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Optical disk, tracking error signal generating apparatus, and tracking control apparatus

US5646932A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 11, 1995
Grant dateJul 8, 1997
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Expiry dateJan 11, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0903
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical disk includes: a plurality of recording tracks, each of the recording tracks having a data area for storing data, and a servo control information area for storing servo information; and tracking pits respectively formed on n neighboring recording tracks, which are adjacent to each other in a radial direction of the optical disk, where n is an integer not less than 3. The tracking pits are located in the servo control information area of each of the n neighboring recording tracks and are spaced apart from each other by a distance not less than a radius of a beam spot for reading data from the optical disk. The tracking pits of the n neighboring recording tracks are located on different radial lines of the optical disk.

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