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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dirk J Gravesteijn, Eindhoven, NL;
Josephus M Wijn, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes P van Liempd, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430275 ; 430270 ; 430332 ;
Abstract
A master disc which is provided on one side with a reflective optical structure and a recording double-layer is exposed to a first laser beam which scans the optical structure and to a second laser beam which is controlled by the first beam, information bits in the form of bulges being formed in the recording layer due to exposure to the second beam, a metal skin being subsequently provided on the recording layer, in which metal skin the surface structure of the recording layer is copied and, finally, the matrix thus obtained being removed from the master disc.