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Optical pickup for cutting off optical noise and optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus using the same

US7355953B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 17, 2003
Grant dateApr 8, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/1353
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical pickup includes a light source which emits light, a grating which separates a portion of the light emitted from the light source, a reflecting member which reflects another portion of the light emitted from the light source, a monitoring photodetector disposed on a traveling path of the light reflected from the reflecting member and which measures the reflected light, an optical path changer which changes an optical path of the light separated by the grating, an objective lens light which condenses the light the optical path of which is changed onto a disc, and a signal detecting photodetector which receives the light reflected from the disc.

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