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Optical disk with grooves and pits of different depths

US5500850A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 22, 1994
Grant dateMar 19, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 22, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/146
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical disk for use in an optical memory device having guide grooves and pits on one surface thereof, wherein the depth of the guide grooves is different from that of the pits and the distance from the bottom face of each of the guide grooves to the other surface of the optical disk opposite to the one surface of the optical disk on which the guide grooves and pits are disposed is the same as the distance from the bottom face of each of the pits to the other surface of the optical disk opposite to the one surface of the optical disk on which the guide grooves and pits are disposed, and a method for the production of optical memory master plates that are used for the production of the above-mentioned optical disk.

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