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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hitoshi Furuhata, Saitama-ken, JP;
Aki Terajima, Saitama-ken, JP;
Shigeru Takaya, Saitama-ken, JP;
Masufumi Asada, Saitama-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369109 ; 369 4423 ; 369103 ; 369112 ;
Abstract
There is provided an optical pickup which comprises a light source, an objective lens for converging a beam from the light source onto an optical disc, a diffraction grating for passing a beam returning from the optical disc, a photo-detector for receiving returning beams passing through the diffraction grating. The diffraction grating is divided into two areas, each area including alternatively arranged first diffraction grating pattern and second diffraction grating pattern.