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Light exposure apparatus for master optical disc

US6208611A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 27, 1998
Grant dateMar 27, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/261
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A light exposure device for a master optical disc capable of exposing to light a desired area of the master optical disc to high precision for forming crests and recesses of broad widths therein to high precision. Specifically, the light exposure device for the master optical disc exposes to light the portions of a photoresist coated on a substrate of the optical disc adapted to form a pre-set pattern corresponding to recorded information signals. The light exposure device for the master optical disc includes a light-condensing optical element 15 for condensing the laser light radiated from a light source, a deflecting optical element 16 for wobbling the laser light condensed by the light-condensing optical element 15 and an optical system 17 arranged downstream of the focal point position of the light-condensing optical element 15 for re-imaging the laser light wobbled by the deflecting optical element 16 at a location upstream of the objective lens.

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