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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 1979
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1977
Arthur M Goldschmidt, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Lee V Hedlund, Cinnaminson, NJ (US);
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A servo loop is provided in an optical record/play apparatus for controlling a motor assembly providing relative motion in a radial direction, with respect to a disc record, between the disc record and a beam of focused light. In a record mode of operation for the apparatus, the loop drives the motor at a rate providing a constant speed radial relative motion, as the disc record is rotated, to enable the inscription of a spiral information track on the disc. In a playback mode of operation for the apparatus, the loop drives the motor at a variable rate providing relative radial motion which assures the centering of the beam of focused light on a spiral information track formed in the disc record medium as the disc is rotated.