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Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000

Filed:

Nov. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Makoto Miyamoto, Ome, JP;

Motoyasu Terao, Tokyo, JP;

Yukio Fukui, Tokyo, JP;

Nobuhiro Tokushuku, Yokohama, JP;

Keikichi Andoo, Musashino, JP;

Tetsuya Nishida, Tokyo, JP;

Akemi Hirotsune, Higashimurayama, JP;

Yasushi Miyauchi, Akishima, JP;

Koichi Moritani, Yokohama, JP;

Assignees:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, US;

Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43027013 ; 430945 ; 3692755 ; 3692752 ; 428913 ; 428914 ; 428 642 ; 428 645 ; 428 646 ;
Abstract

An information recording medium which includes at least a recording layer, and first and second metallic layers disposed on an opposite side of an energy beam incident side of the recording layer and having different compositions, and in which the first one of the first and second metallic layers located closer to the recording layer contains Al, Ag, Au, Pt and Pd as its main components and a sum of contents of these atoms is 60% or more. Thereby recording and reproducing of information can be realized with a high reliability.


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