Patent ID: 7936537

Claim:
A magnetic recording medium comprising: a plurality of recording tracks formed on a substrate, each recording track being formed of a magnetic material; and non-recording sections formed on the substrate, each non-recording section separating adjacent recoding tracks, each recording track including a plurality of recording sections and connecting sections for connecting the recording sections adjacent thereto in a track longitudinal direction, each connecting section having a cross-sectional area in a track width direction that is smaller than a cross-sectional area in a track width direction of adjacent recording sections, and a height of the connecting section being smaller than a height of the recording section, wherein the cross-sectional area in the track width direction of each connecting section has a smallest value, and wherein the cross-sectional area in the track width direction of each connecting section decreases as a distance from one of the two adjacent recording sections increases until the cross-sectional area reaches the smallest value, and then increases as a distance to the other recording section decreases.