Recording medium, method of making, and information processing apparatus
US5985404A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 15, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31699
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In conjunction with a recording medium for recording and reading information by utilizing the construction of AFM or STM and the polarization reversal of a ferroelectric material as well as an information processing apparatus having the recording medium, an object of the invention is to tailor the medium noiseless and sufficiently reliable to withstand repetitive data rewriting. The recording medium has a ferroelectric layer having unidirectionally oriented crystal axes on a substrate, and the ferroelectric layer has a ten point mean roughness Rz of up to 2 nm across a reference length of 500 nm over at least 80% of its surface. A protective layer or a lubricating layer may be disposed on the surface of the ferroelectric layer.
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