Patent · US Expired

Optical disc head including a bowtie grating antenna and slider for optical focusing, and method for making

US7177236B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 13, 2002
Grant dateFeb 13, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/22
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A slider system have been developed to aid in the spacing between read/write heads and the storage medium, and a grating antenna amplifier has been developed to improve illumination spot size and polarization characteristics. The grating antenna can be attached to a grayscale slider to obtain a distance between the illumination spot and antenna that lies in the near field region.

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