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Disc-shaped recording medium, disc driving device and disc producing method

US7221644B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 22, 2003
Grant dateMay 22, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/00736
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

With the disc-shaped recording medium, or the disc manufacturing method according to the present invention, for both the single-layer disc and the multi-layer disc, a recording layer L0, which is to be the first layer, is at the same distance, along the direction of disc thickness, from the surface of the cover layer CVLs on which falls the laser light. For the multi-layer disc, the second layer L1 and the following layer(s) are formed at the locations which are closer to the cover layer CVLs than the first layer L0. Management information may be recorded by mobbling grooves, each layermay have tert areas, defect information, a replacement area. Thus, it is possible to improve compatibility, reliability and accessibility between a single-layer disc and a multi-layer disc. The spherical aberration for the recording/reproducing light may be controlled with respect to the selected layer.

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