Information recording medium
US6383595B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 1, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/21
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information recording medium having recording, reproducing, and rewriting characteristics better than those of prior art media. The media has a recording layer made of a material represented by the following formula: Gex−wSbyTezMw, wherein 0.13≦x≦0.22, 0.20≦y≦0.32, 0.53≦z≦0.60, 0≦w≦0.06, x+y+z=1, and M is any one of Na, Mg, Al, P, S, Cl, L, Ca, Sc, Zn, Ga, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Ru, Rh, Cd, In, Sn, I, Cs, Ba, La, Hf, Ta, Re, Os, Ir, Hg, Tl, Pb, Th, U, Ag, Cr, W, Mo, Pt, Co, Ni, Pd, Si, Au, Cu, V, Mn, Fe, Ti and Bi.
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