Patent ID: 7449221

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a metallic thin film type magnetic recording medium comprising: arranging an initial substance of said recording medium in opposition to a plasma discharge electrode, said initial substance comprising a non-magnetic support base, a metallic layer capable of functioning as a metallic electrode formed on a first surface of said non-magnetic support base and a metallic magnetic layer formed on said metallic layer to have a thickness of 50 nm or less, and forming a protection film of diamond like carbon on a surface of said initial substance of said recording medium by way of generating plasma discharge while feeding raw material gas between said metallic magnetic layer and said plasma discharge electrode, wherein the metallic layer and the metallic magnetic layer have a combined specific resistance equal to or less than 31×10 −6 Ωm before deposition of the protection film so that a deposition rate of the protective film is maintained at or above 320 nm/min between 320 nm/min and 430 nm/min, wherein the metallic layer is aluminum and the metallic magnetic layer is cobalt.