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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1999
Mechanism for controlling spacing between optical head and storage medium in optical storage systems
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard W. Bell, Jr., Lafayette, CO (US);
Vlad Novotny, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hossein Moghadam, San Jose, CA (US);
Roger Hajjar, San Jose, CA (US);
Yung-Chieh Hsieh, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian Tremaine, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Terastor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/736 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 2/736 ;
Abstract
An optical disk drive having a thermal control mechanism on the optical head to control the spacing between the optical head and the surface of the storage medium.