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Phase-change optical recording medium

US6096398A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 1998
Grant dateAug 1, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/21
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A phase-change optical recording medium has a substrate, and a lower heat-resistant protective layer, a recording layer capable of recording and erasing information by utilizing changes in the phase of a phase-change recording material in the recording layer, an upper heat-resistant protective layer and a light reflecting and heat dissipating layer, which are successively overlaid on the substrate in this order, the recording material including Ag, In, Sb and Te as the main elements, at least one additional element selected from the group (1) consisting of B, C, N, Al, Si and P, and at least one additional element selected from the group (2) consisting of halogen atoms and alkali metal elements.

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