Optical pickup device
US5907530A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 6, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 25, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2007/0006
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical pickup device which is capable of reproducing and recording information from at least two discs having different thicknesses includes a light source, an objective lens provided along the light path from the light source facing the plane of a disc and having a predetermined effective diameter, a beam splitter provided between the objective lens and the light source, a photodetector for detecting the beam split from the light splitter and reflected from the disc, and light controller provided along the light path facing the photodetector lens for controlling the light of the intermediate region between near- and far axis regions of an incident light beam. The optical pickup device is simplified and the manufacturing cost therefor is low. Also, by reducing the spherical aberration effect for the light, discs having different thicknesses can be used in a single disc drive.
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