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Recording and/or reproducing apparatus with an optical pickup actuator having high thrust

US7453656B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 2006
Grant dateNov 18, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0956
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus with an optical pickup actuator having high thrust. The optical pickup actuator may include a lens holder which holds an objective lens and is movably supported by a supporting unit, and a magnetic driving unit which drives the lens holder in a focusing direction, a tracking direction, and/or a tilting direction. The magnetic driving unit includes a surface-triple pole magnet portion and a coil portion. The surface-triple pole magnet portion has a plurality of polarized, i.e., differently magnetized, areas formed by facing sides of two magnets among three magnets. The coil portion includes tracking coils and tilt coils disposed to interact with the polarized areas of the surface-triple pole magnet portion and a focusing coil disposed to interact with a non-polarized area of the surface-triple pole magnet portion.

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