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Optical pickup device

US7190657B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 2004
Grant dateMar 13, 2007
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2007/0006
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical pickup device including a dual wavelength light source module for emitting a selected one of two light beams having different wavelengths, a dual grating for splitting, into three beams, the selected light beam emitted from the dual wavelength light source, and a hologram for focusing the three beams of the selected light beam onto a photodetector having typical 8-section patterns such that the three beams of the selected light beam are focused onto the same spots as those of the other light beam, respectively.

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