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optical pickup apparatus

US5764613A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateApr 30, 1996
Grant dateJun 9, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/13727
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical pickup apparatus is constructed of an objective lens for condensing a light beam emitted from a light source toward an optical recording medium, and a convex lens arranged between the optical recording medium and the objective lens in which a surface thereof upon which the luminous flux projected from the objective lens is incident is a convex spherical surface with a radius of curvature which is a predetermined value, and another surface thereof which is located near and opposite to a surface portion of the optical recording medium which is a plane. With this arrangement, a tolerance with respect to decentering of the convex lens in connection with the optical axis of the objective lens is increased, so that an occurrence of aberration is reduced.

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