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Tracking error signal generating device for preventing offset of the generated tracking error signal

US5258968A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 1987
Grant dateNov 2, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/094
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A tracking error signal generating device using a four-segment detector in which signals from diagonally opposed elements are combined and the two so combined signals are phase compared. According to the invention, either before or during the combining, the output signals of the segments have high level components removed so as to reduce offsetting due to a non-uniform beam illuminating the detector.

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