- FCA filtered cathodic arc
- a cathode material plasma P is generated at an arc source Sa.
- the plasma P is guided as a cathode material plasma beam Pb to a substrate 13 , which is held in a deposition vacuum chamber 14 having a shutter 19 .
- the magnetic filter 10 has a stainless steel pipe 11 bent in a quarter circular-arc-shape as a core, on which an electromagnet coil 12 is provided. Between the magnetic filter 10 and the deposition vacuum chamber 14 , a raster coil 18 is provided. With this arrangement, a film of cathode material ions can be formed on the substrate 13 .
- the formed film When carbon (graphite) is used as the cathode material or target in the vacuum arc evaporation apparatus, the formed film has a tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) structure, containing no hydrogen, but rich in sp 3 bond carbon, with a high hardness.
- ta-C tetrahedral amorphous carbon
- a vacuum arc discharge is induced between the cathode target 16 and an anode 17 by contacting a striker 15 with the surface of the cathode target 16 to thereby generate the cathode material plasma P.
- a cathode spot of the discharge circumvents the cathode target 16 , making it difficult to discharge the cathode material plasma beam Pb toward the desired direction.
- Examples of an arrangement of the arc source Sa are disclosed in JP-A-2002-32907 and JP-A-2002-88466. To stably maintain arc discharge in the above arrangements, specialized arrangement of the arc source and the method of generating the arc discharge must be considered. Furthermore, in the arrangement disclosed in the latter reference, it is difficult to provide a cooling mechanism for the magnetic material.
- the present invention relates to a vacuum arc evaporation apparatus, a vacuum arc evaporation method, and a magnetic recording medium formed thereby.
- a vacuum arc evaporation apparatus and a vacuum arc evaporation method that can be used for forming a hard coating of a wear resistant material or an abrasive resistant material on a magnetic recording medium as an overcoat layer.
- the vacuum arc evaporation apparatus can include a deposition vacuum chamber, a discharge unit, and a plasma unit.
- the discharge unit discharges an arc of an ungrounded cathode material or target to form a cathode-material plasma.
- the plasma guiding unit is disposed between the deposition vacuum chamber and the discharge unit and guides the cathode-material plasma to the deposition vacuum chamber by an induced magnetic field to deposit the cathode target on the substrate.
- the discharge unit can include an electrically grounded discharge vacuum chamber, which contains the ungrounded cathode target therein, a first generating unit provided inside the discharge vacuum chamber to generate a first magnetic field, and a second generating unit provided around the discharge vacuum chamber to generate a second magnetic field.
- the ungrounded cathode target is positioned away from the plasma guiding unit and the first generating unit is positioned between the plasma guiding unit and the cathode target.
- the first magnetic field can extend substantially along a first direction
- the second magnetic field can extend substantially along a second direction, which is substantially opposite to the first direction.
- the first direction can extend substantially in a direction from the cathode target toward the first generating unit
- the second direction can extend substantially in the opposite direction of the first direction, namely from the first generating unit toward the cathode target.
- the first generating unit can be an electrically ungrounded coiled or coil-type anode disposed along the inside of the discharge vacuum chamber, and the direction of the center axis of the coil-type anode can be substantially parallel with the direction from the cathode target to the first generating unit.
- the second generating unit can be a coil provided along the outside of the discharge vacuum chamber, and the direction of the center axis of the coil can be substantially parallel with the direction from the cathode target to the first generating unit.
- the discharge vacuum chamber can have a tubular shape and can be provided with an insulating material between the inner surface of the discharge vacuum chamber and the first generating unit.
- the apparatus can include a cooling unit for preventing the cathode target, the first generating unit, and the discharge vacuum chamber from being overheated by the arc discharge.
- the deposition material can be carbon.
- the substrate can include a magnetic recording layer. When the carbon is deposited on the magnetic recording layer, it forms an overcoat layer having a tetrahedral amorphous carbon structure with a high hardness.
- Another aspect of the present invention is the method of depositing a film on to a substrate, with the above-described vacuum arc evaporation apparatus.
- the method comprises the steps of evacuating the deposition vacuum chamber containing the substrate, generating the cathode material plasma by arc discharging the cathode target with the discharge unit, and depositing the cathode target on the substrate by guiding the cathode material plasma to the deposition vacuum chamber with the plasma guiding unit.
- Another aspect of the present invention is a magnetic recording medium formed by depositing the overcoat layer on the substrate with the magnetic layer according to the above-described method.
- Another aspect of the present invention is a magnetic recording medium formed by the above-described apparatus.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example of an arrangement of a currently used vacuum arc evaporation apparatus.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a principal part of an embodiment of a vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to the present invention.
- the present vacuum arc evaporation apparatus can include a deposition vacuum chamber 14 , a discharge unit Sa for discharging arc from a cathode target 2 , which is made of a deposition material for depositing on a substrate disposed in the deposition vacuum chamber, and a plasma guiding unit 10 disposed between the deposition vacuum chamber and the discharge unit for guiding the cathode material plasma generated by the arc discharge to the deposition vacuum chamber by an induced magnetic field, which can be generated by feeding a current to a coil of the plasma guiding unit, to deposit the cathode target on the substrate.
- the discharge unit can include an arc source discharge vacuum chamber 1 containing the cathode target 2 .
- the discharge vacuum chamber is electrically grounded while the cathode target 2 is electrically ungrounded and made of the deposition material.
- An anode 3 which is also electrically ungrounded, can be provided as a first generating unit, which can be arranged between the cathode target 2 and the plasma guiding unit 10 to generate a first magnetic field by feeding a current for the arc discharge.
- the discharge unit can include a unit or means for supplying power for the arc discharge, a unit or means for starting the arc discharge, and a unit or means for generating a second magnetic field as a second generating unit provided around the discharge vacuum chamber.
- the unit for generating a magnetic field generates the second magnetic field in the discharge vacuum chamber in the direction substantially opposite to the direction of the first magnetic field generated by the anode. This stably maintains the vacuum arc discharge at the arc source when carrying out deposition.
- FIG. 2 illustrates an arrangement of a principal part of an embodiment of a vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to the present invention.
- the other part (the part on the left side of a magnetic filter 10 shown in phantom) of the vacuum arc evaporation apparatus can have the same arrangement as that shown in FIG. 1 .
- the arc source Sa can be a cylindrical stainless pipe with an outer diameter of 76 mm and an inner diameter of 70 mm as a main body of the discharge vacuum chamber 1 , which is electrically grounded.
- the cathode target 2 of the arc source Sa can be a cylindrical graphite (carbon) at a purity of 99.999% with a diameter of 30 mm and a length of 30 mm, disposed inside the discharge vacuum chamber 1 , while being isolated (not electrically grounded).
- the cathode target or cathode 2 can be connected to a DC arc power supply Es 2 .
- An anode 3 can be a copper tube in having a diameter of 4 mm formed in a coil configuration with a length 1 of a winding portion being 60 mm and the number of winding of 9 turns, disposed inside the discharge vacuum chamber 1 , while being isolated (not electrically grounded).
- the anode 3 is connected to a DC arc power supply Es 2 .
- An arc current flowing in the coil-type anode 3 generates a magnetic field substantially in the direction A toward the anode 3 from the cathode 2 .
- a striker 4 is provided together with a striker power supply Es 1 .
- the striker 4 is in the ground potential and is provided for starting the arc discharge by contacting the surface of the cathode 2 .
- the cathode 2 , the anode 3 , and the discharge vacuum chamber 1 can be cooled, such as with a cooling fluid or liquid, i.e., water, to prevent overheating when the arc discharge is carried out.
- a cooling fluid or liquid i.e., water
- copper tubes 5 a, 5 b can be used to circulate water to cool the anode 3 .
- the copper tube 5 a also can be used to connect the anode 3 to the DC arc power supply Es 2 .
- Cooling liquid also can be circulated through cooling spaces 6 a and 6 b for cooling the arc source vacuum chamber 1 .
- a Helmholtz-coil-type external coil which includes an around-cathode coil 7 and an around-anode coil 8 , for generating a magnetic field in the discharge vacuum chamber 1 is formed.
- an insulator 9 such as quartz glass, is disposed between the inner peripheral surface of the arc source vacuum chamber 1 and the anode 3 .
- the magnetic filter 10 (similarly arranged to that shown in FIG. 1 ) can be an electromagnetic coil with a quarter circular-arc stainless steel pipe, having an outer diameter of 76 mm, an inner diameter of 70 mm and a radius of curvature of 300 mm, taken as a core, on which a polyester covered copper wire having a diameter of 2 mm is wound.
- the number of turns per unit length of the winding of the electromagnetic coil can be 1000 turns/m.
- the vacuum arc deposition apparatus has the magnetic filter 10 and the arc source Sa provided independently of each other. Therefore, the magnetic field generated by the magnetic filter 10 exerts no adverse effect on the maintenance of the arc discharge. In other word, enhancement of transport efficiency of the plasma and maintenance of the plasma discharge can be independently controlled to make it possible to stably maintain the vacuum arc discharge at the arc source for carrying out excellent deposition.
- a magnetic field along a first direction (in the direction of A) is generated at the coil-type anode 3 at about 0.02 T, and an arc discharge was started by operating the striker 4 with a magnetic field of about 0.002 T generated between the cathode 2 and the anode 3 in the direction toward the cathode 2 from the anode 3 (opposite to the first direction A) by feeding a specified current to both the around-cathode coil 7 and the around-anode coil 8 of the Helmholtz-coil-type external coil.
- the arc voltage and current were 30V and 120 A, respectively.
- a tetrahedral amorphous carbon film can be deposited for a desired time on a substrate to be coated (not shown) in the deposition chamber.
- the tetrahedral amorphous carbon film can be deposited for a desired time on the substrate to be coated (not shown) in the deposition chamber.
- a disk with a magnetic recording layer was disposed in the deposition vacuum chamber, and an overcoat layer was formed on the disk, by which a magnetic recording medium can be manufactured.
- the overcoat layer formed this way used graphite (carbon) as the cathode material to therefore permit a formation of a film of a tetrahedral amorphous carbon containing no hydrogen, but rich in sp 3 bond carbon and having a high hardness.
Abstract
In a vacuum arc evaporation apparatus, to stably maintain vacuum arc discharge at an arc source when depositing a cathode material on a substrate, namely a magnetic recording medium, an ungrounded anode of a coil-type tube is placed inside an arc source discharge vacuum chamber. A DC arc power supply is connected between the cathode and the anode to cause an arc current to flow in the anode to generate a first magnetic field in one direction, from the cathode toward the anode. A second magnetic field is generated in the opposite direction, from the anode to the cathode by feeding a specified current to an external coil positioned around the discharge chamber. The external coil includes an around-cathode coil and an around-anode coil. The arc discharge can be started by operating a striker to carry out the deposition.
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- A diamond-like carbon (DLC) film, formed of carbon, is suitable for a wear or abrasive resistant layer of a magnetic recording medium because it has an excellent surface smoothness and a high hardness. Such a hard coating has been typically formed via a sputtering method, a plasma CVD method, or a vacuum arc evaporation method.
FIG. 1 illustrates an example of an arrangement of a filtered cathodic arc (FCA) evaporation apparatus currently used in a vacuum arc evaporation method. - In the example of the arrangement in
FIG. 1 , a cathode material plasma P is generated at an arc source Sa. With the use of amagnetic filter 10, the plasma P is guided as a cathode material plasma beam Pb to asubstrate 13, which is held in a deposition vacuum chamber 14 having ashutter 19. Themagnetic filter 10 has astainless steel pipe 11 bent in a quarter circular-arc-shape as a core, on which anelectromagnet coil 12 is provided. Between themagnetic filter 10 and the deposition vacuum chamber 14, araster coil 18 is provided. With this arrangement, a film of cathode material ions can be formed on thesubstrate 13. When carbon (graphite) is used as the cathode material or target in the vacuum arc evaporation apparatus, the formed film has a tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) structure, containing no hydrogen, but rich in sp3 bond carbon, with a high hardness. - At the arc source Sa in the above arrangement, with the deposition material taken as a
cathode target 16, a vacuum arc discharge is induced between thecathode target 16 and ananode 17 by contacting astriker 15 with the surface of thecathode target 16 to thereby generate the cathode material plasma P. However, with this arrangement, it is difficult to stably maintain the arc discharge. Moreover, another problem is that a cathode spot of the discharge circumvents thecathode target 16, making it difficult to discharge the cathode material plasma beam Pb toward the desired direction. - Examples of an arrangement of the arc source Sa are disclosed in JP-A-2002-32907 and JP-A-2002-88466. To stably maintain arc discharge in the above arrangements, specialized arrangement of the arc source and the method of generating the arc discharge must be considered. Furthermore, in the arrangement disclosed in the latter reference, it is difficult to provide a cooling mechanism for the magnetic material.
- Accordingly, there is a need for a vacuum arc evaporation apparatus or method provided with a vacuum arc discharge unit that can stably maintain vacuum arc discharge at an arc source. The present invention addresses this need.
- The present invention relates to a vacuum arc evaporation apparatus, a vacuum arc evaporation method, and a magnetic recording medium formed thereby. In particular, to a vacuum arc evaporation apparatus and a vacuum arc evaporation method that can be used for forming a hard coating of a wear resistant material or an abrasive resistant material on a magnetic recording medium as an overcoat layer.
- One aspect of the present invention is the vacuum arc evaporation apparatus. It can include a deposition vacuum chamber, a discharge unit, and a plasma unit. The discharge unit discharges an arc of an ungrounded cathode material or target to form a cathode-material plasma. The plasma guiding unit is disposed between the deposition vacuum chamber and the discharge unit and guides the cathode-material plasma to the deposition vacuum chamber by an induced magnetic field to deposit the cathode target on the substrate. The discharge unit can include an electrically grounded discharge vacuum chamber, which contains the ungrounded cathode target therein, a first generating unit provided inside the discharge vacuum chamber to generate a first magnetic field, and a second generating unit provided around the discharge vacuum chamber to generate a second magnetic field.
- The ungrounded cathode target is positioned away from the plasma guiding unit and the first generating unit is positioned between the plasma guiding unit and the cathode target. The first magnetic field can extend substantially along a first direction, and the second magnetic field can extend substantially along a second direction, which is substantially opposite to the first direction. The first direction can extend substantially in a direction from the cathode target toward the first generating unit, and the second direction can extend substantially in the opposite direction of the first direction, namely from the first generating unit toward the cathode target.
- The first generating unit can be an electrically ungrounded coiled or coil-type anode disposed along the inside of the discharge vacuum chamber, and the direction of the center axis of the coil-type anode can be substantially parallel with the direction from the cathode target to the first generating unit. The second generating unit can be a coil provided along the outside of the discharge vacuum chamber, and the direction of the center axis of the coil can be substantially parallel with the direction from the cathode target to the first generating unit.
- The discharge vacuum chamber can have a tubular shape and can be provided with an insulating material between the inner surface of the discharge vacuum chamber and the first generating unit. The apparatus can include a cooling unit for preventing the cathode target, the first generating unit, and the discharge vacuum chamber from being overheated by the arc discharge.
- The deposition material can be carbon. The substrate can include a magnetic recording layer. When the carbon is deposited on the magnetic recording layer, it forms an overcoat layer having a tetrahedral amorphous carbon structure with a high hardness.
- Another aspect of the present invention is the method of depositing a film on to a substrate, with the above-described vacuum arc evaporation apparatus. The method comprises the steps of evacuating the deposition vacuum chamber containing the substrate, generating the cathode material plasma by arc discharging the cathode target with the discharge unit, and depositing the cathode target on the substrate by guiding the cathode material plasma to the deposition vacuum chamber with the plasma guiding unit.
- Another aspect of the present invention is a magnetic recording medium formed by depositing the overcoat layer on the substrate with the magnetic layer according to the above-described method.
- Another aspect of the present invention is a magnetic recording medium formed by the above-described apparatus.
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FIG. 1 illustrates an example of an arrangement of a currently used vacuum arc evaporation apparatus. -
FIG. 2 illustrates a principal part of an embodiment of a vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to the present invention. - The present vacuum arc evaporation apparatus can include a deposition vacuum chamber 14, a discharge unit Sa for discharging arc from a
cathode target 2, which is made of a deposition material for depositing on a substrate disposed in the deposition vacuum chamber, and aplasma guiding unit 10 disposed between the deposition vacuum chamber and the discharge unit for guiding the cathode material plasma generated by the arc discharge to the deposition vacuum chamber by an induced magnetic field, which can be generated by feeding a current to a coil of the plasma guiding unit, to deposit the cathode target on the substrate. - Referring to
FIG. 2 , the discharge unit can include an arc sourcedischarge vacuum chamber 1 containing thecathode target 2. The discharge vacuum chamber is electrically grounded while thecathode target 2 is electrically ungrounded and made of the deposition material. Ananode 3, which is also electrically ungrounded, can be provided as a first generating unit, which can be arranged between thecathode target 2 and theplasma guiding unit 10 to generate a first magnetic field by feeding a current for the arc discharge. The discharge unit can include a unit or means for supplying power for the arc discharge, a unit or means for starting the arc discharge, and a unit or means for generating a second magnetic field as a second generating unit provided around the discharge vacuum chamber. The unit for generating a magnetic field generates the second magnetic field in the discharge vacuum chamber in the direction substantially opposite to the direction of the first magnetic field generated by the anode. This stably maintains the vacuum arc discharge at the arc source when carrying out deposition. - Note that
FIG. 2 illustrates an arrangement of a principal part of an embodiment of a vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to the present invention. The other part (the part on the left side of amagnetic filter 10 shown in phantom) of the vacuum arc evaporation apparatus can have the same arrangement as that shown inFIG. 1 . According to the present apparatus, the arc source Sa can be a cylindrical stainless pipe with an outer diameter of 76 mm and an inner diameter of 70 mm as a main body of thedischarge vacuum chamber 1, which is electrically grounded. Thecathode target 2 of the arc source Sa can be a cylindrical graphite (carbon) at a purity of 99.999% with a diameter of 30 mm and a length of 30 mm, disposed inside thedischarge vacuum chamber 1, while being isolated (not electrically grounded). The cathode target orcathode 2 can be connected to a DC arc power supply Es2. Ananode 3 can be a copper tube in having a diameter of 4 mm formed in a coil configuration with alength 1 of a winding portion being 60 mm and the number of winding of 9 turns, disposed inside thedischarge vacuum chamber 1, while being isolated (not electrically grounded). Theanode 3 is connected to a DC arc power supply Es2. An arc current flowing in the coil-type anode 3 generates a magnetic field substantially in the direction A toward theanode 3 from thecathode 2. - Still referring to
FIG. 2 , astriker 4 is provided together with a striker power supply Es1. Thestriker 4 is in the ground potential and is provided for starting the arc discharge by contacting the surface of thecathode 2. Thecathode 2, theanode 3, and thedischarge vacuum chamber 1 can be cooled, such as with a cooling fluid or liquid, i.e., water, to prevent overheating when the arc discharge is carried out. For example,copper tubes anode 3. Thecopper tube 5 a also can be used to connect theanode 3 to the DC arc power supply Es2. Cooling liquid also can be circulated throughcooling spaces source vacuum chamber 1. Around the arcsource vacuum chamber 1, a Helmholtz-coil-type external coil, which includes an around-cathode coil 7 and an around-anode coil 8, for generating a magnetic field in thedischarge vacuum chamber 1 is formed. Furthermore, between the inner peripheral surface of the arcsource vacuum chamber 1 and theanode 3, an insulator 9, such as quartz glass, is disposed. - The magnetic filter 10 (similarly arranged to that shown in
FIG. 1 ) can be an electromagnetic coil with a quarter circular-arc stainless steel pipe, having an outer diameter of 76 mm, an inner diameter of 70 mm and a radius of curvature of 300 mm, taken as a core, on which a polyester covered copper wire having a diameter of 2 mm is wound. The number of turns per unit length of the winding of the electromagnetic coil can be 1000 turns/m. - The vacuum arc deposition apparatus according to the present invention has the
magnetic filter 10 and the arc source Sa provided independently of each other. Therefore, the magnetic field generated by themagnetic filter 10 exerts no adverse effect on the maintenance of the arc discharge. In other word, enhancement of transport efficiency of the plasma and maintenance of the plasma discharge can be independently controlled to make it possible to stably maintain the vacuum arc discharge at the arc source for carrying out excellent deposition. - Examples of the vacuum arc evaporation method, carried out by using the vacuum arc evaporation apparatus with the above arrangement, will be explained below.
- In the first Example, a magnetic field along a first direction (in the direction of A) is generated at the coil-
type anode 3 at about 0.02 T, and an arc discharge was started by operating thestriker 4 with a magnetic field of about 0.002 T generated between thecathode 2 and theanode 3 in the direction toward thecathode 2 from the anode 3 (opposite to the first direction A) by feeding a specified current to both the around-cathode coil 7 and the around-anode coil 8 of the Helmholtz-coil-type external coil. The arc voltage and current were 30V and 120 A, respectively. After the arc discharge was started by operating thestriker 4, even though the voltage of the striker power supply Es1 was then turned off, the arc discharge was stably maintained between thecathode 2 and theanode 3. Furthermore, no cathode spot of the discharge went around thecathode target 2 to allow the carbon plasma to be guided by themagnetic filter 10 to the deposition chamber 14. Thus, a tetrahedral amorphous carbon film can be deposited for a desired time on a substrate to be coated (not shown) in the deposition chamber. - In the second Example, with the apparatus shown in
FIG. 2 , a test was carried out with a magnetic field of about 0.001 T generated between thecathode 2 and theanode 3 in the direction toward thecathode 2 from the anode 3 (opposite to the direction A) by feeding a current only to the around-cathode coil 7 or to the around-anode coil 8 included in the Helmholtz-coil-type external coil. The other conditions were the same as those in the first Example. In all of the cases, after the arc discharge was started by operating thestriker 4, even though the voltage of the striker power supply Es1 was then turned off, the arc discharge was stably maintained between thecathode 2 and theanode 3. Furthermore, no cathode spot of the discharge went around thecathode target 2 to allow the carbon material plasma to be guided by themagnetic filter 10 to the deposition chamber (not shown). Thus, the tetrahedral amorphous carbon film can be deposited for a desired time on the substrate to be coated (not shown) in the deposition chamber. - In the first Comparative Example, in the apparatus shown in
FIG. 2 , a test was carried out with no current fed to any of the around-cathode coil 7 and the around-anode coil 8 of the Helmholtz-coil-type external coil. The other conditions were the same as those in the first Example. Here, although arc discharge was started by operating thestriker 4, however, when the voltage of the striker power supply Es1 was turned off, the arc discharge stopped. - In the second Comparative Example, in the apparatus of
FIG. 2 , a test was carried out with current fed to both and one of the around-cathode coil 7 and the around-anode coil 8 of the Helmholtz-coil-type external coil, but with the magnetic field generated in the direction toward theanode 3 from the cathode 2 (in the direction A). The other conditions were the same as those in the first Example. Here, in all of the respective cases of feeding current to both of the around-cathode coil 7 and the around-anode coil 8, to only the around-cathode coil 7, and to only the around-anode coil 8, even the starting of the arc discharge was not possible by operating thestriker 4. - In the third Comparative Example, in the apparatus of
FIG. 2 , a test was carried out with the magnetic field generated by feeding current to the Helmholtz-coil-type external coil so that the magnetic field generated by the around-cathode coil 7 and the magnetic field generated by the around-anode coil 8 are in the opposite directions, namely toward each other or away from each other. The other conditions were the same as those in the first Example. Here, in all of the cases, although arc discharge was started by operating thestriker 4, however, when the voltage of the striker power supply Es1 was turned off, the arc discharge stopped. - In the third Example, with a vacuum arc deposition method of the first or second Example a disk with a magnetic recording layer was disposed in the deposition vacuum chamber, and an overcoat layer was formed on the disk, by which a magnetic recording medium can be manufactured. The overcoat layer formed this way used graphite (carbon) as the cathode material to therefore permit a formation of a film of a tetrahedral amorphous carbon containing no hydrogen, but rich in sp3 bond carbon and having a high hardness.
- Given the disclosure of the present invention, one versed in the art would appreciate that there may be other embodiments and modifications within the scope and spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, all modifications and equivalents attainable by one versed in the art from the present disclosure within the scope and spirit of the present invention are to be included as further embodiments of the present invention. The scope of the present invention accordingly is to be defined as set forth in the appended claims.
- The disclosure of the priority application, JP 2003-272059, in its entirety, including the drawings, claims, and the specification thereof, is incorporated herein by reference.
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1. A vacuum arc evaporation apparatus comprising:
a deposition vacuum chamber;
a discharge unit that discharges an arc of an ungrounded cathode target to form a cathode-material plasma; and
a plasma guiding unit disposed between the deposition vacuum chamber and the discharge unit for guiding the cathode-material plasma to the deposition vacuum chamber by an induced magnetic field to deposit the cathode target on the substrate,
wherein the discharge unit comprises an electrically grounded discharge vacuum chamber, a first generating unit provided inside the discharge vacuum chamber to generate a first magnetic field, and a second generating unit provided around the discharge vacuum chamber to generate a second magnetic field,
wherein the ungrounded cathode target is located in the discharge vacuum chamber.
2. The vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the ungrounded cathode target is positioned away from the plasma guiding unit and the first generating unit is positioned between the plasma guiding unit and the cathode target.
3. The vacuum arc evaporating apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first magnetic field extends substantially along a first direction, and the second magnetic field extends substantially along a second direction, which is substantially opposite to the first direction.
4. The vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first direction extends substantially along a direction extending substantially from the cathode target toward the first generating unit, and the second direction extends substantially along a direction extending substantially from the first generating unit toward the cathode target.
5. The vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first generating unit is an electrically ungrounded coil-type anode provided along the inside of the discharge vacuum chamber, and the direction of the center axis of the coil-type anode is substantially parallel with the direction from the cathode target to the first generating unit.
6. The vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second generating unit is a coil provided along the outside of the discharge vacuum chamber, and the direction of the center axis of the coil is substantially parallel with the direction from the cathode target to the first generating unit.
7. The vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the discharge vacuum chamber has a tubular shape and is provided with an insulating material between the inner surface of the discharge vacuum chamber and the first generating unit.
8. The vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to claim 1 , further including a cooling unit for preventing the cathode target, the first generating unit, and the discharge vacuum chamber from being overheated by the arc discharge.
9. The vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the deposition material is carbon.
10. The vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate has a magnetic recording layer.
11. The vacuum arc evaporation apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the carbon is deposited on the magnetic recording layer to form an overcoat layer having a tetrahedral amorphous carbon structure with a high hardness.
12. A method of depositing a film on to substrate, with a vacuum arc evaporation apparatus comprising: a deposition vacuum chamber; a discharge unit that discharges an arc of an ungrounded cathode target to form a cathode-material plasma; and a plasma guiding unit disposed between the deposition vacuum chamber and the discharge unit for guiding the cathode-material plasma to the deposition vacuum chamber by an induced magnetic field to deposit the cathode target on the substrate, wherein the discharge unit comprises an electrically grounded discharge vacuum chamber, a first generating unit provided inside the discharge vacuum chamber to generate a first magnetic field, and a second generating unit provided around the discharge vacuum chamber to generate a second magnetic field, wherein the ungrounded cathode target is located in the discharge vacuum chamber, the method comprising steps of:
evacuating the deposition vacuum chamber containing a substrate;
generating the cathode material plasma by arc discharging the cathode target with the discharge unit; and
depositing the cathode target on the substrate by guiding the cathode material plasma to the deposition vacuum chamber with the plasma guiding unit.
13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the deposition material is carbon.
14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the substrate has a magnetic recording layer and the cathode material is deposited on the magnetic layer as an overcoat layer.
15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the deposition material is carbon to form the overcoat layer having a tetrahedral amorphous carbon structure with a high hardness.
16. A magnetic recording medium formed by depositing the overcoat layer on the substrate with the magnetic layer according to the method of claim 14 .
17. A magnetic recording medium formed by depositing the carbon on the substrate with the magnetic layer according to the method of claim 15 .
18. A magnetic recording medium formed by the apparatus of claim 10 .
19. A magnetic recording medium formed by the apparatus of claim 11.
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