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Compact optical disc recording/reproducing system

US5220543A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 1991
Grant dateJun 15, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B11/10558
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical recording/reproducing system for optically recording and reproducing an information signal on and from an optical disc (31) to be recorded with a plurality of track turns includes a light source (52); an optical head (45b) carrying an objective lens (62) for directing a light beam from the light source (52) to one of the track turns, and a tracking servo actuator for displacing the light beam within a movable range to perform both track feed and tracking servo operations for one of the track turns; the optical head (45b) being stationary with respect to the optical disc (31) while performing the track feed and tracking save operations by displacing the light beam in a radial direction of the optical disc; and a recording area on the optical disc having a radial distance equal to or smaller than the movable range of the tracking servo actuator.

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