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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1999
Jin-Yong Kim, Kyungki-Do, KR;
Dae-Young Kim, Seoul, KR;
Man-Hyung Lee, Seoul, KR;
Song-Chan Park, Kyungki-Do, KR;
In-Sang Song, Kyungki-Do, KR;
LG Electronics, Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An improved optical pick-up apparatus capable of reading data irrespective of disc type capable of reading various kinds of discs having different thicknesses and writing densities using only one pick-up apparatus, which includes a light source; a beam splitter for passing through or splitting a beam from the light source; an objective lens for condensing the beam onto corresponding disc among discs having different thicknesses and different densities; a numerical aperture control unit for controlling an effective numerical aperture of the objective lens so as to execute a focussing operation with respect to a certain disc; and a photo-detector for receiving the beam reflected by the disc and transmitted from the beam splitter.