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Flexible interface signal for use in an optical disk system and systems and methods using the same

US6466528B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1999
Grant dateOct 15, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/10
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An interface 400 for interfacing an optical pickup 101 is associated with processing circuitry 100. A plurality of inputs receive data retrieved from an optical disk by the pickup and 401, 402, 403 are each coupled to a corresponding one of the inputs and independently activated and deactivated to selectively pass the data to the processing circuitry.

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