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Position controller and position control method of optical system and recording/reproducing apparatus and driving method thereof

US6404710B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 6, 2000
Grant dateJun 11, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 6, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B11/1058
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A position controller of an optical system comprising an optical system for forming a near-field with an optical recording medium and focusing converged light to the optical recording medium; an actuator for moving the optical system in a focal direction perpendicularly intersecting a recording surface of the optical recording medium; and a control circuit for controlling the actuator so as to shorten the distance between the optical system and the optical recording medium from outside to inside the range where the near-field is formed and further maintain it inside the range; a position control method of an optical system; and a recording/reproducing apparatus and driving method thereof.

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