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Magneto-optical disk and manufacturing methods thereof
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1992-08-04
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Granted: 1994-08-09
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Expires: 2012-08-04
Abstract
Abstract A magneto-optical disk according to the present invention has a substrate, a recording layer formed on the substrate and an outer layer formed on the recording layer, above which a floating head is hovered. The outer layer is constituted of a protective layer, an antisticking layer for head, having a texture formed on its surface and other layers. The magneto-optical disk is designed such that, when rotated at a constant angular velocity, the thickness of the outer layer is substantially inversely proportional to a radial position r on the magneto-optical disk raised to the 1/2nd power. In the formation of the outer layer, a screen whose meshes become gradually finer from the innermost portion toward the circumferential portion of the magneto-optical disk is employed based on the screen printing technique. Further, photo hardening resin is used as the outer layer, and simply by changing a wavelength or irradiation amount of light to be applied thereto, a texture is readily formed on the surface of the outer layer. By the use of the present invention, stable recording, erasing and re-writing operations are achieved, and it becomes possible to prevent the floating head from sticking to the magneto-optical disk and reduce the cost thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Junichiro Nakayama
- 👤 Hiroyuki Katayama
- 👤 Kenji Ohta
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 08:33
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B5/00; G11B5/48; G11B5/58; G11B5/60; G11B5/6005; G11B11/00; G11B11/10; G11B11/105; G11B11/1055; G11B11/1058; G11B11/10582; G11B11/10584; G11B23/00; G11B23/0014; G11B23/0021
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
A manufacturing method of a magneto-optical disk having a substrate, a recording layer on the substrate and a protective layer on said recording layer, comprising the steps of: applying resin for forming the protective layer onto the substrate having the recording layer formed thereon through screen means whose meshes are set to become gradually finer from an innermost portion toward a circumferential portion of the magneto-optical disk; and hardening the resin, wherein a thickness of the protective layer is substantially inversely proportional to a radial position on the magneto-optical disk raised to the 1/2 power.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
95 words
A manufacturing method of a magneto-optical disk having a substrate, a recording layer on the substrate and a protective layer on said recording layer, comprising the steps of: applying resin for forming the protective layer onto the substrate having the recording layer formed thereon through screen means whose meshes are set to become gradually finer from an innermost portion toward a circumferential portion of the magneto-optical disk; and hardening the resin, wherein a thickness of the protective layer is substantially inversely proportional to a radial position on the magneto-optical disk raised to the 1/2 power.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A manufacturing method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the screen means is a form for screen printing comprising a screen positioned in the bottom portion of the form.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
A manufacturing method as set forth in claim 1, wherein: the step of hardening the resin comprises projecting UV light on the UV hardening resin applied for forming the protective layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
73 words
A manufacturing method as set forth in claim 1, wherein: the step of hardening the resin comprises projecting an UV light through two different stages on the UV hardening resin for forming the protective layer, the one stage having a surface of the UV hardening resin hardened, the other stage having an internal portion thereof hardened, whereby physical protrusions and recessions are formed on the surface of the protective layer as a texture.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 1 wherein a relationship thereof is substantially represented by an equation t.sub.1 =(a.sub.1 /r.sup.(1/2))-b.sub.1, where t 1 is the thickness of the protective layer; r is a radial position on the magneto-optical disk; and a 1 is 80; and b 1 is 10.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
111 words
A manufacturing method of a magneto-optical disk having a substrate, a recording layer and a protective layer on the substrate and an antisticking layer comprising the steps of: applying resin for forming the antisticking layer for a floating head of said magneto-optical disk, said resin applied through screen means onto the substrate having the recording layer and protective layer successively formed thereon, said screen means having meshes that are gradually finer from an innermost portion toward a circumferential portion of the magneto-optical disk; and hardening the resin, wherein a thickness of the antisticking layer is substantially inversely proportional to a radial position on the magneto-optical disk raised to the 1/2 power.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
111 words
A manufacturing method of a magneto-optical disk having a substrate, a recording layer and a protective layer on the substrate and an antisticking layer comprising the steps of: applying resin for forming the antisticking layer for a floating head of said magneto-optical disk, said resin applied through screen means onto the substrate having the recording layer and protective layer successively formed thereon, said screen means having meshes that are gradually finer from an innermost portion toward a circumferential portion of the magneto-optical disk; and hardening the resin, wherein a thickness of the antisticking layer is substantially inversely proportional to a radial position on the magneto-optical disk raised to the 1/2 power.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A manufacturing method as set forth in claim 6 wherein the screen means is a form for screen printing comprising a screen positioned in the bottom portion of the form.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
A manufacturing method as set forth in claim 6, wherein: the step of hardening the resin comprises projecting an UV light on the UV hardening resin applied for forming the antisticking layer for head.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
A manufacturing method as set forth in claim 6 wherein the protective layer is a UV hardening resin that has been hardened by UV light irradiation.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 6 wherein a relationship thereof is substantially represented by an equation t.sub.2 =(a.sub.2 /r.sup.(1/2))-b.sub.2, where T 2 is the thickness of the antisticking layer; r is a radial position on the magneto-optical disk; and a 2 is 50; and b 2 is 0.
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