Optical pickup device having a shielding protection
US6445671B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B7/22
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical pickup device includes a semiconductor laser for emitting forward and backward laser light from front and back emergent end faces thereof, focusing device for focusing the forward laser light emergent from the front emergent end face of said semiconductor laser onto an optical recording medium, a light-receiving element for signal reproduction for detecting return light from the optical recording medium, and a light-guiding system for guiding the return light to said light-receiving element for signal reproduction, said optical pickup device being provided with a light source unit having an arrangement in which said semiconductor laser and said light-receiving element for signal reproduction being incorporated in a common package and shielding device, disposed inside said package of said light source unit, for preventing the light emitted from said semiconductor laser from being incident upon said light-receiving element for signal reproduction.
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