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Optical memory element and manufacturing method thereof
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1988-08-08
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Granted: 1990-05-15
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Expires: 2008-08-08
Abstract
Abstract A method for manufacturing an optical memory element including the steps of disposing a resist film on a substrate, placing a photo-mask carrying a guide groove pattern on the resist film so as to position the photo-mask over a predetermined position of the substrate, forming a guide groove pattern latent image on the resist film, developing the guide groove pattern latent image formed on the resist film, conducting an etching operation through the developed guide groove pattern as to form guide grooves in the substrate, removing the resist film from the substrate, and disposing a recording medium layer on the substrate having the guide grooves formed therein.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Ohta
- 👤 Junji Hirokane
- 👤 Akira Takahashi
- 👤 Tetsuya Inui
- 👤 Shohichi Katoh
- 👤 Toshihisa Deguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 21:27
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/24; G11B7/26; G11B7/261; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/136; Y10S430/146
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
A method for manufacturing an optical memory element having guide tracks and address tracks for storing information, which comprises the steps of: applying a photo resist film onto a substrate which includes a center hole to form a coated substrate; preparing a photo mask plate by, forming a mask pattern on said mask plate, said mask pattern comprising a guide track pattern and address track pattern, and forming a position reference marker on said mask plate with reference to said mask pattern for positioning said mask plate; placing said mask plate on said coated substrate so as to position said position reference marker with reference to said center hole of said coated substrate; transcribing, from said mask plate, a latent image of said mask pattern onto said photo resist film; developing said latent image on said photo resist film to form a developed photo resist film; and etching said substrate so as to form guide tracks and address tracks in said substrate in conformance with said mask pattern, whereby alignment between said center hole of said substrate and said tracks is improved.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
182 words
A method for manufacturing an optical memory element having guide tracks and address tracks for storing information, which comprises the steps of: applying a photo resist film onto a substrate which includes a center hole to form a coated substrate; preparing a photo mask plate by, forming a mask pattern on said mask plate, said mask pattern comprising a guide track pattern and address track pattern, and forming a position reference marker on said mask plate with reference to said mask pattern for positioning said mask plate; placing said mask plate on said coated substrate so as to position said position reference marker with reference to said center hole of said coated substrate; transcribing, from said mask plate, a latent image of said mask pattern onto said photo resist film; developing said latent image on said photo resist film to form a developed photo resist film; and etching said substrate so as to form guide tracks and address tracks in said substrate in conformance with said mask pattern, whereby alignment between said center hole of said substrate and said tracks is improved.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said substrate is disc shaped and wherein the shape of said position reference marker corresponds to the shape of said center hole in said substrate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
64 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said mask plate includes a peripheral mask portion and wherein a part of said peripheral mask portion is removed before said mask plate is placed on said photo resist film so as to receive any risen portion of said photo resist film that is of improper thickness whereby contact between said mask plate and said substrate is improved.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said substrate includes a peripheral substrate portion and wherein said peripheral substrate portion is removed before said photo resist film is applied to said substrate so as to receive any risen portion of said photo resist film that is of improper thickness, whereby contact between said mask plate and said substrate is improved.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 2, wherein said mask plate is prepared by forming a metallic mask film on said mask plate, and etching said mask film to form said mask pattern and said position reference marker means on said mask plate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 5, wherein said substrate comprises glass, said mask plate comprises quartz glass, and said metallic mask film comprises Cr, CrO, Ni, Ti, or Ta.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
72 words
The method of claim 6, wherein said photo resist film is applied on said substrate with a spin coating method, said mask plate is placed on said photo resist film in an airtight manner, said mask pattern is transcribed onto said photo resist film by irradiating said mask plate with ultraviolet rays, and said substrate is etched by wet etching or dry etching in a CF 4 or CHF 3 gas atmosphere.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising removing said developed photo resist film from said substrate and forming a recording medium layer on said substrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 7, wherein said photo resist film has a thickness of from about 100 nm to 500 nm.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 5, wherein said position reference marker means comprises a mark of a similar size as said center hole etched on said metallic mask film.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 5, wherein said position reference marker comprises a plurality of marks of various sizes compared to said center hole etched on said metallic mask film.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 3, wherein said peripheral mask portion is removed to form a mask groove corresponding to the outer peripheral edge of said photo resist film.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 12, wherein said mask groove is formed to be square-shaped, tapered, or curved.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 12, wherein said mask groove is formed with a depth of from about 0.2 to 0.5 mm.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of claim 4, wherein said peripheral substrate portion is removed by grinding said substrate to form an outer inclined substrate edge which declines from the tracks plane of the portion of said substrate adjacent to where said tracks are to be etched to below said tracks plane at the outer edge of said substrate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 15, wherein said outer edge of said substrate comprises a chamfered edge.
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