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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2005
Applicants:
Hideki Kitaura, Souraku-gun, JP;
Noboru Yamada, Hirakata, JP;
Rie Kojima, Kadoma, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A recording medium has at least a recording layer on a transparent substrate. The recording layer has at least a first phase-changeable film and a second phase-changeable film in that order, starting on the side closest to the transparent substrate. The first phase-changeable film and the second phase-changeable film each contains at least 10 atom % and no more than 50 atom % germanium and at least 45 atom % and no more than 60 atom % tellurium. Also at least one of the phase-changeable films contains bismuth.