Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation

Won-ik Cho

Young-won Lee

Byung-ryul Ryoo

Dae-jong Jang

Ki-won Yoon

Pyong-yong Seong

Byung-youn Song

Myung-ryul Choi

Hyung-Joo Kang

Nag-eui Choi

Ki-bok Kim

No-Cheol Park

Dong-ryeol Lee

Ho-jin Kang

Young-pil Park

Seung-ki Kim

Hyung-Ioo Kang

Jong-Ha Jun

Provided is an optical write device and method. The optical recording method includes generating a first signal including a preset write pulse power Pm in response to information to be written, generating a second signal including an over drive pulse power Po that is synchronized with the preset write pulse power Pm and which is at a higher level than the preset write pulse power Pm, and writing the information to an optical disc using a driving signal that is obtained by synthesizing the first and second signals.

Optical recording device and method

An optical recording/reproducing apparatus having a label printer for printing labels on an optical disk and a method for printing labels on an optical disk. The optical recording/reproducing apparatus includes an optical disk drive unit recording and reproducing information on a recording surface of an optical disk, a label printer module printing labels on a label surface of the optical disk using thermal transfer, and a controller controlling a label printing operation of the optical disk drive unit and the label printer module, wherein the label printer module includes a ribbon cartridge in which a thermal transfer ribbon to which dyes are attached is wound and which is disposed to face the label surface of the optical disk mounted in the optical disk drive unit, and a thermal printhead transferring the dyes attached to the thermal transfer ribbon onto the label surface of the optical disk using thermal transfer.

Optical recording/reproducing apparatus having label printer and method for printing labels on optical disk

An optical collimator assembly used in an optical pickup device and an optical pickup device are provided. The optical collimator assembly may include a collimating lens, a lens holder for supporting the collimating lens, a piezoelectric element coupled to the lens holder and including a female screw portion disposed along a central axis in one direction and a plurality of pairs of piezoelectric bodies disposed symmetrically with one another around the central axis and for causing deformation in a direction that crosses the central axis, and a male screw type transfer screw coupled to the female screw portion of the piezoelectric element.

Optical collimator assembly and optical pickup device including the same

An optical pickup actuator having a printed circuit board and wire fixers for fixing one end of each of a the suspension. The optical pickup actuator includes coil connectors for connection with coils connectable to an external power source. The optical pickup actuator includes a blade having stoppers that are positioned to project from the blade between the wire fixers and the coil connectors so as to stop movement of the suspension wires during installation. The optical pickup actuator has an advantage in that a short circuit problem due to contact between the suspension wire and the coils is decreased, and, therefore, the optical pickup actuator facilitates mass-production.

Optical pickup actuator preventing short circuit by minimizing unwanted contact between components

A recording/reproducing apparatus and an optical pickup actuator, and corresponding methods, for driving a bobbin in a focusing direction, a tracking direction or a tilting direction by use of a magnetic driving unit movably supported by a support member, where an object lens is mounted on the bobbin and a plurality of slits are formed on side walls of the bobbin. According to embodiments of the present invention, a secondary resonant frequency and a value of a secondary resonant peak are increased, thereby improving a gain margin.

Recording and/or reproducing apparatus with optical pickup actuator, and methods for same

A heat source having a device emitting heat, a case protecting and supporting the device, and a thermoelectric element absorbing the heat emitted from the device and dissipating the heat to an outside.

Heat source having thermoelectric element, optical pickup assembly employing the same, and method of reducing temperature therein

A molded coil device includes a coil comprised of a plurality of turns of a conductive material through a plurality of planes and an integral body comprised of an insulating and nonmagnetic material burying the coil. The coil is first formed and thereafter is sintered/pressed with the insulating and nonmagnetic material to form the integral body. The molded coil device is advantageously applied within an optical pickup actuator of an optical disc drive.

Molded coil device for actuator of disc drive

An optical pickup assembly having: a pickup base; an actuator installed in the pickup base, and having a blade, on which an objective lens to radiate light onto a disc is mounted; a cover, installed to surround the actuator, and regulating a range of movement of the blade; and an attenuator protruding from an inside of the cover, splitting an eddy current occurring during rotation of the disc into a plurality of small eddy currents, and attenuating a disturbance acting on the blade.

Eddy attenuating apparatus for an optical pickup assembly and disc drive adopting the same

An optical pickup actuator and optical disc drive using the same. The optical pickup actuator includes a blade holding an objective lens and supported on a base by a plurality of suspension wires so that it is elastically movable, a magnetic element positioned on the base, and a coil positioned horizontally on the blade to generate electromagnetic force in a focusing direction and/or a tilting direction through interaction with the magnetic element. The coil is divided into a plurality of subcoils separated vertically from one another.

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Won-ik Cho