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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1992

Filed:

Feb. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:

Yasushi Miyauchi, Sakai, JP;

Motoyasu Terao, Tokyo, JP;

Tetsuya Nishida, Koganei, JP;

Shinkichi Horigome, Tachikawa, JP;

Norio Ohta, Sayama, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369100 ; 369116 ;
Abstract

By recording, reproducing and erasing information by using a recording thin film of the present invention, the information can be recorded, reproduced and erased by a single beam spot and new information can be rapidly rewritten while recorded information is erased. The irradiation beam is not limited to a light beam but it may be other energy beam such as electron beam or ion beam. The record medium is not limited to a disk but it may be tape or card and is applicable to a recording thin film other than the described thin film and to other methods. By using the described recording thin film, a manufacturing process is simple and reproducible, the recording/reproducing characteristic is high and the information can be stably stored for an extended time period. The record also may be rewritten a number of times.


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