Abstract:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for separating a stamper from a patterned substrate. The method includes providing a substrate having a top and a bottom with an opening therein, providing a support mechanism configured to retain the substrate, providing a stamper having a formed pattern and configured to come in contact with the top of the substrate, wherein a chamber is formed within the opening of the substrate when the stamper is in contact with the substrate, providing a channel directed toward the chamber to introduce pressurized air into the chamber, and directing pressured air through the channel to the chamber to initiate separation of the stamper from the substrate. In certain embodiments, the pressurized air may be directed toward an opening in the substrate, such as a central ID hole in a disk. The disk may be incorporated within a storage device as pattered magnetic media.
Abstract:
An optical disk data storage system uses an optical disk that has a plurality of substrates, each of which has a data surface. The laser light beam from the system is maintained on the data tracks of a selected one of the spaced-apart data surfaces by the use of tracking marks contained on the data surfaces. The system has a controller that identifies the type of data tracking used on the data surfaces from recorded tracking type information.
Abstract:
A multiple data layer optical medium, such as an optical disk, has a plurality of substrates, each of which has a data surface. The laser light beam from the optical data recording system is maintained on the data tracks of the two spaced-apart data surfaces by the use of tracking marks contained on the data surfaces. One of the data surfaces includes recorded information that identifies the type of tracking marks present.