WO1998049681A1 - Disque numerique polyvalent lie a sec et comportant une ou plusieurs couches d'adhesif - Google Patents

Disque numerique polyvalent lie a sec et comportant une ou plusieurs couches d'adhesif Download PDF

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WO1998049681A1
WO1998049681A1 PCT/US1998/008204 US9808204W WO9849681A1 WO 1998049681 A1 WO1998049681 A1 WO 1998049681A1 US 9808204 W US9808204 W US 9808204W WO 9849681 A1 WO9849681 A1 WO 9849681A1
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  • the present invention relates generally to digital versatile discs ("DVDs”), which are used to store digital and digitized information such as computer software, video, and sound recordings. More particularly, the present invention relates to the manufacture of DVDs and materials and methods for bonding the two component discs which form a single DVD.
  • DVDs digital versatile discs
  • DVDs are used as a storage media for digital and digitized information. Presently, they are available in six formats: DVD-5 (5 Gbyte, prerecorded); DVD-9 (9 Gbyte, prerecorded; DVD- 10 (10 Gbyte, prerecorded); DVD- 18 (18 Gbyte prerecorded); DVD-R (3.8 Gbyte, recordable); and DVD-RAM (2.6 Gbyte read/write). Although, they are similar in appearance to better known compact discs or "CDs,” DVDs are mastered in a different manner than ordinary CDs. Further, while CDs are made from a single substrate that is approximately 1.2 mm thick, DVDs are made from two component discs or "halves" made from optical grade polycarbonate.
  • Each half is approximately 0.6 mm thick and 120 mm in diameter and the two halves are bonded together to form a DVD.
  • An exemplary DVD is shown in FIG. 1.
  • each of the two halves may contain more than one information-carrying layer, thereby increasing storage capacity.
  • a CD has a single information-carrying layer.
  • the two halves of a DVD are bonded in specialized machinery using liquid adhesives.
  • the distance between the two DVD halves i.e., the thickness of the intermediate adhesive layer
  • DVDs must also be manufactured with a certain disc flatness or "tilt" (a tilt of 10 microns or more induces severe rotational disc vibrations rendering the DVD unreadable by its player).
  • tilt a tilt of 10 microns or more induces severe rotational disc vibrations rendering the DVD unreadable by its player.
  • the layer of adhesive must be optically clear and, specifically, it should be substantially transparent to radiation having a wave length from about 635 to about 650 nanometers (nm). Further, its refractive index (n) should be 1.5 to 1.6 and its single path bi-refringence should be between 30 nm to 50 nm (to be compatible with the optical grade polycarbonate of the two DVD halves).
  • Air bubbles cause diversion of the disc player laser beam and even slight beam diversion can render a disc unreadable.
  • the hot-melt disc bonding method involves rubber-roller deposition of thermally liquefied, hot-melt adhesive to DVD halves. Adhesive is applied at 120°C to 150°C over the entire contact surface of both disc halves. In the next step, the DVD halves are pressed together to allow for uniform adhesion between the two halves (via a polymerization process). Since the disc halves are pressed together (against a flat surface), the desired disc flatness or tilt is easily achieved. However, one problem associated with DVDs formed using hot-melt adhesives is "droop."
  • DVDs can be exposed to high temperatures (for example, when they are on the dashboard of a car during the summer) and structural instability of the hot-melt adhesive bond can occur under such conditions.
  • the structural instability manifests itself as a dimensional change or droop in the adhesive. Droop may cause the two halves of a DVD to become misaligned or may cause the spacing between them to become non-uniform.
  • Droop of the hot-melt adhesive occurs at the glass transition temperature (or Tg point) of the material.
  • Tg point glass transition temperature
  • the Tg point for typical hot-melt polymers is about 90°C.
  • structural welds are used in DVDs in order to diminish drooping.
  • the hot-melt adhesive bonding method suffers from an additional problem; entrapment of air. As can be seen by reference to FIG. 6, entrapment of air bubbles can occur at the three interface layers of a hot-melt, adhesive-bonded DVD. While some attempts to remove the air bubbles have been made, they have not been successful. Vacuum bonding (used to eliminate air bubbles during the bonding process) can not be applied when using hot-melt adhesives because liquefied thermopolymers actively "outgas" (transition from a liquid to a gaseous state), thus affecting the bond between the two halves. The outgased chemical substances also contaminate the vacuum pumping system.
  • the other presently used method for bonding DVDs employs UV-curable adhesives.
  • UV-curable adhesives There are two ways of achieving a UV adhesive bond: radical UV and cationic UV.
  • the radical UV method involves simultaneous spin coating and capillary dispersion of a UV-curable polymer between the DVD halves.
  • the cationic method involves application of UV adhesive via a screen printing process.
  • the cationic or screen printing method has limitations similar to those in hot-melt bonding (although, since cured UV fluid is hard and dimensionally stable even at temperatures above 100°C there is no droop problem).
  • the radical UV method which is illustrated in FIG. 7, requires extremely high quality, expensive DVD substrates (disc halves that have superior flatness, disc surface parallelity, and bonding surface wet-ability).
  • Injection molding of substantially flat 0.6 mm polycarbonate substrates (including near perfect replication of data pits) is a complex and relatively "slow" process (6 to 7 seconds cycle speed). This makes the process relatively expensive and time-consuming rendering the radical UV method much less viable as a real option for most DVD formats.
  • Another difficulty with the radical UV method involves applying the UV- curable fluid polymer without entrapping air within it. Uniform capillary dispersion of fluid polymer with good "surface wiping" action to displace all air (bulk and surface level) while maintaining bonding layer thickness between the DVD halves is very difficult to achieve with present techniques. Methods to improve dispersion of the fluid require exacting control procedures and equipment. These complexities in combination with common UV-overcuring problems make the UV adhesive method very expensive and time consuming. However, the radical UV process is the only presently available method of manufacturing DVD-9 format discs.
  • Another aspect of present DVD manufacturing involves decorating them. Once a DVD is bonded, its top surface is usually decorated by printing words or images directly on the top surface of the disc.
  • the decoration process is relatively expensive and difficult to achieve, but if such decoration could be placed on or incorporated in the DVD by a relatively inexpensive method, the overall cost of a disc could be reduced.
  • It is another object of the present invention is to provide a DVD that is bonded with a dry film adhesive.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a method of bonding two halves of a DVD using a dry film adhesive.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a method of using a dry film adhesive and welding to bond the two halves of a DVD.
  • a still further object of the present invention is to provide a DVD that includes a layer of material having decoration on it and a method of incorporating the layer within the DVD.
  • a DVD that includes two sub-discs.
  • Each sub- disc has an outer peripheral edge, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a bore having a second peripheral edge.
  • the two sub-discs are bonded together by a layer of dry film adhesive which is in contact with the bottom surface of the first sub-disc and the top surface of the second sub-disc.
  • the layer of dry film adhesive is spaced a distance from the second peripheral edges of the bores of the sub-discs.
  • a weld located along the peripheral edges of the bores of the sub-discs supplies additional bonding and structural support to the DVD.
  • a hub or central area which is substantially free of any dry film adhesive is located between the weld and the layer of dry film adhesive.
  • the DVD is formed by arranging a layer of dry film adhesive between and in contact with the sub-discs and placing the dry film adhesive a distance away from the second peripheral edges of the bores of the sub-discs.
  • the weld is created along the peripheral edges of the bores of the first and second sub-discs.
  • the weld is created using an ultrasonic welder.
  • the ultrasonic energy of the welder may also be used to vibrate the molecules in the adhesive. The vibration causes the temperature of the adhesive to rise and become thermally activated.
  • a layer of polymer may be applied on the outer edges of the sub- discs as well as the peripheral edge of the bores in the sub-discs to seal the DVD from environmental contaminants.
  • a layer of material decorated with printing or even perhaps embossed or engraved with various indicia is placed between the two DVD halves.
  • a film adhesive polymer is used. One side of the film adhesive polymer is unaltered and adheres to one of the DVD halves. The other side of the film is printed with ink, thereby loosing its adhesive qualities.
  • a second layer of adhesive is placed between the printed surface and the other DVD half.
  • a layer of material having decoration or other indicia on it is placed between two layers of adhesive where each layer of adhesive is bonded to one of the respective halves of the DVD.
  • Material useful in this embodiment of the invention includes polyester films.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a DVD showing its two informational layers and a layer of adhesive between the two disc halves;
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a DVD-9 disc illustrating how one laser beam pick-up can read both informational layers in the DVD.
  • FIG. 3A is an illustration of Snell's law showing light refraction at an interface between two media
  • FIG. 3B is an illustration of light refraction at the interface of polycarbonate and adhesive.
  • FIG. 3C is an illustration of light refraction at the interface of polycarbonate and air.
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a DVD- 10 disc illustrating how two laser beam pick-ups are needed to read its two informational layers;
  • FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic illustration of rubber-roller deposition of hot-melt adhesive on DVD halves
  • FIG. 6 is an enlarged, partial, cross-sectional view of a DVD manufactured using a hot-melt adhesive and showing air bubbles at the three interfaces of the DVD;
  • FIG. 7 is a partial, cross-sectional view of a DVD manufactured using a UV- curable adhesive
  • FIG. 8 is an enlarged, partial, cross-sectional view of a DVD manufactured according to the teachings of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a top plan view of one half of a DVD manufactured according to the teachings of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is another enlarged, partial, cross-sectional view of a DVD manufactured according to the teachings of the present invention and showing a layer of polymer on the outer peripheral edge of the DVD;
  • FIG. 11 is a top plan view of one half of the DVD of the present invention showing a layer of dry film adhesive applied thereto;
  • FIG. 12 is a top view of a thermo-plastic film adhesive cut in the shape of a DVD half
  • FIG. 13 is an enlarged, partial, cross-sectional view of a DVD having two layers of adhesive one of which has a surface with decoration or indicia thereon;
  • FIG. 14 is an enlarged, partial, cross-sectional view of a DVD having two layers of adhesive and a layer of material therebetween where the layer of material has decoration or indicia thereon.
  • a DVD 20 having a central bore 23 and two sub-discs or halves, namely a first half 24 and a second half 26, that are bonded together according to the teachings of present invention is shown in FIGS. 8, 9, and 10.
  • the halves are substantially identical to one another.
  • the half 24 includes an outer peripheral edge 28 (FIG. 10), a centrally positioned bore 30 that has a peripheral edge 32, an upper or top surface 34, a lower or bottom surface 36, and an informational layer 37.
  • the half 26 includes an outer peripheral edge 38 (FIG. 10), a centrally positioned bore 40 that has a peripheral edge 42, an upper or top surface 44, a lower or bottom surface 46, and an informational layer 47.
  • Each half is generally made from polycarbonate plastic that is approximately 0.6 mm thick and that has a diameter of approximately 120 mm.
  • Each centrally positioned bore 30, 40 is designed to accept the centering pin (not shown) of a disc player (also not shown).
  • Each informational layer 37, 47 is readable from one side of the disc 20 in a single laser beam pickup disc player.
  • the dry film adhesive 50 may be a thermally activated adhesive similar to those used in the electronics and semiconductor industries for surface mounting (SMT) micro-electronic components, which heretofore have not been applied to the field of DVDs.
  • the dry film adhesive 50 should be produced by a continuous web process with precise film thickness.
  • Other dry film adhesives that are suitable for use in the DVD 20 include those available from Bemis Associates Inc. - USA, Al Technology Inc. - USA, and Bostik - USA.
  • the dry film adhesive 50 is applied to the halves of the DVD 20 using automated or manual lamination techniques. As can be seen by reference to FIG. 11, the dry film adhesive 50 is die cut so that it has a toroidal shape. The dry film adhesive 50 is then placed on the second half 26. The other half of the DVD 20, the first half 24, is placed on top of the second half 26. The assembled components are then subjected to a heat source, such as by placing them in an oven, and the dry film adhesive 50 is heated until it reaches a temperature of about 15° to 20°C above the Tg point of the adhesive. After the assembly is heated, the dry film adhesive 50 is uniformly laminated between the first and second halves 24 and 26 by applying a vacuum to the assembly in known vacuum bonding equipment such as the "WaferBonder" sold by Dynatex Intl. - USA.
  • a vacuum bonding equipment such as the "WaferBonder" sold by Dynatex Intl. - USA.
  • the dry film adhesive 50 is substantially transparent to light having a wave length of about 635 nm and about 650 nm.
  • the dry film adhesive 50 has a thickness T of between about 55 ⁇ m and about 65 ⁇ m (micrometers). It is envisioned that other dry adhesives, in addition to the dry film adhesive 50, could be used in the present invention.
  • a double-sided dry adhesive product instead of using the dry film adhesive 50, a double-sided dry adhesive product, with proper optical characteristics, could be used to bond the two halves 24 and 26.
  • Such a product would include a substrate of plastic with adhesive on two sides of the substrate.
  • a double-sided adhesive plastic product 55 is shown in FIG. 12.
  • the dry film adhesive 50 is positioned a distance D away from the peripheral edges 32, 42 and a weld 80 of the two halves 24 and 26 is made at the juncture of the bottom surface 36 and top surface 44 along the peripheral edges 32 and 42.
  • the distance D is about 3/8" so that a sufficient portion of each DVD half is free to vibrate upon the application of ultrasonic energy.
  • the weld 80 is a structural element that ensures proper alignment of the two halves 24 and 26.
  • a central hub 85 which is substantially free of any adhesive, is formed between the dry film adhesive 50 and the peripheral edges 32 and 42. The hub 85 follows the contours of the halves 24 and 26 and the dry film adhesive 50 and is, therefore, toroidally shaped.
  • the weld 80 is an ultrasonic weld achieved with known ultrasonic welding equipment.
  • Welders suitable for making the weld 80 include 40 kHz welders available from Branson Ultrasonics - USA. It has been discovered that high frequency welding (which occurs at approximately 40 kHz) is preferred over low frequency welding (which occurs at approximately 20 kHz), because low frequency welding tends to damage the disc data pits in the informational layers 37 and 47.
  • Other methods of achieving the weld 80 such as laser welding might also be used.
  • Laser welding is described in the inventor's copending application, Serial No. 08/816,073 entitled Method and System for Laser Bonding Digital Versatile Discs, filed December 19, 1996.
  • ultrasonic activation of the dry film adhesive 50 may also be accomplished.
  • Thermal activation via ultrasonic energy causes intermolecular friction and, therefore, heat release in the dry film adhesive 50 which causes adhesive boundary layers 87 and 88 to melt (FIG. 8).
  • activation of the adhesive can be accomplished simultaneously with disc welding.
  • the outer peripheral edges 28 and 38 are preferably sealed with a layer 90 of UV-curable polymer.
  • the edges 32 and 42 are similarly sealed with a layer 92 of UV-curable polymer.
  • Suitable polymers for the layers 90 and 92 include those that are commercially available through DIC-Japan, under the product identifier SD-220.
  • FIGS. 13 and 14 illustrate an alternative embodiment of the present invention where decoration of a DVD 100 and a DVD 102 (both similar to the DVD 20) is accomplished by having the decoration placed between the two halves 103, 104 of the DVD 100 and the two halves 106, 108 of the DVD 102.
  • the first adhesive layer is approximately 1 micron thick and 120 mm in diameter and has a first surface 113 and a second surface 114.
  • the first surface 113 may have decoration or other indicia printed or otherwise placed on it.
  • Printing on the surface 113 of the first adhesive layer 111 can be accomplished using known printing methods such as screen, gravure, flexo-gravure, or off-set printing.
  • Inks formulated for printing on the first adhesive layer 111 preferably contain the same polymer in the adhesive and an appropriate amount of color pigment.
  • Inks suitable for use in the present invention are available from Gotham Ink of New England, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts. Since the first surface 113 of the first adhesive layer 111 is printed with ink it looses its adhesive qualities. The second surface 114 is, therefore, bonded to the half
  • the DVD 100 includes a second adhesive layer 120 which is in contact with the half 104 and bonds to the surface 113 and, therefore, bonds the half 103 to the half
  • the second adhesive layer 120 is preferably 1 micron thick and 120 mm in diameter and may be a film adhesive polymer. Bonding of the two halves 103 and 104 is accomplished in the same manner as was described for the DVD 20.
  • the DVD 102 shown in FIG. 14 has a first layer of adhesive 130 having first and second surfaces 131 and 132. The first surface 131 is in contact with the half 106.
  • the DVD 102 also has a second layer of adhesive 137 which has first and second surfaces 138 and 139. The second surface 139 is in contact with the half 108.
  • the layers 130 and 137 may be adhesives similar to those described in the DVD 20 or those used in the DVD 100.
  • Sandwiched between the layers 130 and 137 is a third layer of material 140 having first and second surfaces 142 and 144.
  • the material 140 may be a polyester film such as Mylar® polyester available from various commercial sources.
  • the layer 140 may be identical to the layer 130 and 137 except that its surface 144 has decoration thereon.
  • each layer (130, 137, and 140) is 120 mm in diameter and 1 micron thick. Decoration on the layer 140 would be achieved as was described for the DVD 100. In the case where the layer 140 is a polyester film, decorating might be accomplished by known printing methods or by embossing, engraving, or etching.
  • Decorating or otherwise placing indicia on a DVD as described above is particularly useful for those DVD formats having a single informational layer read from one side of the disc, such as the DVD-5, DVD-R, and DVD-RAM formats.
  • the methods described above may also be used for other DVD formats.
  • placing indicia intermediate the two DVD halves can optically interfere with the laser beam.
  • Other DVD formats can be decorated using the methods described, but the area on which decoration can be placed is limited.
  • the present invention offers a relatively simple and inexpensive method of bonding the two halves of a DVD.
  • the present invention uses a dry film adhesive which eliminates the problems of air entrapment in liquid adhesives.
  • air removing techniques such as employing a vacuum, may be used in the present invention to remove air between the disc halves when they are bonded.
  • the present invention offers a means for cheaply decorating a DVD.

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Ce disque numérique polyvalent ('DVD') destiné à la mémorisation de données numériques ou numérisées comporte deux disques auxiliaires, constitué chacun d'un bord périphérique extérieur (28, 38), d'une face inférieure (36, 46) et d'un alésage (30, 40) comportant un second bord périphérique (32, 42). Ces deux disques auxiliaires sont réunis au moyen d'une couche consistant en un adhésif pelliculaire sec (50) en contact avec la face inférieure (36) du premier disque auxiliaire (24) et la face supérieure (44) du second disque auxiliaire (26). Cette couche d'adhésif pelliculaire sec est séparée d'une distance (D) des seconds bords périphériques des alésages des disques auxiliaires. Une soudure (80) pratiquée le long des bords périphériques des alésages des disques auxiliaires assure le liaisonnement et constitue le support de structure du DVD. Un moyeu, ou zone centrale, (85) sensiblement exempt de tout adhésif pelliculaire sec se trouve entre la soudure et la couche dudit adhésif, L'emploi d'un tel adhésif pelliculaire sec pour réunir les constituants du DVD supprime nombre de défauts dus à l'utilisation d'adhésifs thermo-fusibles et d'adhésifs à séchage par ultraviolet, notamment le piégeage d'air au sein de l'adhésif. Dans une variante de l'invention, on a recours à plusieurs couches d'adhésif tandis qu'un dispositif destiné à afficher un décor est mis en place entre le premier et le second disque auxiliaire.
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