Patent · US Expired

Optical recording element and alloy for use therein

US4904577A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
7References
5Claims
0Family size

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 21, 1988
Grant dateFeb 27, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 21, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/24316
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is disclosed an antimony, tin and indium alloy which contains an additional element. The additional element is selected from the group consisting of titanium, aluminum, magnesium, manganese, silver, bismuth, germanium, lead, tellurium, gold, zinc, copper, palladium, nickel, iron, cobalt, and cadmium. The additional element substantially reduces arcing during the sputtering process used to make optical recording layers from the alloy.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.