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Optical pickup device, optical disc device and focus adjusting method

US8427923B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 27, 2010
Grant dateApr 23, 2013
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Expiry dateJun 21, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2537
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical pickup device includes an astigmatism element which imparts astigmatism to laser light reflected on a disc, a spectral element which changes propagating directions of four light fluxes obtained by dividing a light flux of the laser light reflected on the disc to disperse the four light fluxes from each other, and a photodetector having a sensor group which receives the four light fluxes. The optical pickup device is further provided with a memory which holds a correction value for suppressing a DC component in a tracking error signal resulting from a positional displacement of the spectral element. The tracking error signal is corrected by the correction value to thereby suppress the DC component.

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