US5161150A
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Optical recording medium
Assignee: TDK Corp
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Filing: 1990-03-01
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Granted: 1992-11-03
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Expires: 2010-03-01
Abstract
Abstract An optical recording disk intended for use as an additionally recordable CD is provided. It has a substrate, a dye or recording layer on the substrate, and a reflective layer and a protective layer disposed on the recording layer in a close contact relationship. Recording is carried out by directing recording light to the recording layer to form a pit and reproduction is carried out by directing reproducing light to the pit. A layer containing a decomposition product of the dye or recording material, but substantially free of the substrate material is present at the interface between the substrate and the recording layer where the pit is formed.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenryo Namba
- 👤 Masahiro Shinkai
- 👤 Sinichi Tezuka
- 👤 Tetsushi Inoue
- 👤 Toshiki Aoi
- 👤 Suguru Takayama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 02:36
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/24; G11B7/241; G11B7/252; G11B7/257; G11B7/2572; G11B7/242; G11B7/244; G11B7/246; G11B2007/24612; G11B7/2467; G11B7/247; G11B7/2472; G11B7/248; G11B7/249; G11B7/2492; G11B7/2495; G11B7/253; G11B7/2531; G11B7/2533; G11B7/2534; G11B7/2535; G11B7/258; G11B7/2595; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
209 words
An optical recording medium comprising a substrate of resinous material, a recording layer of a dye-containing recording material on the substrate, and a reflective layer and a protective layer disposed on the recording layer in a close contact relationship, wherein recording is carried out by directing recording light to the recording layer through the substrate to form a pit in the recording layer and reproduction is carried out by directing reproducing light to the pit through the substrate, the recording layer has a coefficient of extinction k of up to 0.15 and index of refraction n of at least 1.8 at a wavelength of the recording and reproducing light in the range of from 700 to 900 nm, a layer containing a decomposition product of the recording material, but substantially free of the substrate material is present at the interface between said substrate and said recording layer where the pit is formed, an unrecorded portion of the recording layer where no pit is formed provides a reflectivity of at least 60% and a recorded portion of the recording layer where pits are formed provides a reflectivity of up to 40% of that of the unrecorded portion when the reproducing light is directed to the pit form the substrate side.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
209 words
An optical recording medium comprising a substrate of resinous material, a recording layer of a dye-containing recording material on the substrate, and a reflective layer and a protective layer disposed on the recording layer in a close contact relationship, wherein recording is carried out by directing recording light to the recording layer through the substrate to form a pit in the recording layer and reproduction is carried out by directing reproducing light to the pit through the substrate, the recording layer has a coefficient of extinction k of up to 0.15 and index of refraction n of at least 1.8 at a wavelength of the recording and reproducing light in the range of from 700 to 900 nm, a layer containing a decomposition product of the recording material, but substantially free of the substrate material is present at the interface between said substrate and said recording layer where the pit is formed, an unrecorded portion of the recording layer where no pit is formed provides a reflectivity of at least 60% and a recorded portion of the recording layer where pits are formed provides a reflectivity of up to 40% of that of the unrecorded portion when the reproducing light is directed to the pit form the substrate side.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The optical recording medium of claim 1 wherein a space is formed at the interface between the pit in the recording layer and the overlying reflective layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The optical recording medium of claim 1 wherein the recording layer has a thickness of 500 to 1,500 Å where the recording light is directed thereto.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The optical recording medium of claim 1 wherein said recording layer is a coated layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The optical recording medium of claim 1 wherein said recording layer is a deposited layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The optical recording medium of claim 1 wherein the recording material contains at least two dyes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The optical recording medium of claim 1 wherein said protective layer is formed by radiation curing a radiation-curable compound.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The optical recording medium of claim 7 wherein said protective layer has a pencil hardness of H to 8H at 25° C.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The optical recording medium of claim 7 wherein said protective layer has a thickness of at least 0.1 μm.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
The optical recording medium of claim 7, wherein said dye is a cyanide dye.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
The optical recording medium of claim 1 wherein the substrate has an oxygen permeability of up to 5×10 -10 cm 3 ·cm -2 ·s -1 ·(cmHg) -1 at 25° C.
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