Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for controlling an electrical current passed to a writing device in an optical storage system

US5796703A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 1995
Grant dateAug 18, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K41/0356
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical disc system using CMOS logic as part of a power driver assembly is employed to actually switch electrical currents to a system laser so that power is consumed more efficiently, thermal problems are mitigated, and very fast rise and falls times are achieved.

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