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Optical recording medium having dual information surfaces
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1997-07-17
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Granted: 1999-03-02
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Expires: 2017-07-17
Abstract
Abstract The optical recording medium of this invention includes: a first substrate having a first information surface; a semitransparent reflection film formed on the first information surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having a second information surface; a reflection film formed on the second information surface of the second substrate; and an adhesive layer for adhering the first substrate and the second substrate so that the first information surface and the second information surface face each other, wherein the thickness of the first substrate is 0.56 mm or more, the thickness of the adhesive layer is 30 μm or more, and the total thickness of the first substrate and the adhesive layer is 0.68 mm or less.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsurou Moriya
- 👤 Shin-ichi Tanaka
- 👤 Yasuhiro Sugihara
- 👤 Hiroshi Taniguchi
- 👤 Michiyoshi Nagashima
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B7/00; G11B7/24; G11B7/241; G11B7/252; G11B7/253; G11B5/00; G11B5/62; C; C09; C09K; C09K21/00; C09K21/14; G11B23/00; G11B23/38; G11B23/40; G11B7/2403; G11B7/24035; G11B7/24038; G11B7/242; G11B7/243; G11B7/254; G11B7/256; G11B7/258; G11B7/26; G11B7/266; G11B2007/24302; G11B2007/24312; G11B2007/24314; G11B2007/24316; G11B7/002; G11B7/0037; G11B7/004; G11B7/0045; G11B7/00454; G11B7/2533; G11B7/257; G11B7/2585; G11B7/2595; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/146; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12493; Y10T428/12674; Y10T428/21
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
An optical recording medium comprising: a first substrate having a first information surface; a semitransparent reflection film formed on the first information surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having a second information surface; a reflection film formed on the second information surface of the second substrate; and an adhesive layer for adhering the first substrate and the second substrate so that the first information surface of the first substrate faces a surface of the second substrate opposite to the second information surface, wherein the thickness of the first substrate is substantially the same as the thickness of the second substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
An optical recording medium comprising: a first substrate having a first information surface; a semitransparent reflection film formed on the first information surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having a second information surface; a reflection film formed on the second information surface of the second substrate; and an adhesive layer for adhering the first substrate and the second substrate so that the first information surface of the first substrate faces a surface of the second substrate opposite to the second information surface, wherein the thickness of the first substrate is substantially the same as the thickness of the second substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
An optical recording medium according to claim 1, wherein a recording material film is formed between the second information surface of the second substrate and the reflection film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
An optical recording medium according to claim 2, wherein the recording material film is made of a phase-change type recording material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
113 words
An optical recording medium comprising: a first substrate having a first information surface; a semitransparent reflection film formed on the first information surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having a second information surface; a reflection film formed on the second information surface of the second substrate; an adhesive layer for adhering the first substrate and the second substrate so that the first information surface of the first substrate faces a surface of the second substrate opposite to the second information surface; and a label formed on the reflection film for the second substrate, wherein the thickness of the first substrate is substantially the same as the thickness of the second substrate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
113 words
An optical recording medium comprising: a first substrate having a first information surface; a semitransparent reflection film formed on the first information surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having a second information surface; a reflection film formed on the second information surface of the second substrate; an adhesive layer for adhering the first substrate and the second substrate so that the first information surface of the first substrate faces a surface of the second substrate opposite to the second information surface; and a label formed on the reflection film for the second substrate, wherein the thickness of the first substrate is substantially the same as the thickness of the second substrate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
An optical recording medium according to claim 4, wherein a recording material film is formed between the second information surface of the second substrate and the reflection film.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
An optical recording medium according to claim 5, wherein the recording material film is made of a phase-change type recording material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
161 words
An optical recording medium comprising: a first substrate having a first information surface; a first reflection film formed on the first information surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having a second information surface; a second reflection film formed on the second information surface of the second substrate; and an adhesive layer for adhering the first substrate and the second substrate so that the first information surface of the first substrate faces a surface of the second substrate opposite to the second information surface, wherein the first reflection film has an optical property for reflecting light of a first wavelength and for transmitting light of a second wavelength, the light of the first wavelength being used for reading first information recorded on the first information surface, and the light of the second wavelength being used to read second information recorded on the second information surface through the second substrate, the adhesive layer, the first reflection film and the first substrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
161 words
An optical recording medium comprising: a first substrate having a first information surface; a first reflection film formed on the first information surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having a second information surface; a second reflection film formed on the second information surface of the second substrate; and an adhesive layer for adhering the first substrate and the second substrate so that the first information surface of the first substrate faces a surface of the second substrate opposite to the second information surface, wherein the first reflection film has an optical property for reflecting light of a first wavelength and for transmitting light of a second wavelength, the light of the first wavelength being used for reading first information recorded on the first information surface, and the light of the second wavelength being used to read second information recorded on the second information surface through the second substrate, the adhesive layer, the first reflection film and the first substrate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
An optical recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the thickness of the first substrate is substantially the same as the thickness of the second substrate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
An optical recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the total thickness of the first substrate, the adhesive layer and the second substrate is 1.2 mm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
An optical recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the first wavelength is 650 nm and the second wavelength is 780 nm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
41 words
An optical recording medium according to claim 7, wherein the first information surface has a first format for recording information and the second information surface has a second format for recording information, the first format being different from the second format.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
An optical recording medium according to claim 11, wherein the first format has recording density higher than that of the second format.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
An optical recording medium according to claim 7, including a label formed on one side of the optical recording medium, the one side being the reflection film side.
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