Disc having a semiconductor memory

• US 6,359,842 B1
• Filed: 10/21/1999
• Issued: 03/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Taguchi, Hirofumi, Higuchi, Shigemitsu
• Primary Examiner(s): Neyzari, Ali
• Application Number:
  US09/421,941
• Time in Patent Office: 880 Days
• Field of Search: 369/14, 369/13, 369/275.3, 369/275.4, 369/275.1, 369/288, 369/273, 360/133, 360/135, 713/200, 710/59, 235/380
• US Class Current: 369/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/045 the record carrier being of the non-contact type, e.g. RFID, and being specially adapted for attachment to a disc, e.g. a CD or DVD
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/12 by sensing distinguishing features of or on records, e.g. diameter end mark
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 23/0042 with provision for auxiliary features sensing such features G11B17/00, G11B19/02
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 23/286 Antitheft arrangements, e.g. Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS] tags
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 23/34 Signal means additional to the main recording track, e.g. photoelectric sensing of sprocket holes for timing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/24 Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material characterised by the arrangement of information on the carrier G11B7/007
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2225 used in active tags, i.e. provided with its own power source or in passive tags, i.e. deriving power from RF signal
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop

Abstract

For providing a recording disc, on which information can be renewed by signals, such as electromagnetic waves, and further with which unnecessary vibration due to an eccentricity in center of gravity of the disc can be reduced when the disc is rotated at high rotation velocity, wherein there are positioned an antenna portion, which enables to receive information and/or electric power on the disc, and a memory chip(s) for transmitting the information received to the disc and for renewing that information. Further, for reducing the eccentricity in center of gravity of the disc, a counter balance and/or a label portion and/or the antenna portion and/or an other memory chip(s) and/or a battery are positioned so that they are in balance to the memory chip(s) on the disc.

Claims

1. A recording disc having a reproducible data recording area, comprising:

an input part which electromagnetically inputs data;

at least one semiconductor memory part which memorizes the data inputted through said input part; and

an output part which electromagnetically outputs the data memorized in said at least one semiconductor memory part;

wherein at least one of said input part, said at least one semiconductor memory part and said output part is positioned with respect to one another so that an eccentricity in center of gravity of said disc expressed as below, due to at least each said part is reduced to at least a set level which is no greater than 1.0 gcm when the disc is considered in the entirety thereof;

$<br><br>H<br><br>=\sqrt{{\left\{\underset{i=0}{\overset{n}{\sum <br><br>}}<br><br>{\left(m_i·<br><br>r_i\right)}_x\right\}}^2+{\left\{\underset{i=0}{\overset{n}{\sum <br><br>}}<br><br>{\left(m_i·<br><br>r_i\right)}_y\right\}}^2}$

where, H is the eccentricity in the center of gravity of the disc in the entirety thereof, X and Y are X axis and Y axis which are perpendicular to each other on the disc surface, respectively, and m_i and r_i are mass and distance from the rotation center to the position of the center of gravity of a respective part of No. i, represented by the input part, the semiconductor memory part, and the output part, and (m_i·

r_i)_x and (m_i·

r_i)_y are X axis component and Y axis component of the eccentricity.

2. A recording disc as defined in claim 1, wherein the set level of the eccentricity in the center of gravity of the disc is 1.0 [g cm] gcm.

3. A recording disc as defined in claim 1, further comprising at least one of an electric power input part which electromagnetically inputs electric power to the at least one semiconductor memory part, and a battery which enables accumulation of electric power which is supplied from outside of the disc.

4. A recording disc as defined in claim 3, further comprising a solar battery for supplying electric power to the battery.

5. A recording disc having a reproducible data recording area, comprising:

an input part which electromagnetically inputs data;

an output part which electromagnetically outputs the data memorized in the at least one semiconductor memory part;

a portion in which the information can be written; and

at least one of the input part, the at least one semiconductor memory part, the output part, the portion in which the information can be written and the portion on which a label can be attached are positioned with respect to one another so that an eccentricity in center of gravity of the disc as expressed below, due to at least each of the parts and portions is reduced to at least a set level which is no greater than 1.0 gcm when the disc is considered in the entirety thereof;

$<br><br>H<br><br>=\sqrt{{\left\{\underset{i=0}{\overset{n}{\sum <br><br>}}<br><br>{\left(m_i·<br><br>r_i\right)}_x\right\}}^2+{\left\{\underset{i=0}{\overset{n}{\sum <br><br>}}<br><br>{\left(m_i·<br><br>r_i\right)}_y\right\}}^2}$

where, H is the eccentricity in the center of gravity of the disc in the entirety thereof, X and Y are X axis and Y axis which are perpendicular to each other on the disc surface, respectively, and m_i and r_i are mass and distance from the rotation center to the position of the center of gravity of a respective part of No. i, represented by the input part, the semiconductor memory part, and the output part, and (m_i·

r_i)_x and (m_i·

r_i)_y are X axis component and Y axis component of the eccentricity.

6. A recording disc as defined in claim 5, wherein said input part and output part are antennas, respectively.

7. A recording disc as defined in claim 5, wherein the set level of the eccentricity in the center of gravity of the disc is 1.0 gcm.