US4565772A
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Process of using radiation-sensitive carrier body to form stamper structure and subsequent use as a stamper to make optical disks
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1984-07-12
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Granted: 1986-01-21
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Expires: 2004-07-12
Abstract
Abstract A radiation-sensitive carrier body directly utilized as a stamper has a glass substrate, a first highly adhesive layer securely adhered to the substrate, a radiation-sensitive layer which discharges a gas component upon being irradiated with a laser beam and which locally forms a protuberance due to the absorbed energy, a second highly adhesive layer securely adhered to the specific material of the radiation-sensitive layer and which deforms in accordance with deformation of the layer, and a metal layer which has a high releasability to allow easy separation from a optical disk substrate material such as an acrylic material when the carrier body is used as a stamper substrate for manufacturing optical disks. A protuberance formed on the carrier body such as a continuous spiral protuberance allows formation of a corresponding spiral groove in the acrylic material, serving as a pre-track into which desired information will be digitally written by a user.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshikatsu Takeoka
- 👤 Nobuaki Yasuda
- 👤 Akio Hori
- 👤 Norio Ozawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 22:10
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/24; G11B7/26; G11B23/00; G11B23/0057; G11B7/241; G11B7/242; G11B7/243; G11B2007/24302; G11B2007/24306; G11B2007/2431; G11B2007/24312; G11B2007/24314; G11B2007/24316; G11B2007/24318; G11B2007/24322; G11B2007/24328; G11B7/252; G11B7/253; G11B7/2531; G11B7/256; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/146; Y10S430/165
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
268 words
A method for manufacturing a stamper structure which is used to manufacture optical disks, comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a disk-shaped carrier body which has a radiation-sensitive layer which serves as a single recording layer which absorbs energy froma beam with which said layer is irradiated and which locally expands and deforms due to discharging of a gas component contained therein, a substrate for supporting said radiation-sensitive layer, and a first adhesive layer which is interposed between said substrate and said radiation-sensitive layer and which adheres said radiation-sensitive layer to said substrate; (b) additionally providing said carrier body with a metal layer, which has a releasability sufficient to easily separate it from a disk substrate made of a preselected material for manufacturing optical disks, and a second adhesive layer which is provided between said radiation-sensitive layer and said metal layer and which has an adhesion strength sufficient to effectively adhere said metal layer to said radiation-sensitive layer; (c) irradiating, after said metal layer and said second adhesive layer are additionally prepared, a focussed radiation beam to form on said carrier body a spot having a diameter of the order of microns, in a manner as to cause said radiation-sensitive layer to absorb energy of the beam and deform due to the discharging of the gas component, thereby forming a protuberance in said metal layer of said carrier body; and (d) directly using the carrier body having said protuberance as a stamper structure for manufacturing optical disks each of which comprises a substrate in a surface of which a groove corresponding in shape to the protubuerance is formed.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
268 words
A method for manufacturing a stamper structure which is used to manufacture optical disks, comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a disk-shaped carrier body which has a radiation-sensitive layer which serves as a single recording layer which absorbs energy froma beam with which said layer is irradiated and which locally expands and deforms due to discharging of a gas component contained therein, a substrate for supporting said radiation-sensitive layer, and a first adhesive layer which is interposed between said substrate and said radiation-sensitive layer and which adheres said radiation-sensitive layer to said substrate; (b) additionally providing said carrier body with a metal layer, which has a releasability sufficient to easily separate it from a disk substrate made of a preselected material for manufacturing optical disks, and a second adhesive layer which is provided between said radiation-sensitive layer and said metal layer and which has an adhesion strength sufficient to effectively adhere said metal layer to said radiation-sensitive layer; (c) irradiating, after said metal layer and said second adhesive layer are additionally prepared, a focussed radiation beam to form on said carrier body a spot having a diameter of the order of microns, in a manner as to cause said radiation-sensitive layer to absorb energy of the beam and deform due to the discharging of the gas component, thereby forming a protuberance in said metal layer of said carrier body; and (d) directly using the carrier body having said protuberance as a stamper structure for manufacturing optical disks each of which comprises a substrate in a surface of which a groove corresponding in shape to the protubuerance is formed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein a laser beam is irradiated onto the carrier body having said metal layer and said second adhesive layer which are additionally formed on said radiation-sensitive layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein a specific metal layer which has high releasability sufficient to be easily separated from disk substrates made of a resin is used as said metal layer, said second adhesive layer being interposed between said radiation-sensitive layer and said specific metal layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of forming said protuberance on said carrier body includes the step of: rotating said carrier body while irradiating said carrier body with a laser beam of a substantially uniform intensity so as to form, on said rotating carrier body, said protuberance corresponding to a desired pre-groove serving as a track of the optical disks.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
67 words
The method according to claim 4, wherein said step of forming said protuberance on said carrier body includes the step of: rotating said carrier body while irradiating said carrier body which is being rotated with a continuous laser beam and moving the continuous laser beam in a radial direction of said carrier body, thereby forming a continuous spiral protuberance on said radiation-sensitive layer of said carrier body.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
74 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of forming said protuberance on said carrier body includes the step of: rotating said carrier body while radiating a pulse-modulated laser beam digitally representing information onto said rotating carrier body, thereby forming a plurality of said protuberances on said radiation-sensitive layer of said carrier body, whereby when said carrier body is directly used as a stamper structure, read-only optical disks with data pre-pits are manufactured.
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