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Method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium and a semiconductor laser texturing apparatus

US5759419A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 4, 1996
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B5/6011
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium having at least a magnetic layer, optionally by means of an underlayer, on a non-magnetic substrate, and occasionally having a protective layer disposed on the magnetic layer, comprises irradiating to the surface of the non-magnetic substrate, the underlayer, the magnetic layer, the protective layer or the magnetic recording medium, a laser beam from a semiconductor laser module that moves relatively to the non-magnetic substrate, thereby applying a texturing; and a semiconductor laser texturing apparatus comprises a substrate rotating mechanism, a semiconductor laser module including a semiconductor laser beam source, a collimator for converting a semiconductor laser beam into a parallel beam and a light focusing mechanism for irradiating the laser beam to a projection-forming surface of a substrate supported rotatably by the substrate rotating mechanism, and a relative moving mechanism for the substrate supported rotatably by the substrate rotating mechanism and the semiconductor laser module.

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