Owner KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.

Inventors BUSCH, Christopher; VAN DER LEE, Alexander, M.

Pub. Number AU-A-2003280183

PCT Number PCT/IB03/05445

PCT Pub. Number WO2004/055789

Priority 1022203 18.12.02 NL

Filing date 20 November 2003

Wipo publication date 9 July 2004

G11B 007/0037 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power

G11B 007/0045 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power

G11B 007/007 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Arrangement of the information on the record carrier, e.g. form of tracks

G11B 007/013 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - for discrete information, i.e. where each information unit is stored in a distinct location

G11B 007/24 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Record carriers characterised by the selection of the material or by the structure or form

G11B 007/26 Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of record carriers