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Information recording/reproducing device

US8014189B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 2009
Grant dateSep 6, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2213/79
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information recording/reproducing device includes a recording layer, and a recording circuit which records data to the recording layer by generating a phase change in the recording layer. The recording layer includes a first chemical compound having a spinel structure. The recording layer is AxMyX4 (0.1≦x≦2.2, 1.0≦y≦2.0), where A includes one selected from a group of Zn, Cd and Hg, M includes one selected from a group of Cr, Mo, W, Mn and Re, and X includes O.

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